IP Library Granted Patent US 11,888,621
Granted Patent B2
US 11,888,621 · App. 17/720,968 · Granted Jan 30, 2024

Uplink channel switching capability and selecting between uplink channels in a cell group based thereon

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04L1/1812H04L1/1854H04L1/1861H04W72/02H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 11,888,621
App. No.
17/720,968
Granted
Jan 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station may receive, from a wireless device, a capability message indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) switching capability of the wireless device. The base station may transmit, to the wireless device and based on the PUCCH switching capability, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a first PUCCH and a second PUCCH of a cell group. The base station may select a PUCCH from the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH of the same cell group. The base station may transmit, to the wireless device, downlink control information (DCI). The DCI may indicate a downlink transmission of a transport block and the selected PUCCH. The base station may receive, from the wireless device via the selected PUCCH, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the transport block.

Claims (67)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station from a wireless device, a capability message indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) switching capability of the wireless device;

transmitting, to the wireless device and based on the PUCCH switching capability, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a first PUCCH and a second PUCCH of a cell group;

selecting a PUCCH from the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH of the same cell group;

transmitting, to the wireless device, downlink control information (DCI) indicating:

a downlink transmission of a transport block; and

the selected PUCCH; and

receiving, from the wireless device via the selected PUCCH, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the transport block.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI comprises a field indicating the selected PUCCH.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI is transmitted via a downlink channel; and

one or more parameters of the DCI indicate a numerology of a carrier of the downlink channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH has a first format and the second PUCCH has a second format.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH corresponds to a first duration and the second PUCCH corresponds to a second duration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate first radio resources for the first PUCCH and second radio resources for the second PUCCH.

7. The method of claim 3 , wherein:

the DCI comprises a value indicating a timing between the downlink channel and the HARQ feedback;

the HARQ feedback is received via the selected PUCCH in a first slot; and

the first slot is based on the value and a numerology of the selected PUCCH.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

a first cell, of the cell group, is configured with the first PUCCH; and

a second cell, of the cell group, is configured with the second PUCCH.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell group is a PUCCH group.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein:

a first cell, of the PUCCH group, is configured with the first PUCCH; and

a second cell, of the PUCCH group, is configured with the second PUCCH.

11. 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:

receive, from a wireless device, a capability message indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) switching capability of the wireless device;

transmit, to the wireless device and based on the PUCCH switching capability, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a first PUCCH and a second PUCCH of a cell group;

select a PUCCH from the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH of the same cell group;

transmit, to the wireless device, downlink control information (DCI) indicating:

a downlink transmission of a transport block; and

the selected PUCCH; and

receive, from the wireless device via the selected PUCCH, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the transport block.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the DCI comprises a field indicating the selected PUCCH.

13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein:

the DCI is transmitted via a downlink channel; and

one or more parameters of the DCI indicate a numerology of a carrier of the downlink channel.

14. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the first PUCCH has a first format and the second PUCCH has a second format.

15. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the first PUCCH corresponds to a first duration and the second PUCCH corresponds to a second duration.

16. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate first radio resources for the first PUCCH and second radio resources for the second PUCCH.

17. The base station of claim 13 , wherein:

the DCI comprises a value indicating a timing between the downlink channel and the HARQ feedback;

the HARQ feedback is received via the selected PUCCH in a first slot; and

the first slot is based on the value and a numerology of the selected PUCCH.

18. The base station of claim 11 , wherein:

a first cell, of the cell group, is configured with the first PUCCH;

a second cell, of the cell group, is configured with the second PUCCH; and

the cell group is a PUCCH group.

19. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the cell group is a PUCCH group.

20. A system comprising:

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

receive a capability message indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) switching capability;

transmit, based on the PUCCH switching capability, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a first PUCCH and a second PUCCH of a cell group;

select a PUCCH from the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH of the same cell group;

transmit downlink control information (DCI) indicating:

a downlink transmission of a transport block; and

the selected PUCCH; and

receive, via the selected PUCCH, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback for the transport block; and

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

transmit, to the base station, the capability message indicating the PUCCH switching capability of the wireless device;

receive, from the base station based on the PUCCH switching capability, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters of a first PUCCH and a second PUCCH of a cell group;

receive, from the base station, the DCI;

select the selected PUCCH, indicated by the DCI, from the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH of the same cell group; and

transmit, to the base station, the HARQ feedback for the transport block via the selected PUCCH.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2022
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, KYUNGMIN; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (4)
Continuation 16122212 · Sep 5, 2018
Provisional Application 62554298 · Sep 5, 2017
Provisional Application 62554296 · Sep 5, 2017
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