IP Library Granted Patent US 12,316,459
Granted Patent B2
US 12,316,459 · App. 18/023,970 · Granted May 27, 2025

Communication system

Inventors: Ayesha Ijaz (Guildford, GB); Takahiro Sasaki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L1/1864H04L5/0055
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Patent No.
US 12,316,459
App. No.
18/023,970
Granted
May 27, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication system is disclosed in which a user equipment (UE) receives data associated with an Ultra-Reliable and Low-Latency Communications (URLLC) service and data associated with an Enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB) service. The UE generates a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook for URLLC service and a second HARQ codebook for the eMBB service, bundles the first HARQ codebook into a single bit, and appends it to the end of the second HARQ codebook to form a multiplexed HARQ codebook. The UE then transmits the multiplexed HARQ codebook to the access network node.

Claims (31)

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

receiving, from an access network node, a signal carrying first data corresponding to a first service and second data corresponding to a second service;

generating a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook for the first data to be transmitted in a first physical uplink channel;

generating a second HARQ codebook for the second data to be transmitted in a second physical uplink channel which is different from the first physical uplink channel;

generating, by reducing bits of content to be transmitted in the first physical uplink channel based on the content including negative acknowledgement information only, uplink control information for the first service;

multiplexing the uplink control information with the second HARQ codebook to derive a multiplexed uplink control information; and

transmitting, to the access network node, the multiplexed uplink control information in the second physical uplink channel.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein, the uplink control information is one bit and appended after the second HARQ codebook.

3. A method performed by an access network node, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a signal carrying first data corresponding to a service and second data corresponding to a second service; and

receiving, from the UE, a multiplexed uplink control information in a second physical uplink channel which is different from a first physical uplink channel, wherein

the multiplexed uplink control information is based on uplink control information for the first service generated by reducing bits of content to be transmitted in the first physical uplink channel based on the content including negative acknowledgement information only, and multiplexed with a second Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request HARQ codebook for the second data,

a first HARQ codebook has been generated to be transmitted in the first physical uplink channel, and

the second HARQ codebook has been generated to be transmitted in the second physical uplink channel.

4. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:

receive, from an access network node, a signal carrying first data corresponding to a first service and second data corresponding to a second service;

generate a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) codebook for the first data to be transmitted in a first physical uplink channel;

generate a second HARQ codebook for the second data to be transmitted in a second physical uplink channel which is different from the first physical uplink channel;

generate, by reducing bits of content to be transmitted in the first physical uplink channel based on the content including negative acknowledgement information only, uplink control information for the first service;

multiplex the uplink control information with the second HARQ codebook to derive a multiplexed uplink control information; and

transmit, to the access network node, the multiplexed uplink control information in or the second physical uplink channel.

5. An access network node comprising:

a memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor configured to process the instructions to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a signal carrying first data corresponding to a first service and second data corresponding to a second service; and

receive, from the UE, a multiplexed uplink control information in a second physical uplink channel, which is different from a first physical uplink channel, wherein

the multiplexed uplink control information is based on uplink control information for the first service generated by reducing bits of content to be transmitted in the first physical uplink channel based on the content including negative acknowledgement information only, and multiplexed with a second Hybrid Automatic Repeal Request (HARQ) codebook for the second data, and

a first HARQ codebook has been generated to be transmitted in the first physical uplink channel, and

the second HARQ codebook has been generated to be transmitted in the second physical uplink channel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2023
From: IJAZ, AYESHA; SASAKI, TAKAHIRO
To: NEC CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
GB 2016378 · Oct 15, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230246745A1 · Aug 3, 2023
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