Ultra-reliable low-latency communication indication channelization designs

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

monitoring for a preemption indication based on a downlink configuration, the downlink configuration indicating whether or not the preemption indication identifies preemption in a data space in terms of a band or a sub-band;

receiving, from a base station at a first time on shared downlink resources, a data transmission comprising first data associated with a first type of wireless communication;

receiving, from the base station at a second time subsequent to the first time, the preemption indication in a group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

determining, based on the preemption indication and the downlink configuration, whether at least a portion of the shared downlink resources occupied by the first data is preempted for use by the UE, the preemption comprising second data associated with a second type of wireless communication different from the first type of wireless communication puncturing resources occupied by the first data within the data transmission; and

decoding the first data when the portion of the shared downlink resources is not preempted by the second data.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising refraining from decoding at least a portion of the first data that occupies resources corresponding to the portion of the shared downlink resources when the portion of the shared downlink resources is preempted by the second data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the shared downlink resources includes a first portion that is preempted by the second data and a second portion that is not preempted by the second data, further comprising:

refraining from decoding a first portion of the first data that occupies resources corresponding to the first portion of the shared downlink resources that is preempted; and

decoding a second portion of the first data that occupies resources corresponding to the second portion of the shared downlink resources that is not preempted.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first data associated with the first type of wireless communication corresponds to enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) data and the second data associated with the second type of wireless communication corresponds to ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC) data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the group common PDCCH includes downlink control information (DCI), wherein the receiving the preemption indication comprises receiving the preemption indication in at least a portion of the DCI.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preemption indication occupies one or more symbols in a mini-slot.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preemption indication occupies one or more symbols at every predetermined number of mini-slots.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preemption indication is included in the group common PDCCH across a full bandwidth.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the preemption indication is included in the group common PDCCH across one or more sub-bands of a bandwidth.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink configuration indicates a periodicity of the preemption indication.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the base station, the downlink configuration, dynamically, via downlink control information (DCI) signaling.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the base station, the downlink configuration, semi-statically, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the data transmission comprises receiving a first subframe that includes the data transmission, wherein the receiving the preemption indication comprises receiving a second subframe that follows the first subframe, further comprising transmitting, to the base station, an uplink short burst (ULSB) that is located between the first subframe and the second subframe.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the data transmission comprises receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that includes the data transmission in at least a portion of the PDSCH, wherein the first data and the second data coexist within the at least the portion of the PDSCH, and wherein the data space corresponds to the PDSCH.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second data occupies resources that puncture one or more time resources occupied by the first data within the shared downlink resources at a preconfigured granularity according to the downlink configuration.

16. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second data occupies resources that puncture one or more frequency resources occupied by the first data within the shared downlink resources at a preconfigured granularity according to the downlink configuration.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the downlink configuration indicates that the preemption indication is separate from the data transmission within the PDSCH.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink configuration indicates how granular the preemption indication identifies the preemption in the data space in terms of resources that are configurable at different granularities, and each of the different granularities corresponds to a different time resource size.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink configuration indicates how granular the preemption indication identifies the preemption in the data space in terms of resources that are configurable at different granularities, and each of the different granularities corresponds to a different frequency resource size.

20. The method of claim 14 , wherein the downlink configuration indicates whether the preemption indication is embedded in the data transmission within the PDSCH.

21. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the at least one processor being configured to execute instructions stored on the memory that cause the UE to:

monitor for a preemption indication based on a downlink configuration, the downlink configuration indicating whether or not the preemption indication identifies preemption in a data space in terms of a band or a sub-band;

receive, from a base station at a first time on shared downlink resources, via the transceiver, a data transmission comprising first data associated with a first type of wireless communication;

receive, from the base station at a second time subsequent to the first time, via the transceiver, the preemption indication in a group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH);

determine, based on the preemption indication and the downlink configuration, whether at least a portion of the shared downlink resources occupied by the first data is preempted for use by the UE, the preemption comprising second data associated with a second type of wireless communication different from the first type of wireless communication puncturing resources occupied by the first data within the data transmission; and

decode the first data when the portion of the shared downlink resources is not preempted by the second data.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 , further comprising refraining from decoding at least a portion of the first data that occupies resources corresponding to the portion of the shared downlink resources when the at least a portion of the shared downlink resources is preempted by the second data.

23. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the shared downlink resources includes a first portion that is preempted by the second data and a second portion that is not preempted by the second data, further comprising:

refraining from decoding a first portion of the first data that occupies resources corresponding to the first portion of the shared downlink resources that is preempted; and

decoding a second portion of the first data that occupies resources corresponding to the second portion of the shared downlink resources that is not preempted.

24. The apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the group common PDCCH includes downlink control information (DCI), wherein the receiving the preemption indication comprises receiving the preemption indication in at least a portion of the DCI.

25. A method of wireless communication at a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting, to one or more user equipment (UEs), a downlink configuration that indicates whether or not a preemption indication identifies preemption in a data space in terms of a band or a sub-band;

transmitting, to the one or more UEs at a first time on shared downlink resources, a data transmission comprising first data associated with a first type of wireless communication; and

transmitting, to the one or more UEs at a second time subsequent to the first time, the preemption indication in a group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the preemption indication indicates whether at least a portion of the shared downlink resources occupied by the first data is preempted for use by the one or more UEs, the preemption comprising second data associated with a second type of wireless communication different from the first type of wireless communication puncturing resources occupied by the first data within the data transmission.

26. The method of claim 25 , wherein the group common PDCCH includes downlink control information (DCI), wherein the transmitting the preemption indication comprises transmitting the preemption indication in at least a portion of the DCI.

27. The method of claim 25 , further comprising transmitting, to the one or more UEs, the downlink configuration, dynamically, via downlink control information (DCI) signaling.

28. The method of claim 25 , further comprising transmitting, to the one or more UEs, the downlink configuration, semi-statically, via radio resource control (RRC) signaling.

29. The method of claim 25 , wherein transmitting the data transmission comprises transmitting a first subframe that includes the data transmission, wherein the transmitting the preemption indication comprises transmitting a second subframe that follows the first subframe, further comprising receiving, from at least one of the one or more UEs, an uplink short burst (ULSB) that is located between the first subframe and the second subframe.

30. The method of claim 25 , wherein the transmitting the data transmission comprises transmitting, to the one or more UEs, a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) that includes the data transmission in at least a portion of the PDSCH, wherein the first data and the second data coexist within the at least the portion of the PDSCH, and wherein the data space corresponds to the PDSCH.

31. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

a memory;

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, the at least one processor being configured to execute instructions stored on the memory that cause the base station to:

transmit, to one or more user equipment (UEs), via the transceiver, a downlink configuration that indicates whether or not a preemption indication identifies preemption in a data space in terms of a band or a sub-band;

transmit, to the one or more UEs at a first time on shared downlink resources, via the transceiver, a data transmission comprising first data associated with a first type of wireless communication; and

transmit, to the one or more UEs at a second time subsequent to the first time, via the transceiver, the preemption indication in a group common physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the preemption indication indicates whether at least a portion of the shared downlink resources occupied by the first data is preempted for use by the one or more UEs, the preemption comprising second data associated with a second type of wireless communication different from the first type of wireless communication puncturing resources occupied by the first data within the data transmission.