Granted Patent B2

US 12,309,794 · App. 17/578,082 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventors: Youngdae Lee (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.

H04W72/23H04L1/1812H04L5/0055H04W72/30

Abstract

Claims (55)

1. A method of transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a plurality of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) each carrying downlink control information (DCI);

receiving a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) based on the plurality of PDCCHs; and

transmitting a single uplink signal in which HARQ feedback information for each of the plurality of PDSCH is multiplexed,

wherein receiving the plurality of PDCCHs comprises receiving a first PDCCH carrying first DCI for multicast scheduling and receiving a second PDCCH carrying second DCI for unicast scheduling,

wherein receiving the plurality of PDSCHs comprises receiving a multicast PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI and receiving a unicast PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI,

wherein, for the multicast PDSCH, the UE is configured with one of two modes including a first mode for reporting acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a second mode for reporting NACK only, and

wherein the UE is configured with the second mode for the multicast PDSCH and, based on that first HARQ feedback information for the multicast PDSCH is to be multiplexed with second HARQ feedback information for the unicast PDSCH, the UE:

generates the first HARQ feedback information based on the first mode other than the second mode configured in the UE; and

multiplexes the first HARQ feedback information generated based on the first mode, with the second HARQ feedback information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein in the second mode, reporting of HARQ feedback information consisting of ACKs without any NACK is skipped.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the single uplink signal is a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving configuration information indicating the second mode among the first mode and the second mode for the multicast PDSCH.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the first PDCCH carrying the first DCI is scrambled with a group radio network temporary identifier (G-RNTI).

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of PDSCHs comprise a third PDCCH carrying third DCI for unicast scheduling, and

wherein based on that a priority related to the first HARQ feedback information indicated by the first DCI is higher than a priority related to third HARQ feedback information indicated by the third DCI, the UE drops the third HARQ feedback information related to the unicast scheduling and transmit the first HARQ feedback information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on that the first HARQ feedback information for the multicast PDSCH is multiplexed with ACK/NACK-based fourth HARQ feedback information in a state in which the UE is configured with the second mode, the UE:

generates the first HARQ feedback information based on the first mode other than the second mode configured in the UE; and

multiplexes the first HARQ feedback information generated based on the first mode with the fourth HARQ feedback information.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the fourth HARQ feedback information is for another multicast PDSCH other than the multicast PDSCH.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first mode is configured for the another multicast PDSCH.

10. A computer-readable medium storing a program for executing the method of claim 1 .

11. A device for wireless communication, the device comprising:

a memory configured to store instructions; and

a processor configured to perform operations by executing the instructions,

wherein the operations performed by the processor comprise:

receiving a plurality of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), each carrying downlink control information (DCI);

receiving a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) based on the plurality of PDCCHs; and

transmitting a single uplink signal in which HARQ feedback information for each of the plurality of PDSCH is multiplexed,

wherein receiving the plurality of PDCCHs comprises receiving a first PDCCH carrying first DCI for multicast scheduling and receiving a second PDCCH carrying second DCI for unicast scheduling,

wherein receiving the plurality of PDSCHs comprises receiving a multicast PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI and receiving a unicast PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI,

wherein for the multicast PDSCH, the device is configured with one of two modes including a first mode for reporting acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a second mode for reporting NACK only, and

wherein the devices is configured with the second mode for the multicast PDSCH and, based on that first HARQ feedback information for the multicast PDSCH is to be multiplexed with second HARQ feedback information for the unicast PDSCH, the processor:

generates the first HARQ feedback information based on the first mode other than the second mode configured for the device; and

multiplexes the first HARQ feedback information generated based on the first mode, with the second HARQ feedback information.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the device is an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) or a digital signal processor.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the device is a user equipment (UE) operating in a 3rd generation partnership project (3GPP) based wireless communication system.

14. A method of receiving hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback information by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a plurality of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) each carrying downlink control information (DCI);

transmitting a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) based on the plurality of PDCCHs; and

receiving from a user equipment (UE) a single uplink signal on which HARQ feedback information for each of the plurality of PDSCHs is multiplexed,

wherein transmitting the plurality of PDCCHs comprises transmitting a first PDCCH carrying first DCI for multicast scheduling and transmitting a second PDCCH carrying second DCI for unicast scheduling,

wherein transmitting the plurality of PDSCHs comprises transmitting a multicast PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI and transmitting a unicast PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI,

wherein for the multicast PDSCH, the BS configures one of two modes including a first mode for receiving acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a second mode for receiving NACK only, and

wherein the UE is configured with the second mode for the multicast PDSCH and, based on that first HARQ feedback information for the multicast PDSCH is to be multiplexed with second HARQ feedback information for the unicast PDSCH, the BS obtains the first HARQ feedback information and the second HARQ feedback information by assuming that the first HARQ feedback information is multiplexed with the second HARQ feedback information based on the first mode other than the second mode configured in the UE.

15. A base station (BS) for wireless communication, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to control the transceiver to:

transmit a plurality of physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs), each carrying downlink control information (DCI);

transmit a plurality of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) based on the plurality of PDCCHs; and

receive from a user equipment (UE) a single uplink signal on which HARQ feedback information for each of the plurality of PDSCHs is multiplexed,

wherein transmitting the plurality of PDCCHs comprises transmitting a first PDCCH carrying first DCI for multicast scheduling and transmitting a second PDCCH carrying second DCI for unicast scheduling,

wherein transmitting the plurality of PDSCHs comprises transmitting a multicast PDSCH scheduled by the first DCI and transmitting a unicast PDSCH scheduled by the second DCI,

wherein for the multicast PDSCH, the processor configures-either one of two modes including a first mode for receiving acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) and a second mode for receiving NACK only, and

wherein the UE is configured with the second mode for the multicast PDSCH and, based on that first HARQ feedback information for the multicast PDSCH is to be multiplexed with second HARQ feedback information for the unicast PDSCH, the processor obtains the first HARQ feedback information and the second HARQ feedback information by assuming that the first HARQ feedback information is multiplexed with the second HARQ feedback information based on the first mode other than the second mode configured in the UE.

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