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US 11,956,777 · App. 17/444,024 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Management of overlapping semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configured physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions

Inventors: Wei Yang (San Diego, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W72/1273 H04L1/1819 H04L1/1896 H04W72/0446 H04W76/30

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Patent No.: US 11,956,777
App. No.: 17/444,024
Granted: Apr 9, 2024
Kind: B2

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Abstract

Some aspects of the present disclosure disclose methods and systems related to managing overlapping semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configured physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may identify one or more semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot and receive, from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release configured to release at the UE a SPS configuration including a configuration index. The UE may then perform SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedures while releasing the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion to manage overlapping SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

Claims (73)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

identifying a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot;

receiving, from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release configured to release at the UE a SPS configuration including a configuration index,

the SPS configuration configured to schedule, of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions in the slot, a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index; and

in response to the receiving the SPS release, performing:

a first action that is releasing the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index followed by applying a first SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to a first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions,

the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions including SPS PDSCH transmission occasions of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions remaining after the releasing the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index; or

a second action that is applying a second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to a second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions followed by releasing the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index,

the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions including the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE performs the first action in response to the receiving the SPS release when the SPS release is received at least a threshold number of symbols prior to a start of an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the threshold number of symbols is 14.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the SPS release is received in a slot prior to a slot containing the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE performs the second action when the SPS release is received less than N symbols prior to a start of an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) for the SPS release is transmitted on a location in a HARQ-ACK codebook that is different from those locations for the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is a type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) for the SPS release is scheduled on a location in a HARQ-ACK codebook that is same as a location in the HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled for a HARQ-ACK for any SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions remaining after the performing the first action or the performing the second action; and

identifying, in response to the determining, that a HARQ-ACK scheduling error has occurred.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the first SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions includes releasing a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that overlaps with a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion, of the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions, associated with a smallest configuration index.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the applying the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions includes releasing a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that overlaps with a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion, of the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions, associated with a smallest configuration index.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second action includes applying the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions followed by releasing the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index if remaining after the performing the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasion collision avoidance procedure.

12. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

identifying one or more semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot;

receiving, from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation downlink control information (DCI) configured to activate at the UE a SPS configuration,

the SPS configuration including a configuration index and configured to schedule a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index; and

activating or reactivating, in response to the receiving the SPS activation, the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index based on:

a separation in symbols between an end of the SPS activation DCI and a start of an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the one or more SPS PDSCH transmission occasions in a same slot as the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index; or

a comparison of a first result of applying a first SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure and a second result of applying a second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure,

the first SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure applied to a first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions including the one or more SPS PDSCH transmission occasions; and

the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure applied to a second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions including the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index and the one or more SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the activating or reactivating based on the separation in symbols includes activating or reactivating the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index when the separation in symbols is no less than a threshold number of symbols.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the threshold number of symbols is 14.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:

determining that the separation in symbols between the end of the SPS activation DCI and the start of the earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion is less than a threshold number of symbols; and

identifying, in response to the determining, that a scheduling error has occurred.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the activating or reactivating based on the comparison of the first result and the second result includes activating or reactivating the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index when the comparison indicates that the first result is the same as the second result.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising identifying a scheduling error has occurred when the first result differs from the second result.

18. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor configured to:

identify a plurality of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot;

a transceiver configured to:

receive, from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release configured to release at the UE a SPS configuration including a configuration index,

the SPS configuration configured to schedule, of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions in the slot, a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index, the processor further configured to, in response to the receiving the SPS release, perform:

the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions including the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the UE performs the first action in response to the receiving the SPS release when the SPS release is received at least a threshold number of symbols prior to a start of an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

20. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the UE performs the second action when the SPS release is received less than N symbols prior to a start of an earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

21. The UE of claim 18 , wherein a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) for the SPS release is transmitted on a location in a HARQ-ACK codebook that is different from those locations for the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

22. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) acknowledgment (ACK) for the SPS release is scheduled on a location in a HARQ-ACK codebook that is same as a location in the HARQ-ACK codebook scheduled for a HARQ-ACK for any SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions remaining after the performing the first action or the performing the second action; and

identify, in response to the determining, that a HARQ-ACK scheduling error has occurred.

23. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the applying the first SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions includes releasing a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that overlaps with a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion, of the first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions, associated with a smallest configuration index.

24. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the applying the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions includes releasing a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that overlaps with a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion, of the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions, associated with a smallest configuration index.

25. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the second action includes applying the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure to the second set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions followed by releasing the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index if remaining after the performing the second SPS PDSCH transmission occasion collision avoidance procedure.

26. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor configured to:

identify one or more semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot;

a transceiver configured to:

receive, from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) activation downlink control information (DCI) configured to activate at the UE a SPS configuration,

the SPS configuration including a configuration index and configured to schedule a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index, the processor further configured to, in response to the receiving the SPS activation:

activate or reactivate the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index based on:

the first SPS PDSCH transmission occasions collision avoidance procedure applied to a first set of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions including the one or more SPS PDSCH transmission occasions; and

27. The UE of claim 26 , wherein the processor is further configured to activate or deactivate the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index when the separation in symbols is no less than a threshold number of symbols.

28. The UE of claim 26 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine that the separation in symbols between the end of the SPS activation DCI and the start of the earliest SPS PDSCH transmission occasion is less than a threshold number of symbols; and

identify, in response to the determining, that a scheduling error has occurred.

29. The UE of claim 26 , wherein the processor is further configured to activate or deactivate the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion associated with the configuration index when the comparison indicates that the first result is the same as the second result.

30. The UE of claim 26 , wherein the processor is further configured to identify a scheduling error has occurred when the first result differs from the second result.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2021

From: YANG, WEI; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH

To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED

Reel/Frame 057431/0221 →

Continuity (2)

Provisional Application 63062793 · Aug 7, 2020

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