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US 12,389,407 · App. 18/658,933 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Device and method for transmitting uplink control channel in wireless communication system

Inventors: Kyungjun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Minseok Noh (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinsam Kwak (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: WILUS INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY INC.
H04W72/21H04L1/1812H04W72/0466
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Patent No.
US 12,389,407
App. No.
18/658,933
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification relates to a device and method for transmitting an uplink control channel in a wireless communication system. Disclosed in the present specification is a method for transmitting a physical uplink control channel by means of a UE, the method including: a step for generating a first HARQ-ACK codebook related to a first PUCCH; a step for generating a second HARQ-ACK codebook related to a second PUCCH; and a step for transmitting simultaneously the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH or one PUCCH among the first PUCCH and the second PUCCH to a base station in one slot on the basis of a plurality of indicators. According to the present embodiments, the sequence for transmitting a plurality of PUCCHs including respectively different HARQ-ACKs in one slot is clarified, and thus the targeted performance of a 5G wireless communication system intended to simultaneously provide various types of traffic (eURLLC, eMBB) can be achieved.

Claims (56)

1. A user equipment (UE) configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to control the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive one or more downlink control information (DCI) formats for downlink scheduling, wherein each of the one or more DCI formats includes:

a sub-slot-level offset k for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, k being an element of a set K;

generate a first HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with the downlink scheduling, based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme; and

transmit the first HARQ-ACK codebook in a sub-slot n,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates within a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within a sub-slot n-k i , the set R is updated by removing the element, where k i is an i th element of the set K, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

3. The UE of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more DCI formats further includes an indicator related to HARQ-ACK multiplexing, and

wherein a first value of the indicator is associated with the first HARQ-ACK codebook, and a second value of the indicator is associated with a second HARQ-ACK codebook.

4. The UE of claim 3 , wherein, when the first and second physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are not overlapped in time within a slot, the first and second PUCCH resources are respectively used for transmissions of the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks in the slot.

5. The UE of claim 3 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

6. A base station (BS) configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a communication module; and

a processor configured to control the communication module,

wherein the processor is configured to:

transmit one or more downlink control information (DCI) formats for downlink scheduling, wherein each of the one or more DCI formats includes:

a sub-slot-level offset k for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, k being an element of a set K; and

receive a first HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with the downlink scheduling in a sub-slot n, the first HARQ-ACK codebook being generated based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates within a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within a sub-slot n-k i , the set R is updated by removing the element, where k i is an i th element of the set K, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

7. The BS of claim 6 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

8. The BS of claim 6 , wherein each of the one or more DCI formats further includes an indicator related to HARQ-ACK multiplexing, and

wherein a first value of the indicator is associated with the first HARQ-ACK codebook, and a second value of the indicator is associated with a second HARQ-ACK codebook.

9. The BS of claim 8 , wherein, when the first and second physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are not overlapped in time within a slot, the first and second PUCCH resources are respectively used for receptions of the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks in the slot.

10. The BS of claim 8 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

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

receiving one or more downlink control information (DCI) formats for downlink scheduling, wherein each of the one or more DCI formats includes:

a sub-slot-level offset k for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, k being an element of a set K;

generating a first HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with the downlink scheduling, based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme; and

transmitting the first HARQ-ACK codebook in a sub-slot n,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates within a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within a sub-slot n-k i , the set R is updated by removing the element, where k i is an i th element of the set K, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein each of the one or more DCI formats further includes an indicator related to HARQ-ACK multiplexing, and

wherein a first value of the indicator is associated with the first HARQ-ACK codebook, and a second value of the indicator is associated with a second HARQ-ACK codebook.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein, when the first and second physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are not overlapped in time within a slot, the first and second PUCCH resources are respectively used for transmissions of the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks in the slot.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

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

transmitting one or more downlink control information (DCI) formats for downlink scheduling, wherein each of the one or more DCI formats includes:

a sub-slot-level offset k for physical downlink shared channel-to-hybrid automatic repeat and request (PDSCH-to-HARQ) feedback, k being an element of a set K; and

receiving a first HARQ-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook associated with the downlink scheduling in a sub-slot n, the first HARQ-ACK codebook being generated based on a semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme,

wherein the semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook scheme includes:

step A: for a set R including PDSCH candidates within a slot, if an end time of an element of the set R is not within a sub-slot n-k i , the set R is updated by removing the element, where k i is an i th element of the set K, and

step B: in a slot level, a same HARQ-ACK bit position is assigned to both (i) a first element with a smallest last symbol index and (ii) zero or more second elements overlapped in time with the first element, and then the first element and the zero or more second elements are removed from the updated set R.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein, when an element of the set R is overlapped with a semi-statically configured uplink symbol, the set R is further updated by removing the element.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein each of the one or more DCI formats further includes an indicator related to HARQ-ACK multiplexing, and

wherein a first value of the indicator is associated with the first HARQ-ACK codebook, and a second value of the indicator is associated with a second HARQ-ACK codebook.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein, when the first and second physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources for the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are not overlapped in time within a slot, the first and second PUCCH resources are respectively used for receptions of the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks in the slot.

20. The method of claim 18 , wherein, when the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are multiplexed, the first and second HARQ-ACK codebooks are concatenated in orders of values of the indicator.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0003012 · Jan 9, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0038071 · Apr 1, 2019 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17740093 · May 9, 2022
Continuation 17371082 · Jul 8, 2021
Continuation PCTKR2020000430 · Jan 9, 2020
Related Publication 20240298321A1 · Sep 5, 2024
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