Granted Patent B2

US 12,309,817 · App. 17/758,377 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Hung Dinh Ly (San Diego, CA); Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA); Shimman Arvind Patel (San Diego, CA); Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W72/541H04L5/14H04W72/0446H04W72/232

Abstract

Claims (82)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a configuration of full duplex communication resources for the UE for a plurality of slots;

receiving, from the base station, a pre-emption indication identifying that at least a portion of the full duplex communication resources in one or more slots of the plurality of slots is unavailable for communication;

determining based on the received pre-emption indication that at least a portion of downlink communication resources and at least a portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots are unavailable for communication; and

communicating with the base station using a remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots, the remaining portion based at least in part on the received pre-emption indication.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the received pre-emption indication comprises a first indication and a second indication, the first indication identifying that at least the portion of downlink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication, and the second indication identifying that at least the portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication, wherein the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is determined based at least in part on the first indication and the second indication.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein receiving the pre-emption indication comprises:

receiving the first indication and the second indication via a downlink control information message.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a downlink control information message from the base station; and

determining that the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises downlink communication resources based at least in part on the received downlink control information message.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a downlink control information message from the base station; and

determining that the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises uplink communication resources based at least in part on the received downlink control information message.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

determining the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is further based at least in part on determining that the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises uplink communication resources or downlink communication resources, or both.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the pre-emption indication comprises receiving, from the base station, a downlink control information message indicating at least one of a first set of resources, a second set of resources, a third set of resources, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first set of resources comprises uplink communication resources, the second set of resources comprises downlink communication resources, and the third set of resources comprises resources common to uplink communication and downlink communication, and wherein determining the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is based at least in part on the first set of resources, the second set of resources, and the third set of resources.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that a first subset of the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises downlink communication resources based at least in part on the received pre-emption indication; and

determining that a second subset of the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises uplink communication resources based at least in part on the received pre-emption indication.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the pre-emption indication is absent based at least in part on determining that the plurality of slots is less than a threshold number of slots.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, one of a downlink pre-emption indication or an uplink pre-emption indication, the downlink pre-emption indication identifying that a portion of downlink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication, and the uplink pre-emption indication identifying that a portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication; and

determining the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots based at least in part on the received pre-emption indication and the one of the downlink pre-emption indication or the uplink pre-emption indication.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, one of a downlink pre-emption indication or an uplink pre-emption indication, the downlink pre-emption indication identifying that a portion of downlink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication, and the uplink pre-emption indication identifying that a portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication; and

assuming that the downlink pre-emption indication is absent based at least in part on the received pre-emption indication and the one of the downlink pre-emption indication or the uplink pre-emption indication.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein a periodicity of the pre-emption indication corresponds to a periodicity of the plurality of slots.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-emption indication is included in at least a sequence, a physical downlink control channel, or a combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots are indicated via at least one of a bitmap, a start indicator, a length indicator, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein a difference between a timing associated with receiving the pre-emption indication and a timing associated with uplink communication resources included in the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots satisfies a threshold.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received pre-emption indication comprises a downlink pre-emption indication, the method further comprising interpreting the downlink pre-emption indication as an uplink pre-emption indication based on downlink and uplink full duplex communications using a same portion of resources.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the received pre-emption indication comprises an uplink pre-emption indication, the method further comprising interpreting the uplink pre-emption indication as a downlink pre-emption indication based on downlink and uplink full duplex communications using a same portion of resources.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration of full duplex communication resources configures uplink resources and downlink resources where the UE is configured to simultaneously transmit on at least some of the uplink resources and receive on at least some of the downlink resources, the method further comprising:

interpreting the pre-emption indication as an uplink pre-emption indication for the full duplex communication resources identified by the pre-emption indication which are included in the uplink resources; and

interpreting the pre-emption indication as a downlink pre-emption indication for the full duplex communication resources identified by the pre-emption indication which are included in the downlink resources.

19. A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration of full duplex communication resources for the UE for a plurality of slots;

transmitting, to the UE, a pre-emption indication identifying that a portion of the full duplex communication resources in one or more slots is unavailable for communication with the UE, wherein a remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots is available for communication with the UE, wherein transmitting the pre-emption indication comprises:

transmitting a first indication identifying that at least a portion of downlink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication with the UE; and

transmitting a second indication identifying that at least a portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication with the UE, wherein the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is based at least in part on the first indication and the second indication; and

communicating with the UE using the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots based at least in part on transmitting the pre-emption indication.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

determining that the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises downlink communication resources; and

transmitting, to a UE, a downlink control information message identifying the downlink communication resources.

21. The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

determining that the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises uplink communication resources; and

transmitting, to a UE, a downlink control information message identifying the uplink communication resources.

22. The method of claim 19 , wherein transmitting the pre-emption indication comprises:

determining that a first set of resources comprises uplink communication resources, a second set of resources comprises downlink communication resources, and a third set of resources comprises resources common to uplink communication and downlink communication, wherein the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is based at least in part on the first set of resources, the second set of resources and the third set of resources; and

transmitting a downlink control information message indicating at least one of the first set of resources, the second set of resources, the third set of resources, or a combination thereof.

23. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more processors,

memory coupled with the one or more processors; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

receive, from a base station, a configuration of full duplex communication resources for the UE for a plurality of slots;

receive, from the base station, a pre-emption indication identifying that at least a portion of the full duplex communication resources in one or more slots of the plurality of slots is unavailable for communication;

determine based on the received pre-emption indication that at least a portion of downlink communication resources and at least a portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots are unavailable for communication; and

communicate with the base station using a remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots, the remaining portion based at least in part on the received pre-emption indication.

24. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

determine that the received pre-emption indication comprises a first indication and a second indication, the first indication identifying that at least the portion of downlink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication, and the second indication identifying that at least the portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication, wherein the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is determined based at least in part on the first indication and the second indication.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

receive the first indication and the second indication via a downlink control information message.

26. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

receive a downlink control information message from the base station; and

determine that the portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots comprises downlink communication resources based at least in part on the received downlink control information message.

27. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the received pre-emption indication comprises a downlink pre-emption indication, and wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to interpret the downlink pre-emption indication as an uplink pre-emption indication based on downlink and uplink full duplex communications using a same portion of resources.

28. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the received pre-emption indication comprises an uplink pre-emption indication, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to interpret the uplink pre-emption indication as a downlink pre-emption indication based on downlink and uplink full duplex communications using a same portion of resources.

29. The apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the configuration of full duplex communication resources configures uplink resources and downlink resources where the UE is configured to simultaneously transmit on at least some of the uplink resources and receive on at least some of the downlink resources, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the UE to:

interpret the pre-emption indication as an uplink pre-emption indication for the full duplex communication resources identified by the pre-emption indication which are included in the uplink resources; and

interpret the pre-emption indication as a downlink pre-emption indication for the full duplex communication resources identified by the pre-emption indication which are included in the downlink resources.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

one or more processors,

memory coupled with the one or more processors; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the one or more processors to cause the base station to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration of full duplex communication resources for the UE for a plurality of slots;

transmit, to the UE, a pre-emption indication identifying that a portion of the full duplex communication resources in one or more slots is unavailable for communication with the UE, wherein a remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots is available for communication with the UE, wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the base station to transmit the pre-emption indication by being configured to:

transmit a first indication identifying that at least a portion of downlink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication with the UE; and

transmit a second indication identifying that at least a portion of uplink communication resources in the one or more slots is unavailable for communication with the UE, wherein the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources is based at least in part on the first indication and the second indication; and

communicate with the UE using the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots based at least in part on transmission of the pre-emption indication.

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