IP Library Granted Patent US 12,279,255
Granted Patent B2
US 12,279,255 · App. 17/443,830 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Release of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations of downlink transmission occasions

Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Wei Yang (San Diego, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/1273H04L1/1819H04L1/1896H04L27/26025H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W76/30
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Patent No.
US 12,279,255
App. No.
17/443,830
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Some aspects of the present disclosure disclose methods and systems related to separate and joints releases of semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configured transmission occasions by an SPS release. For example, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release configured to jointly release at the UE a plurality of SPS configurations, each SPS configuration of the plurality of SPS configurations configured to schedule one or more SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions of a plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions. In some instances, the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions may occur in a same slot as the SPS release. Further, the UE may not expect to receive, or refrain from receiving, SPS PDSCH via the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

Claims (77)

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

monitoring for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release from a base station (BS) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), configured to jointly release at the UE a plurality of SPS configurations, each SPS configuration of the plurality of SPS configurations configured to schedule one or more SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions of a plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions; and

refraining from receiving the SPS release in response to the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions occurring in a same slot as the SPS release and the SPS release ending after an end of a last symbol of a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

each SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions has a configuration index; and

the SPS release includes a downlink control information (DCI) having a HARQ process number (HPN) field indicating configuration indices of the plurality of SPS configurations.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein no data transmission is received at the UE via any of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions occurring in the same slot as the transmission of the SPS release.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the BS and via a slot of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the HARQ ACK/NACK for the SPS release.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the HARQ ACK/NACK for the SPS release is transmitted on a location in a HARQ-ACK codebook that corresponds to a PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of PDSCH transmission occasions with a lowest configuration index.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

refraining from transmitting, to the BS, a HARQ acknowledgement or negative acknowledgment (ACK/NACK) for the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions overlaps in time with the SPS release.

8. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to:

monitor for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release from a base station (BS) and via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), configured to jointly release at the UE a plurality of SPS configurations, each SPS configuration of the plurality of SPS configurations configured to schedule one or more SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions of a plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions; and

refrain from receiving the SPS release in response to the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions occurring in a same slot as the SPS release and the SPS release ending after an end of a last symbol of a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein:

each SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions has a configuration index; and

the SPS release includes a downlink control information (DCI) having a HARQ process number (HPN) field indicating the configuration indices of the plurality of SPS configurations.

10. The UE of claim 8 , wherein no data transmission is received at the UE via any of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions occurring in the same slot as the transmission of the SPS release.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

transmit, to the BS and via a slot of a PUCCH, the HARQ ACK/NACK for the SPS release.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the HARQ ACK/NACK for the SPS release is transmitted on a location in a HARQ-ACK codebook that corresponds to a PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of PDSCH transmission occasions with a lowest configuration index.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the transceiver is further configured to:

refrain from transmitting, to the BS, a HARQ ACK/NACK for the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

14. The UE of claim 8 , wherein at least a portion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions overlaps in time with the SPS release.

15. A method of wireless communication performed by a base station (BS), the method comprising:

identifying a timing condition between a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release and a plurality of SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot,

the SPS release configured to jointly release at a user equipment (UE) a plurality of SPS configurations; and

each SPS configuration of the plurality of SPS configurations configured to schedule one or more of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions; and

refraining from transmitting the SPS release to the UE in the slot based on the timing condition.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the timing condition specifies that the SPS release ends after a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that ends first in time.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

each SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions has a configuration index; and

the SPS release includes a downlink control information (DCI) having a HARQ process number (HPN) field indicating the configuration indices of the plurality of SPS configurations.

18. A base station (BS), comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to:

identify a timing condition between a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release and a plurality of SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions in a slot,

the SPS release configured to jointly release at a user equipment (UE) a plurality of SPS configurations; and

each SPS configuration of the plurality of SPS configurations configured to schedule one or more of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions;

refrain from transmitting the SPS release to the UE in the slot based on the timing condition.

19. The BS of claim 18 , wherein the timing condition specifies that the SPS release ends after a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that ends first in time.

20. The BS of claim 18 , wherein:

each SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions has a configuration index; and

the SPS release includes a downlink control information (DCI) having a hybrid automatic request (HARQ) process number (HPN) field indicating the configuration indices of the plurality of SPS configurations.

21. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

monitoring for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release from a base station (BS) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) at a slot of a radio frame structure having a first numerology, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release configured to release at the UE a SPS configuration configured to schedule a plurality of SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions at multiple slots of a radio frame structure having a second numerology different from the first numerology, the slot of the radio frame structure having the first numerology coinciding with the multiple slots of the radio frame structure having the second numerology; and

refraining from receiving the SPS release in response to the SPS release ending after an end of a last symbol of a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions in the slot.

22. The method of claim 21 , wherein the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions correspond to repetitions of same transport block transmitted using the SPS configuration.

23. The method of claim 21 , wherein a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that is last in time overlaps in time with the SPS release.

24. The method of claim 21 , wherein no data transmission is received at the UE via any SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

25. The method of claim 24 , wherein the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions via which no data transmission is received overlaps in time with the SPS release.

26. The method of claim 21 , wherein:

the SPS configuration configures the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions with a configuration index; and

the SPS release includes a downlink control information (DCI) having a HARQ process number (HPN) field indicating the configuration index.

27. The method of claim 21 , wherein a spacing parameter of the first numerology is less than a spacing parameter of the second numerology.

28. The method of claim 21 , wherein at least a portion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions overlap in time with the SPS release.

29. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a processor; and

a transceiver coupled to the processor and configured to:

monitor for a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release from a base station (BS) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) at a slot of a radio frame structure having a first numerology, a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) release configured to release at the UE a SPS configuration configured to schedule a plurality of SPS physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission occasions at multiple slots of a radio frame structure having a second numerology different from the first numerology, the slot of the radio frame structure having the first numerology coinciding with the multiple slots of the radio frame structure having the second numerology; and

refrain from receiving the SPS release in response to the SPS release ending after an end of a last symbol of a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions in the slot.

30. The UE of claim 29 , wherein the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions correspond to repetitions of same transport block transmitted using the SPS configuration.

31. The UE of claim 29 , wherein a SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions that is last in time overlaps in time with the SPS release.

32. The UE of claim 29 , wherein no data transmission is received at the UE via any SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions.

33. The UE of claim 29 , wherein the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions via which no data transmission is received overlaps in time with the SPS release.

34. The UE of claim 29 , wherein:

the SPS configuration configures the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions with a configuration index; and

the SPS release includes a downlink control information (DCI) having a HARQ process number (HPN) field indicating the configuration index.

35. The UE of claim 29 , further the transceiver is further configured to transmit, to the BS, a one-bit HARQ ACK/NACK for the SPS release.

36. The UE of claim 35 , wherein the one-bit HARQ ACK/NACK is associated to a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) of the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion that is last in time to overlap with the SPS release.

37. The UE of claim 29 , wherein the one-bit HARQ ACK/NACK is associated to a time domain resource allocation (TDRA) of the SPS PDSCH transmission occasion that is first in time to overlap with the SPS release.

38. The UE of claim 29 , wherein a spacing parameter of the first numerology is less than a spacing parameter of the second numerology.

39. The UE of claim 29 , wherein at least a portion of the plurality of SPS PDSCH transmission occasions overlap in time with the SPS release.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 9, 2021
From: FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; YANG, WEI; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH; GAAL, PETER; CHEN, WANSHI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62706118 · Jul 31, 2020
Related Publication 20220039132A1 · Feb 3, 2022
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