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US 12,231,242 · App. 17/637,540 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Dynamic retransmission configuration

Inventors: Karri Ranta-Aho (Espoo, FI); Pingping Wen (Shanghai, CN); Zhilan Xiong (Bristol, GB); Mads Lauridsen (Gistrup, DK); Jeroen Wigard (Klarup, DK); Rafhael Amorim (Aalborg, DK)
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
H04L1/1812H04L1/1896
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Patent No.
US 12,231,242
App. No.
17/637,540
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a solution for configuring a retransmission in communications. In an aspect, a first device transmits, to a second device, a first indication of a plurality of candidate retransmission configurations. Each of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations includes a transmission feedback configuration and/or a data retransmission configuration. The first device selects a target retransmission configuration from the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations. The first device transmits, to the second device, a second indication of the target retransmission configuration. The first device communicates with the second device using the target retransmission configuration. The example embodiments of the present disclosure provide a dynamical multi-level indication for a retransmission scheme.

Claims (119)

1. A first device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory memory storing computer program codes;

the at least one memory and the computer program codes being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first device to:

transmit, to a second device, a first indication of a plurality of candidate retransmission configurations, each of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprising a transmission feedback configuration and/or a data retransmission configuration;

select a target retransmission configuration from the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations;

transmit, to the second device, a second indication of the target retransmission configuration; and

communicate with the second device using the target retransmission configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprises:

a feedback being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being disabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being enabled and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission, and

a blind retransmission being enabled for a transmission.

2. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, such that:

the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations are indexed using respective indexes, and

the second indication comprises an index associated with the target retransmission configuration.

3. The first device of claim 2 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with at least one processor, cause the first device to:

transmit, to the second device, a plurality of retransmission parameter configurations being indexed by the indexes of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations.

4. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes being configured such that:

the first indication is transmitted via a radio resource control, RRC, message, and

the second indication is transmitted via downlink control information, DCI.

5. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations further comprises the following:

a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, acknowledgement, ACK, or negative acknowledgement, NACK, feedback function being enabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ retransmission function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function and a HARQ retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function being enabled and a HARQ retransmission function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function and a HARQ retransmission function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function being enabled, a HARQ retransmission function being disabled, and a blind retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process, or

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function and a HARQ retransmission function being disabled, and the blind retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process.

6. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to,

with the at least one processor, cause the first device to transmit, to the second device, an indication of the following:

all of HARQ processes between the first device and the second device being enabled.

7. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first device to transmit, to the second device, an indication of the following:

a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with an enabled HARQ retransmission function,

a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with a disabled HARQ retransmission function, and

a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with an enabled blind retransmission function.

8. The first device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the first device to select the target retransmission configuration with:

in accordance with a determination that the number of unsuccessfully received transmissions among a predetermined number of transmissions between the first device and the second device exceeds a threshold, selecting the candidate retransmission configuration that the feedback is enabled and the retransmission is disabled as the target retransmission configuration.

9. A second device, comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one non-transitory memory storing computer program codes;

the at least one memory and the computer program codes being configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the second device to:

receive, from a first device, a first indication of a plurality of candidate retransmission configurations, each of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprising a transmission feedback configuration and/or a data retransmission configuration;

receive, from the first device, a second indication of a target retransmission configuration selected from the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations; and

communicate with the first device using the target retransmission configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprises:

a feedback being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being disabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being enabled and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission, and

a blind retransmission being enabled for a transmission for a transmission.

10. The second device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, such that:

the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations are indexed using respective indexes, and

the second indication comprises an index associated with the target retransmission configuration.

11. The second device of claim 10 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the second device to:

receive, from the first device, a plurality of retransmission parameter configurations being indexed by the indexes of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations.

12. The second device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, such that:

the first indication is transmitted via a radio resource control, RRC, message, and

the second indication is transmitted via downlink control information, DCI.

13. The second device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations further comprises the following:

a hybrid automatic repeat request, HARQ, acknowledgement, ACK, or negative acknowledgement, NACK, feedback function being enabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ retransmission function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function and a HARQ retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function being enabled and a HARQ retransmission function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function and a HARQ retransmission function being disabled for a HARQ process,

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function being enabled, a HARQ retransmission function being disabled, and a blind retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process, or

a HARQ ACK/NACK feedback function and a HARQ retransmission function being disabled, and a blind retransmission function being enabled for a HARQ process.

14. The second device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the second device to receive, from the first device, an indication of one of the following:

all of HARQ processes between the first device and the second device being enabled.

15. The second device of claim 9 , wherein the second device is further caused to the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the second device to receive, from the first device, an indication of the following:

a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with an enabled HARQ retransmission function;

a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with a disabled HARQ retransmission function; and

a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with an enabled blind retransmission function.

16. The second device of claim 15 , wherein the second device is further caused to the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the second device

in response to receiving an indication of a service data flow to be transmitted using a HARQ process with an enabled HARQ retransmission function, and in response to a determination that the second indication indicates a HARQ process with a disabled HARQ retransmission function,

enable the disabled HARQ retransmission function of the HARQ process;

transmit the service data flow using the HARQ process; and

transmit, to the first device, an indication that the HARQ retransmission function of the HARQ process is enabled.

17. The second device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one memory and the computer program codes are configured to, with the at least one processor, such that the target retransmission configuration is selected with:

in accordance with a determination that the number of unsuccessfully received transmissions among a predetermined number of transmissions between the first device and the second device exceeds a threshold, selecting the candidate retransmission configuration that the feedback is enabled and the retransmission is disabled as the target retransmission configuration.

18. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a second device from a first device, a first indication of a plurality of candidate retransmission configurations, each of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprising a transmission feedback configuration and/or a data retransmission configuration;

selecting a target retransmission configuration from the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations;

transmitting, to the second device, a second indication of the target retransmission configuration; and

communicating with the second device using the target retransmission configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprises:

a feedback being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being disabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being enabled and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission, and

a blind retransmission being enabled for a transmission for a transmission.

19. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a second device from a first device, a first indication of a plurality of candidate retransmission configurations, each of the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprising a transmission feedback configuration and/or a data retransmission configuration;

receiving, from the first device, a second indication of a target retransmission configuration selected from the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations; and

communicating with the first device using the target retransmission configuration,

wherein the plurality of candidate retransmission configurations comprises:

a feedback being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being disabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being enabled for a transmission,

a feedback being enabled and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission,

a feedback and a data retransmission being disabled for a transmission, or

a blind retransmission being enabled for a transmission for a transmission.

20. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising program instructions for causing an apparatus to perform at least the method of claim 18 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 9, 2022
From: RANTA-AHO, KARRI; WEN, PINGPING; XIONG, ZHILAN; LAURIDSEN, MADS; WIGARD, JEROEN; AMORIM, RAFHAEL
To: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
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