IP Library Granted Patent US 12,309,098
Granted Patent B2
US 12,309,098 · App. 17/061,929 · Granted May 20, 2025

Feedback for wireless communications

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hyukjin Chae (Reston, VA); Ali Cirik (Herndon, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04L5/0055H04L1/1812H04L1/1854H04W72/21H04W72/569H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,309,098
App. No.
17/061,929
Granted
May 20, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Wireless devices may communicate with each other, for example, via sidelink communication. A wireless device may receive downlink messages from a base station, and the wireless device may receive sidelink messages from another wireless device. Acknowledgment messages to the base station may be prioritized, based on an indication of a priority, such that a sidelink message may be prioritized over acknowledgment feedback for a downlink message.

Claims (61)

1. A method comprising:

determining, by a wireless device based on one or more feedback messages associated with one or more sidelink messages, a sidelink acknowledgement feedback; and

based on determining that a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the sidelink acknowledgement feedback overlaps in time with a second PUCCH resource associated with uplink control information (UCI):

determining a highest priority among priorities of the one or more sidelink messages; and

sending, to a base station based on a comparison of the highest priority with a priority threshold, the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein sending the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI comprises sending the sidelink acknowledgement feedback based on the highest priority being higher than the priority threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, by the wireless device from the base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating the priority threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving one or more sidelink downlink control information (DCI) messages indicating the first PUCCH resource; and

receiving one or more DCI messages indicating the second PUCCH resource.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UCI comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with one or more downlink transmissions,

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with a downlink carrier, or

a scheduling request for uplink data.

6. 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:

determine, based on one or more feedback messages associated with one or more sidelink messages, a sidelink acknowledgement feedback; and

based on determining that a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the sidelink acknowledgement feedback overlaps in time with a second PUCCH resource associated with uplink control information (UCI):

determine a highest priority among priorities of the one or more sidelink messages; and

send, to a base station based on a comparison of the highest priority with a priority threshold, the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI.

7. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to send the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI based on the highest priority being higher than the priority threshold.

8. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive, from the base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating the priority threshold.

9. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

receive one or more sidelink downlink control information (DCI) messages indicating the first PUCCH resource; and

receive one or more DCI messages indicating the second PUCCH resource.

10. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the UCI comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with one or more downlink transmissions,

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with a downlink carrier, or

a scheduling request for uplink data.

11. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, configure a wireless device to:

determine, based on one or more feedback messages associated with one or more sidelink messages, a sidelink acknowledgement feedback; and

based on determining that a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the sidelink acknowledgement feedback overlaps in time with a second PUCCH resource associated with uplink control information (UCI):

determine a highest priority among priorities of the one or more sidelink messages; and

send, to a base station based on a comparison of the highest priority with a priority threshold, the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, configure the wireless device to send the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI based on the highest priority being higher than the priority threshold.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further configure the wireless device to receive, from the base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating the priority threshold.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further configure the wireless device to:

receive one or more sidelink downlink control information (DCI) messages indicating the first PUCCH resource; and

receive one or more DCI messages indicating the second PUCCH resource.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 , wherein the UCI comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with one or more downlink transmissions,

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with a downlink carrier, or a scheduling request for uplink data.

16. A system comprising:

a wireless device; and

a base station,

wherein the wireless device is configured to:

determine, based on one or more feedback messages associated with one or more sidelink messages, a sidelink acknowledgement feedback; and

based on determining that a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource associated with the sidelink acknowledgement feedback overlaps in time with a second PUCCH resource associated with uplink control information (UCI):

determine a highest priority among priorities of the one or more sidelink messages; and

send, based on a comparison of the highest priority with a priority threshold, the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI, and

wherein the base station is configured to receive the sidelink acknowledgement feedback or the UCI.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the wireless device is configured to send the sidelink acknowledgment feedback or the UCI based on the highest priority being higher than the priority threshold.

18. The system of claim 16 , wherein the wireless device is further configured to receive, from the base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating the priority threshold.

19. The system of claim 16 , wherein the wireless device is further configured to:

receive one or more sidelink downlink control information (DCI) messages indicating the first PUCCH resource; and

receive one or more DCI messages indicating the second PUCCH resource.

20. The system of claim 16 , wherein the UCI comprises at least one of:

hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback associated with one or more downlink transmissions,

channel state information (CSI) feedback associated with a downlink carrier, or

a scheduling request for uplink data.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; CHAE, HYUKJIN; CIRIK, ALI; ZHOU, HUA; XU, KAI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059268/0605 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 15, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; CHAE, HYUKJIN; CIRIK, ALI; ZHOU, HUA; XU, KAI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059268/0613 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62909662 · Oct 2, 2019
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