Granted Patent B2

US 12,349,160 · App. 18/357,474 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Inventors: Sung-jin Park (Incheon, KR); Tae-hyoung Kim (Seoul, KR); Jeong-ho Yeo (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jin-young Oh (Seoul, KR)

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd

H04W72/23H04W72/0446

Abstract

Claims (110)

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

obtaining interruption configuration information including a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) configured for indicating pre-emption;

performing monitoring on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) conveying downlink control information (DCI) including pre-emption indication information, based on the RNTI configured for indicating pre-emption; and

when the DCI including the pre-emption indication information is detected, determining that no transmission for the UE is present in a physical resource block (PRB) and a symbol from a set of PRBs and a set of symbols in a last transmission period preceding a transmission period in which the DCI includes the preemption indication information,

wherein the PRB and the symbol are indicated by the DCI, and

wherein a symbol indicated as an uplink (UL) is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the set of PRBs corresponds to a bandwidth part (BWP) including a plurality of PRBs.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

obtaining UE specific control information including slot format indication information;

identifying that the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI; and

identifying a number K of symbols as a result of excluding the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the pre-emption indication information is configured with N bits, and

wherein the interruption configuration information further includes indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols,

wherein the method further comprises:

in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a first value, identifying N symbol groups of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols, wherein each of N symbol groups one-to-one corresponds to each of the N bits and the N symbol groups of consecutive symbol includes a first symbol group including

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symbols and a second symbol group including

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symbols; and

in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a second value, identifying N/2 symbol groups symbols of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols, wherein the N bits includes N/2 bits indicating symbol information associated with pre-emption and N/2 bits indicating PRB information associated with pre-emption.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the pre-emption indication information includes a plurality of pre-emption indications, and

wherein each of the plurality of pre-emption indications includes 14 bits.

6. A method performed by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

providing, to a user equipment (UE), interruption configuration information including a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) for indicating pre-emption; and

transmitting, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) including pre-emption indication information via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a physical resource block (PRB) and a symbol, which are indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information, from a set of PRBs and a set of symbols in a last transmission period preceding a transmission period in which the DCI includes the preemption indication information, are configured not to allow transmission for the UE, and

wherein a symbol indicated as an uplink (UL) is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the set of PRBs corresponds to a bandwidth part (BWP) including a plurality of PRBs.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising providing, to the UE, UE specific control information including slot format indication information,

wherein the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information, and

wherein a number K of symbols is identified as a result of excluding the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the interruption configuration information further includes indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols,

wherein the pre-emption indication information is configured with N bits,

wherein N symbol groups of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols are identified in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a first value, where each of N symbol groups one-to-one corresponds to each of the N bits and the N symbol groups of consecutive symbol includes a first symbol group including

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k

n

⌉

symbols and a second symbol group including

⌊

k

n

⌋

symbols, and

wherein N/2 symbol groups symbols of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols are identified in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a second value where the N bits includes N/2 bits indicating symbol information associated with pre-emption and N/2 bits indicating PRB information associated with pre-emption.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the pre-emption indication information includes a plurality of pre-emption indications, and

wherein each of the plurality of pre-emption indications includes 14 bits.

11. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

obtain interruption configuration information including a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) configured for indicating pre-emption,

perform monitoring on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) conveying downlink control information (DCI) including pre-emption indication information, based on the RNTI configured for indicating pre-emption, and

when the DCI including the pre-emption indication information is detected, determine that no transmission for the UE is present in a physical resource block (PRB) and a symbol from a set of PRBs and a set of symbols in a last transmission period preceding a transmission period in which the DCI includes the preemption indication information,

wherein the PRB and the symbol are indicated by the DCI, and

wherein a symbol indicated as an uplink (UL) is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI.

12. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the set of PRBs corresponds to a bandwidth part (BWP) including a plurality of PRBs.

13. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

obtain UE specific control information including slot format indication information,

identify that the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI, and

identify a number K of symbols as a result of excluding the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information.

14. The UE of claim 13 , wherein the interruption configuration information further includes indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols,

wherein the pre-emption indication information is configured with N bits, and

wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a first value, identify N symbol groups of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols, wherein each of N symbol groups one-to-one corresponds to each of the N bits and the N symbol groups of consecutive symbol includes a first symbol group including

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k

n

⌉

symbols and a second symbol group including

⌊

k

n

⌋

symbols, and

in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a second value, identify N/2 symbol groups symbols of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols, wherein the N bits includes N/2 bits indicating symbol information associated with pre-emption and N/2 bits indicating PRB information associated with pre-emption.

15. The UE of claim 11 , wherein the pre-emption indication information includes a plurality of pre-emption indications, and

wherein each of the plurality of pre-emption indications includes 14 bits.

16. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

provide, to a user equipment (UE), interruption configuration information including a radio network temporary Identifier (RNTI) for indicating pre-emption, and

transmit, to the UE, downlink control information (DCI) including pre-emption indication information via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH),

wherein a physical resource block (PRB) and a symbol which are indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information, from a set of PRBs and a set of symbols in a last transmission period preceding a transmission period in which the DCI includes the preemption indication information, are configured not to allow transmission for the UE, and

wherein a symbol indicated as an uplink (UL) is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI.

17. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the set of PRBs corresponds to a bandwidth part (BWP) including a plurality of PRBs.

18. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to provide, to the UE, UE specific control information including slot format indication information,

wherein the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information is excluded from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information, and

wherein a number K of symbols is identified as a result of excluding the symbol indicated as the UL by the slot format indication information from the set of symbols indicated by the DCI including the pre-emption indication information.

19. The BS of claim 18 , wherein the interruption configuration information further includes indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols,

wherein the pre-emption indication information is configured with N bits,

wherein N symbol groups of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols are identified in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a first value, where each of N symbol groups one-to-one corresponds to each of the N bits and the N symbol groups of consecutive symbol includes a first symbol group including

⌈

k

n

⌉

symbols and a second symbol group including

⌊

k

n

⌋

symbols, and

wherein N/2 symbol groups symbols of consecutive symbols from the set of symbols are identified in case that the indication information for the set of PRBs and the set of symbols indicates a second value where the N bits includes N/2 bits indicating symbol information associated with pre-emption and N/2 bits indicating PRB information associated with pre-emption.

20. The BS of claim 16 , wherein the pre-emption indication information includes a plurality of pre-emption indications, and

wherein each of the plurality of pre-emption indications includes 14 bits.

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