IP Library Granted Patent US 11,997,682
Granted Patent B2
US 11,997,682 · App. 17/740,174 · Granted May 28, 2024

Device and method for transmitting uplink control channel in wireless communication system

Inventors: Kyungjun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minseok Noh (Seoul, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W72/21H04L1/1812H04W72/0466
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Patent No.
US 11,997,682
App. No.
17/740,174
Granted
May 28, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification relates to a device and method for transmitting an uplink control channel in a wireless communication system. Disclosed in the present specification is a method for transmitting a physical uplink control channel by means of a UE, the method including: a step for generating a first HARQ-ACK codebook related to a first PUCCH; a step for generating a second HARQ-ACK codebook related to a second PUCCH; and a step for transmitting simultaneously the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH or one PUCCH among the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH to a base station in one slot on the basis of a plurality of indicators. According to the present embodiments, the sequence for transmitting a plurality of PUCCHs including respectively different HARQ-ACKs in one slot is clarified, and thus the targeted performance of a 5G wireless communication system intended to simultaneously provide various types of traffic (eURLLC, eMBB) can be achieved.

Claims (56)

1. A user equipment (UE) for use in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to control the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein each of the one or more PDCCHs includes:

a sub-slot-level offset for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, and

an indicator related to HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) multiplexing, the indicator having one of 0 or 1;

generate a first HARQ-ACK codebook associated with a first value of the indicator, based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme; and

transmit the first HARQ-ACK codebook via a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a sub-slot n,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates receivable in a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within sub-slots associated with the sub-slot n, the set R is updated by removing the element, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein a second HARQ-ACK codebook associated with a second value of the indicator is further generated.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein, when the first PUCCH and a second PUCCH for the second HARQ-ACK codebook are not overlapped in time within a slot, both the first and second PUCCHs are transmitted in the slot.

5. The UE of claim 3 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

6. A method for use by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein each of the one or more PDCCHs includes:

a sub-slot-level offset for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, and

an indicator related to HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) multiplexing, the indicator having one of 0 or 1;

generating a first HARQ-ACK codebook associated with a first value of the indicator, based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme; and

transmitting the first HARQ-ACK codebook via a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a sub-slot n,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates receivable in a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within sub-slots associated with the sub-slot n, the set R is updated by removing the element, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein a second HARQ-ACK codebook associated with a second value of the indicator is further generated.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, when the first PUCCH and a second PUCCH for the second HARQ-ACK codebook are not overlapped in time within a slot, both the first and second PUCCHs are transmitted in the slot.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

11. A base station (BS) for use in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to control the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein each of the one or more PDCCHs includes:

a sub-slot-level offset for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, and

an indicator related to HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) multiplexing, the indicator having one of 0 or 1; and

receive a first HARQ-ACK codebook associated with a first value of the indicator via a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a sub-slot n, the first HARQ-ACK codebook being generated based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates transmittable in a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within sub-slots associated with the sub-slot n, the set R is updated by removing the element, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

12. The BS of claim 11 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

13. The BS of claim 11 , wherein a second value of the indicator is associated with a second HARQ-ACK codebook.

14. The BS of claim 13 , wherein, when the first PUCCH and a second PUCCH for the second HARQ-ACK codebook are not overlapped in time within a slot, both the first and second PUCCHs are received in the slot.

15. The BS of claim 13 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

16. A method for use by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting one or more physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), wherein each of the one or more PDCCHs includes:

a sub-slot-level offset for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, and

an indicator related to HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) multiplexing, the indicator having one of 0 or 1; and

receiving a first HARQ-ACK codebook associated with a first value of the indicator via a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) in a sub-slot n, the first HARQ-ACK codebook being generated based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates transmittable in a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within sub-slots associated with the sub-slot n, the set R is updated by removing the element, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein a second value of the indicator is associated with a second HARQ-ACK codebook.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein, when the first PUCCH and a second PUCCH for the second HARQ-ACK codebook are not overlapped in time within a slot, both the first and second PUCCHs are received in the slot.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 3, 2022
From: CHOI, KYUNGJUN; NOH, MINSEOK; KWAK, JINSAM
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
Reel/Frame 060102/0693 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0003012 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0038071 · Apr 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17371082 · Jul 8, 2021
Continuation PCTKR2020000430 · Jan 9, 2020
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