IP Library Granted Patent US 11,563,545
Granted Patent B2
US 11,563,545 · App. 16/724,180 · Granted Jan 24, 2023

HARQ-ACK transmission and retransmission in wireless communication systems

Inventors: Yingyang Li (Beijing, CN); Yongjun Kwak (Portland, OR); Tom Cruz (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: Intel Corporation
H04L5/0055H04L1/1812H04L5/001H04W28/04H04W72/1273H04W72/14
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Patent No.
US 11,563,545
App. No.
16/724,180
Granted
Jan 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus of user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry coupled to a memory, where to configure the UE for HARQ-ACK transmission in an NR network, the processing circuitry is to decode DCI received via a PDSCH. The DCI includes resource assignments, a set index, and a reset indicator for a set of PDSCHs. Downlink data associated with the set index and received via the set of PDSCHs using the resource assignments is decoded. A PUCCH is encoded for transmission to a base station to include a HARQ-ACK of the decoded downlink data associated with the set index. The PUCCH is encoded to further include a second HARQ-ACK for a prior PDSCH reception, when the prior PDSCH reception includes PDSCHs associated with the set index and the reset indicator matches a reset indicator of the prior PDSCH reception.

Claims (57)

1. An apparatus to be used in a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry, wherein to configure the UE for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) transmission in a New Radio (NR) network, the processing circuitry is to:

decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling including information to configure the UE for a HARQ-ACK codebook for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions;

decode a first PDSCH scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) format, the first DCI format including a PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH;

decode a second DCI format, the second DCI format received after the first DCI format, and the second DCI format including the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH;

decode a second PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI format; and

multiplex HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI format and HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI format for transmission in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), when the HARQ-ACK codebook configured by the RRC signaling is a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook and the first DCI format and the second DCI format include the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH; and

memory coupled to the processing circuitry and configured to store the PDSCH group index.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

decode the second DCI format to obtain a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator providing timing for uplink HARQ-ACK transmission; and

multiplex the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH associated with the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH, for transmission in the PUCCH in a slot indicated by the PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

decode second RRC signaling, the second RRC signaling including:

information configuring reporting of acknowledgement (ACK) or non-acknowledgement (NACK)(A/N) for multiple HARQ-ACK processes; and

information configuring inclusion of a new data indicator (NDI) for each A/N of the multiple HARQ-ACK processes.

4. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first DCI format includes a first NDI for the first PDSCH and the second DCI format includes a second NDI for the second PDSCH.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

include the first NDI and the second NDI with the multiplexed HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH, when the second RRC signaling includes the information configuring inclusion of the NDI for each A/N of the multiple HARQ-ACK processes.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

encode the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH for separate transmissions in the PUCCH, when the HARQ-ACK codebook configured by the RRC signaling is a static HARQ-ACK codebook.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first DCI format includes a reset indicator for the first PDSCH, and the second DCI format includes a second reset indicator for the second PDSCH.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

compare the second reset indicator with the first reset indicator to determine a reset indicator toggle status.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the processing circuitry is to:

encode the PUCCH for transmission to a base station, the PUCCH encoded to include the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH, without including the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH, when the reset indicator toggle status indicates the second reset indicator is toggled in comparison with the first reset indicator.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), the instructions to configure the one or more processors for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) transmission in a New Radio (NR) network and to cause the UE to:

decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling, the RRC signaling including information to configure the UE for a HARQ-ACK codebook for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions;

decode a first PDSCH scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) format, the first DCI format including a PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH;

decode a second DCI format, the second DCI format received after the first DCI format, and the second DCI format including the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH;

decode a second PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI format; and

multiplex HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI format and HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI format for transmission in a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), when the HARQ-ACK codebook configured by the RRC signaling is a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook and the first DCI format and the second DCI format include the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein executing the instructions causes the UE to:

decode the second DCI format to obtain a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator providing timing for uplink HARQ-ACK transmission; and

multiplex the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH associated with the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH, for transmission in the PUCCH in a slot indicated by the PDSCH-to-HARQ_feedback timing indicator.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein executing the instructions causes the UE to:

decode second RRC signaling, the second RRC signaling including:

information configuring reporting of acknowledgement (ACK) or non-acknowledgement (NACK) (A/N) for multiple HARQ-ACK processes; and

information configuring inclusion of a new data indicator (NDI) for each A/N of the multiple HARQ-ACK processes.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12 , wherein the first DCI format includes a first NDI for the first PDSCH and the second DCI format includes a second NDI for the second PDSCH.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13 , wherein executing the instructions causes the UE to:

include the first NDI and the second NDI with the multiplexed HARQ-ACK information, when the second RRC signaling includes the information configuring inclusion of the NDI for each A/N of the multiple HARQ-ACK processes.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein executing the instructions causes the UE to:

encode the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH for separate transmissions in the PUCCH, when the HARQ-ACK codebook configured by the RRC signaling is a static HARQ-ACK codebook.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10 , wherein the first DCI format includes a reset indicator for the first PDSCH, and the second DCI format includes a second reset indicator for the second PDSCH.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein executing the instructions causes the UE to:

compare the second reset indicator with the first reset indicator to determine a reset indicator toggle status.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein executing the instructions causes the UE to:

encode the PUCCH for transmission to a base station, the PUCCH encoded to include the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH, without including the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH, when the reset indicator toggle status indicates the second reset indicator is toggled in comparison with the first reset indicator.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores instructions for execution by one or more processors of a base station, the instructions to configure the one or more processors for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) processing in a New Radio (NR) network and to cause the base station to:

encode radio resource control (RRC) signaling for transmission to a user equipment (UE), the RRC signaling including information to configure the UE for a HARQ-ACK codebook for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmissions;

encode a first PDSCH scheduled by a first downlink control information (DCI) format, the first DCI format including a PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH;

encode a second DCI format for transmission using a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the second DCI format transmitted after the first DCI format, and the second DCI format including the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH;

encode a second PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI format; and

decode multiplexed HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI format and HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI format received via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and the HARQ-ACK information for second PDSCH being multiplexed when the HARQ-ACK codebook configured by the RRC signaling is a dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook, and the first DCI format and the second DCI format include the PDSCH group index of the first PDSCH.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein executing the instructions causes the base station to:

encode the second DCI format to include a PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator providing timing for uplink HARQ-ACK transmission; and

decode the multiplexed HARQ-ACK information for the first PDSCH and the HARQ-ACK information for the second PDSCH associated with the PDSCH group index, the multiplexed HARQ-ACK information received via the PUCCH in a slot indicated by the PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 14, 2022
From: LI, YINGYANG; KWAK, YONGJUN
To: INTEL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060189/0061 →
Continuity (5)
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Provisional Application 62824721 · Mar 27, 2019
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