Granted Patent B2

US 12,309,827 · App. 17/500,769 · Granted May 20, 2025

Inventors: Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA); Wei Yang (San Diego, CA); Amir Aminzadeh Gohari (Sunnyvale, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Yi Huang (San Diego, CA); Xiao Feng Wang (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W72/569H04W72/1268H04W72/21H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (61)

1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE), comprising:

determining that there is an overlap between the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH;

in response to the determination:

generating a combined uplink control information (UCI) payload, wherein the combined UCI payload includes a first part of a first UCI associated with a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a second UCI associated with a second PUCCH;

transmitting the combined UCI payload on a PUCCH resource; and

dropping or delaying transmission of a second part of the first UCI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first PUCCH is associated with a lower priority than the second PUCCH.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein the first PUCCH is for Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and the second PUCCH is for Enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (eURLLC), and

wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is transmitted corresponds to the second PUCCH.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the combined UCI payload includes an entirety of the second UCI.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether to generate the combined UCI payload based on at least one condition other than whether there is an overlap between the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one other condition comprises whether the first UCI comprises a Code Block Group (CBG)-based HARQ-ACK.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is transmitted comprises the first PUCCH.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is transmitted comprises is the second PUCCH.

9. A method of operating a wireless network component, comprising:

receiving, on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, a combined uplink control information (UCI) payload,

wherein the combined UCI payload includes a first part of a first UCI associated with a first PUCCH and a second UCI associated with a second PUCCH, and

wherein reception of a second part of the first UCI is dropped or delayed based on an overlap between the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first UCI is associated with a lower priority than the second UCI.

11. The method of claim 10 ,

wherein the first PUCCH is for Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and the second PUCCH is for Enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (eURLLC), and

wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is received corresponds to the second PUCCH.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the combined UCI payload comprises an entirety of the second UCI.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is received comprises the first PUCCH.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is received comprises the second PUCCH.

15. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

determine that there is an overlap between the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH;

in response to the determination:

generate a combined uplink control information (UCI) payload,

wherein the combined UCI payload includes less than all of a first UCI associated with a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and a second UCI associated with a second PUCCH; and

transmit, via the at least one transceiver, the combined UCI payload on a PUCCH resource; and

drop or delay transmission of a second part of the first UCI.

16. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the first PUCCH is associated with a lower priority than the second PUCCH.

17. The UE of claim 16 ,

wherein the first PUCCH is for Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and the second PUCCH is for Enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (eURLLC), and

wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is transmitted corresponds to the second PUCCH.

18. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the combined UCI payload includes an entirety of the second UCI.

19. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

determine whether to generate the combined UCI payload based on at least one condition other than whether there is an overlap between the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the at least one other condition comprises whether the first UCI comprises a Code Block Group (CBG)-based HARQ-ACK.

21. The UE of claim 15 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is transmitted comprises the first PUCCH.

22. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is transmitted comprises the second PUCCH.

23. A wireless network component, comprising:

a memory;

at least one transceiver; and

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the memory and the at least one transceiver, the at least one processor configured to:

receive, via the at least one transceiver, on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource, a combined uplink control information (UCI) payload,

wherein the combined UCI payload includes a first part of a first UCI associated with a first PUCCH and a second UCI associated with a second PUCCH, and

wherein reception of a second part of the first UCI is dropped or delayed based on an overlap between the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH.

24. The wireless network component of claim 23 , wherein the first UCI is associated with a lower priority than the second UCI.

25. The wireless network component of claim 24 ,

wherein the first PUCCH is for Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) and the second PUCCH is for Enhanced Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communication (eURLLC), and

wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is received corresponds to the second PUCCH.

26. The wireless network component of claim 23 , wherein the combined UCI payload comprises an entirety of the second UCI.

27. The wireless network component of claim 23 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is received comprises the first PUCCH.

28. The wireless network component of claim 23 , wherein the PUCCH resource over which the combined UCI payload is received the second PUCCH.

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