IP Library Granted Patent US 12,143,992
Granted Patent B2
US 12,143,992 · App. 18/211,320 · Granted Nov 12, 2024

Downlink scheduling and hybrid automatic repeat request feedback

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Jonghyun Park (Syosset, NY); Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/1273H04L1/1812H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,143,992
App. No.
18/211,320
Granted
Nov 12, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling transport blocks (TBs) via physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in slots, wherein the first DCI comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing indicator indicating an inapplicable value and a first PDSCH group index for the PDSCHs. After receiving the TBs in the slots, the wireless device receives a second DCI indicating a second PDSCH group index; and transmits HARQ feedback information for the TBs in response to: the HARQ feedback timing indicator, of the first DCI, indicating the inapplicable value and the first PDSCH group index of the first DCI being equal to the second PDSCH group index of the second DCI.

Claims (51)

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receive a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling transport blocks (TBs) via physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in slots, wherein:

each of the TBs is received via a respective PDSCH of the PDSCHs and in a respective slot of the slots; and

the first DCI comprises:

a first PDSCH-to-hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing indicator set to a first value indicating an inapplicable value; and

a first PDSCH group index for the PDSCHs;

receive the TBs in the slots, wherein each TB is associated with a respective HARQ process;

receive a second DCI indicating a second PDSCH group index, wherein the second DCI comprises a second PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator set to other than the first value and indicating an applicable value; and

transmit HARQ feedback information for the TBs in response to the second DCI and based on

the first PDSCH group index of the first DCI being equal to the second PDSCH group index of the second DCI.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to transmit the HARQ feedback information for the TBs in a HARQ feedback codebook.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the HARQ feedback information for the TBs comprises a plurality of positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indications, each ACK/NACK indication, of the plurality of ACK/NACK indications, corresponding to a respective TB of the TBs.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to transmit the HARQ feedback information for the TBs via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicated by the second DCI.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the HARQ feedback information for the TBs comprises a plurality of positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indications.

6. The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein each ACK/NACK indication, of the plurality of ACK/NACK indications, corresponds to a respective TB of the TBs.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the first DCI comprises a first DCI field indicating the first PDSCH group index.

8. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the second DCI comprises a second DCI field indicating the second PDSCH group index.

9. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the second DCI comprises a third DCI field indicating a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource for transmitting the HARQ feedback information for the TBs.

10. 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:

transmit, to a wireless device, a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling transport blocks (TBs) via physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in slots, wherein:

each of the TBs is transmitted via a respective PDSCH of the PDSCHs and in a respective slot of the slots; and

the first DCI comprises:

a first PDSCH-to-hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing indicator set to a first value indicating an inapplicable value; and

a first PDSCH group index for the PDSCHs;

transmit the TBs in the slots, wherein each TB is associated with a respective HARQ process;

transmit a second DCI indicating a second PDSCH group index, wherein the second DCI comprises a second PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator set to other than the first value and indicating an applicable value; and

receive HARQ feedback information for the TBs in response to the second DCI and based on

the first PDSCH group index of the first DCI being equal to the second PDSCH group index of the second DCI.

11. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to receive the HARQ feedback information for the TBs in a HARQ feedback codebook.

12. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the HARQ feedback information for the TBs comprises a plurality of positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indications, each ACK/NACK indication, of the plurality of ACK/NACK indications, corresponding to a respective TB of the TBs.

13. The base station of claim 12 , wherein each ACK/NACK indication, of the plurality of ACK/NACK indications, corresponds to a respective TB of the TBs.

14. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to receive the HARQ feedback information for the TBs via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicated by the second DCI.

15. The base station of claim 10 , wherein the first DCI comprises a first DCI field indicating the first PDSCH group index.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive a first downlink control information (DCI) scheduling transport blocks (TBs) via physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) in slots, wherein:

each of the TBs is received via a respective PDSCH of the PDSCHs and in a respective slot of the slots; and

the first DCI comprises:

a first PDSCH-to-hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing indicator set to a first value indicating an inapplicable value; and

a first PDSCH group index for the PDSCHs;

receive the TBs in the slots, wherein each TB is associated with a respective HARQ process;

receive a second DCI indicating a second PDSCH group index, wherein the second DCI comprises a second PDSCH-to-HARQ feedback timing indicator set to other than the first value and indicating an applicable value; and

transmit HARQ feedback information for the TBs in response to the second DCI and based on

the first PDSCH group index of the first DCI being equal to the second PDSCH group index of the second DCI.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to transmit the HARQ feedback information for the TBs in a HARQ feedback codebook.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to transmit the HARQ feedback information for the TBs via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicated by the second DCI.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the HARQ feedback information for the TBs comprises a plurality of positive acknowledgement or negative acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) indications.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein each ACK/NACK indication, of the plurality of ACK/NACK indications, corresponds to a respective TB of the TBs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2023
From: ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; YI, YUNJUNG; PARK, JONGHYUN; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 064524/0804 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2022012798 · Jan 18, 2022
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