IP Library Granted Patent US 11,626,959
Granted Patent B2
US 11,626,959 · App. 17/135,814 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Multiplexed communication for a base station and a programmable logic controller

Inventors: Piyush Gupta (Bridgewater, NJ); Lik Hang Silas Fong (Bridgewater, NJ); Hua Wang (Basking Ridge, NJ); Junyi Li (Franklin Park, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H04L5/0055H04L1/1812H04L1/1887H04W72/042
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Patent No.
US 11,626,959
App. No.
17/135,814
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device, such as a PLC, receives data from at least one wireless device. The wireless device transmits first feedback for the data in a downlink control channel to the at least one wireless device and transmits second feedback for the data in an uplink control channel to a base station. The base station receives the feedback in an uplink control channel and transmits a retransmission of the data to the wireless device in response to receiving the feedback.

Claims (32)

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving data from at least one wireless device;

transmitting first feedback for the data in a downlink control channel to the at least one wireless device; and

transmitting second feedback for the data in an uplink control channel to a base station,

wherein the first feedback for the data and the second feedback for the data are transmitted in a same symbol.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first feedback and the second feedback are multiplexed in a frequency domain of a same symbol.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data comprises uplink data or sidelink data from the at least one wireless device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first feedback includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or an indication for retransmission of the data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second feedback includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback or an indication for retransmission from the base station of the data from the at least one wireless device.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one wireless device includes a sensor or an actuator.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the method is performed by a programmable logic controller (PLC), and wherein the at least one wireless device includes at least one sensor or at least one actuator.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first feedback and the second feedback are transmitted in one or more symbols, the method further comprising:

receiving downlink communication from the base station, wherein the downlink communication is received with a gap of at least one symbol around the one or more symbols in which the first feedback and the second feedback are transmitted.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving assigned resources from the base station for the second feedback, wherein the second feedback is transmitted to the base station using the assigned resources.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a first retransmission of the data from the at least one wireless device in response to the first feedback; and

receiving a second retransmission of the data from the base station in response to the second feedback.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the second retransmission of the data is received in overlapping symbols with the first retransmission of the data.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving a control channel from the base station scheduling the second retransmission of the data, wherein the control channel is received in an overlapping symbol with the first retransmission of the data from the at least one wireless device.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to

receive data from at least one wireless device;

transmitting first feedback for the data in a downlink control channel to the at least one wireless device; and

transmit second feedback for the data in an uplink control channel to a base station,

wherein the first feedback for the data and the second feedback for the data are transmitted in a same symbol.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data comprises uplink data or sidelink data from the at least one wireless device.

15. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor comprises a programmable logic controller (PLC), and wherein the at least one wireless device includes at least one sensor or at least one actuator.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first feedback and the second feedback are transmitted in one or more symbols, the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive downlink communication from the base station, wherein the downlink communication is received with a gap of at least one symbol around the one or more symbols in which the first feedback and the second feedback are transmitted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2021
From: GUPTA, PIYUSH; FONG, LIK HANG SILAS; WANG, HUA; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 054966/0784 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62956569 · Jan 2, 2020
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