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Granted Patent B2
US 12,237,931 · App. 18/634,885 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Method, device, and system for allocating HARQ process number for downlink transmission and uplink transmission in wireless communication system

Inventors: Minseok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Geunyoung Seok (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Juhyung Son (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04L1/1854H04L1/1822
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Patent No.
US 12,237,931
App. No.
18/634,885
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is a method for a terminal to transmit a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) to a base station in a wireless communication system. The terminal may: receive radio resource control (RRC) configuration information related to the configuration of slots from the base station; and receive, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI) scheduling multiple physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) for the terminal.

Claims (53)

1. A terminal of a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive radio resource control (RRC) configuration information related to a configuration of a slot from a base station; and

receive, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI),

wherein the DCI schedules multiple physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) and indicates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of a specific PUSCH among the multiple PUSCHs, and

wherein the specific PUSCH with the HARQ process number indicated by the DCI is an earliest PUSCH that does not overlap with a downlink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information.

2. The terminal of claim 1 ,

wherein a HARQ process number of a PUSCH constituting the multiple PUSCHs excluding the specific PUSCH is increased than a HARQ process number of a previous PUSCH of the PUSCH depending on whether a symbol of a slot on which the PUSCH is scheduled overlaps with a downlink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information.

3. The terminal of claim 2 ,

wherein, when the symbol of the slot on which the PUSCH is scheduled is indicated as an uplink symbol by the RRC configuration information, the HARQ process number of the PUSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PUSCH.

4. The terminal of claim 2 ,

wherein, when the symbol of the slot on which the PUSCH is scheduled overlaps with the downlink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information, the PUSCH is not transmitted on the slot.

5. The terminal of claim 4 ,

wherein the HARQ process number of the PUSCH is not increased compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PUSCH.

6. The terminal of claim 4 ,

wherein, when the symbol of a slot on which a next PUSCH of the PUSCH among the multiple PUSCHs is scheduled is indicated as an uplink symbol by the RRC configuration information, a HARQ process number of the next PUSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PUSCH.

7. The terminal of claim 2 ,

wherein, when the symbol of the slot on which the PUSCH is scheduled overlaps with a flexible symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information, the HARQ process number of the PUSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PUSCH according to whether a particular signal is configured on the flexible symbol.

8. The terminal of claim 7 ,

wherein the particular signal is a synchronization signal/PBCH block (SSB) indicated by SSBpositioninburst that is a RRC information element.

9. The terminal of claim 7 ,

wherein, when the particular signal is not configured on the flexible symbol, the HARQ process number of the PUSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PUSCH.

10. The terminal of claim 9 ,

wherein the HARQ process number of the PUSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PUSCH regardless of whether the symbol of the slot on which the PUSCH is scheduled is indicated as being uplink, downlink, or flexible by a slot format indicator (SFI).

11. A terminal of a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive radio resource control (RRC) configuration information related to a configuration of a slot from a base station; and

receive, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI),

wherein the DCI schedules multiple physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) and indicates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of a specific PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs, and

wherein the specific PDSCH with the HARQ process number indicated by the DCI is an earliest PDSCH that does not overlap with a uplink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information.

12. The terminal of claim 11 ,

wherein a HARQ process number of a PDSCH constituting the multiple PDSCHs excluding the specific PDSCH is increased than a HARQ process number of a previous PDSCH of the PDSCH depending on whether a symbol of a slot on which the PDSCH is scheduled overlaps with an uplink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information.

13. The terminal of claim 12 ,

wherein, when the symbol of the slot on which the PDSCH is scheduled is indicated as a downlink symbol by the RRC configuration information, the HARQ process number of the PDSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PDSCH.

14. The terminal of claim 12 ,

wherein, when the symbol of the slot on which the PDSCH is scheduled overlaps with the uplink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information, the PDSCH is not received on the slot.

15. The terminal of claim 14 ,

wherein the HARQ process number of the PDSCH is not increased compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PDSCH.

16. The terminal of claim 14 ,

wherein, when the symbol of a slot on which a next PDSCH of the PDSCH among the multiple PDSCHs is scheduled is indicated as a downlink symbol by the RRC configuration information, a HARQ process number of the next PDSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PDSCH.

17. The terminal of claim 12 ,

wherein, when the symbol of the slot on which the PDSCH is scheduled overlaps with a flexible symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information, the HARQ process number of the PDSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PDSCH.

18. The terminal of claim 17 ,

wherein the HARQ process number of the PDSCH is increased by “1” compared to the HARQ process number of the previous PDSCH regardless of whether the symbol of the slot on which the PDSCH is scheduled is indicated as being uplink, downlink, or flexible by a slot format indicator (SFI).

19. A method of transmitting a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving radio resource control (RRC) configuration information related to a configuration of a slot from a base station; and

receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) including downlink control information (DCI),

wherein the DCI schedules multiple physical uplink shared channels (PUSCHs) and indicates a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number of a specific PUSCH among the multiple PUSCHs, and

wherein the specific PUSCH with the HARQ process number is indicated by the DCI is an earliest PUSCH that does not overlap with a downlink symbol indicated by the RRC configuration information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2025
From: NOH, MINSEOK; SEOK, GEUNYOUNG; SON, JUHYUNG; KWAK, JINSAM
To: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2021-0135513 · Oct 13, 2021 · national
KR 10-2021-0136345 · Oct 14, 2021 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTKR2022015541 · Oct 13, 2022
Related Publication 20240259143A1 · Aug 1, 2024
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