IP Library Granted Patent US 12,348,315
Granted Patent B2
US 12,348,315 · App. 17/784,080 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

HARQ-ACK information transmission method, and communication device

Inventor: Mingju Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04L1/1812H04W72/1273H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,348,315
App. No.
17/784,080
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and a communication device are provided. The method includes: receiving first downlink control information (DCI), in which a slot offset information field of the first DCI has a first value; receiving second DCI, in which a slot offset information field of the second DCI has a second value different from the first value; and sending HARQ-ACK information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission scheduled by the first DCI based on the second DCI, in response to determining that a value of a downlink assignment index (DAI) field included in the second DCI and a value of a DAI field included in the first DCI meet a predetermined condition.

Claims (32)

1. A method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, comprising:

receiving first downlink control information (DCI), wherein a slot offset information field of the first DCI has a first value;

receiving second DCI, wherein a slot offset information field of the second DCI has a second value different from the first value; and

sending HARQ-ACK information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission scheduled by the first DCI based on the second DCI, in response to determining that a value of a downlink assignment index (DAI) field comprised in the second DCI and a value of a DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet a predetermined condition;

wherein, the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI is M1, and the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI is M2, where both M1 and M2 are natural numbers,

determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition comprises:

determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition in response to M2=(M1+1) mod N, where N is a number of values that can be indicated by the DAI field.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

discarding sending the HARQ-ACK information of the PDSCH transmission scheduled by the first DCI in response to determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI do not meet the predetermined condition.

3. A method for transmitting HARQ-ACK information, comprising:

transmitting first DCI, wherein a slot offset information field of the first DCI has a first value;

transmitting second DCI, wherein a slot offset information field of the second DCI has a second value different from the first value, wherein when the second DCI is used to transmit HARQ-ACK information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission scheduled by the first DCI, a value of a downlink assignment index (DAI) field comprised in the second DCI and a value of a DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet a predetermined condition; and

receiving the HARQ-ACK information of the PDSCH transmission scheduled by the first DCI based on the second DCI, in response to determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition;

wherein, the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI is M1, and the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI is M2, where both M1 and M2 are natural numbers,

determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition comprises:

determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition in response to M2=(M1+1) mod N, where N is a number of values that can be indicated by the DAI field.

4. A communication device, comprising:

a receiver;

a memory;

a processor respectively coupled to the receiver and the memory, configured to execute computer executable instructions stored on the memory, control the receiver to receive and send wireless signals, and implement the method according to claim 3 .

5. A communication device, comprising:

a receiver;

a memory;

a processor respectively coupled to the receiver and the memory, configured to execute computer executable instructions stored on the memory, control the receiver to receive and send wireless signals, and implement a method for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, comprising:

receiving first downlink control information (DCI), wherein a slot offset information field of the first DCI has a first value;

receiving second DCI, wherein a slot offset information field of the second DCI has a second value different from the first value; and

sending HARQ-ACK information of a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission scheduled by the first DCI based on the second DCI, in response to determining that a value of a downlink assignment index (DAI) field comprised in the second DCI and a value of a DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet a predetermined condition;

wherein, the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI is M1, and the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI is M2, where both M1 and M2 are natural numbers,

determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition comprises:

determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI meet the predetermined condition in response to M2=(M1+1) mod N, where N is a number of values that can be indicated by the DAI field.

6. The communication device of claim 5 , wherein the processor is further configured to implement:

discarding sending the HARQ-ACK information of the PDSCH transmission scheduled by the first DCI in response to determining that the value of the DAI field comprised in the second DCI and the value of the DAI field comprised in the first DCI do not meet the predetermined condition.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2022
From: LI, MINGJU
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060155/0618 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230055619A1 · Feb 23, 2023
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