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US 11,991,007 · App. 18/357,507 · Granted May 21, 2024

Method and apparatus for transmitting HARQ-ACK/NACK in wireless communication system

Inventors: Yi Wang (Beijing, CN); Yingyang Li (Beijing, CN); Shichang Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04L1/1861H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 11,991,007
App. No.
18/357,507
Granted
May 21, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus are provided for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK/NACK). A first set including at least one HARQ-ACK/NACK timing value is identified. Each timing value indicates a time difference between a downlink time unit for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception and an uplink time unit in which a HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback is transmitted. A second set is determined that includes at least one downlink time unit. A codebook is generated for the HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback. A size of the codebook is identified based on a size of the second set and a number of HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit. The codebook is transmitted to the base station. The number of HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a number of code block groups (CBGs) in one transmission block (TB), in case that scheduling for a downlink transmission is based on CBG.

Claims (46)

1. A method for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK/NACK) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

identifying a first set including at least one HARQ-ACK/NACK timing value, wherein each timing value in the first set indicates a time difference between a downlink time unit for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception and an uplink time unit in which a HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback is transmitted;

determining, based on the first set, a second set including at least one downlink time unit for PDSCH reception;

generating a codebook for the HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback based on a size of the codebook, wherein the size of the codebook is identified based on a size of the second set and a number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit included in the second set; and

transmitting, to a base station, the codebook,

wherein the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a maximum number of code block groups (CBGs) in one transmission block (TB), in case that a scheduling for a downlink transmission is based on CBG.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein HARQ-ACK/NACK for each downlink time unit included in the second set is transmitted in a single uplink time unit, and

wherein the codebook is transmitted in the single uplink time unit.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the second set comprises:

including a time unit whose time difference with the uplink time unit is one of the first set in the second set, and

removing a time unit which is configured as uplink time unit from the second set.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the size of the codebook is identified after removing at least one time unit which is configured as uplink time unit from the second set.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on at least one parameter received from the base station via the higher layer signaling, and

wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of a maximum number of TBs in each downlink time unit or the maximum number of CBGs in one TB.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that a spatial bundling is disabled and a scheduling is based on TB, the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on two bits.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein, in case that the spatial bundling is enabled, the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on one bit.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including one or more bits indicating one value in the first set,

wherein the one value indicates a time difference between a downlink time unit in which a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI is received and the uplink unit, and

wherein a HARQ-ACK/NACK result for the PDSCH is included in the codebook.

9. An apparatus for transmitting a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment/negative acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one controller coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

identify a first set including at least one HARQ-ACK/NACK timing value, wherein each timing value in the first set indicates a time difference between a downlink time unit for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) reception and an uplink time unit in which a HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback is transmitted,

determine, based on the first set, a second set including at least one downlink time unit for PDSCH reception,

generate a codebook for the HARQ-ACK/NACK feedback based on a size of the codebook, wherein the size of the codebook is identified based on a size of the second set and a number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit included in the second set; and

transmit, to a base station, the codebook,

wherein the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits is determined based on a maximum number of code block groups (CBGs) in one transmission block (TB), in case that a scheduling for a downlink transmission is based on CBG.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein HARQ-ACK/NACK for each downlink time unit included in the second set is transmitted in a single uplink time unit, and

wherein the codebook is transmitted in the single uplink time unit.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one controller is configured to:

include a time unit whose time difference with the uplink time unit is one of the first set in the second set, and

remove a time unit which is configured as uplink time unit from the second set.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the size of the codebook is identified after removing at least one time unit which is configured as uplink time unit from the second set.

13. The apparatus of claim 9 ,

wherein the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit is determined based on at least one parameter received from the base station via the higher layer signaling, and

wherein the at least one parameter includes at least one of a maximum number of TBs in each downlink time unit or the maximum number of CBGs in one TB.

14. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, in case that a spatial bundling is disabled and a scheduling is based on TB, the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit is determined based on two bits.

15. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein, in case that the spatial bundling is enabled, the number of one or more HARQ-ACK/NACK bits corresponding to each downlink time unit is determined based on one bit.

16. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the at least one controller is further configured to:

receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) including one or more bits indicating one value in the first set,

wherein the one value indicates a time difference between a downlink time unit in which a PDSCH scheduled by the DCI is received and the uplink unit, and

wherein a HARQ-ACK/NACK result for the PDSCH is included in the codebook.

Priority Claims (4)
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