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US 12,401,458 · App. 18/029,156 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Method, device and computer storage medium for communication

Inventors: Yukai Gao (Beijing, CN); Gang Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04L1/1812H04L1/1861H04L5/0055H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,401,458
App. No.
18/029,156
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices and computer storage media for communication. A method comprises transmitting, from a network device to a terminal device, downlink control information (DCI) over a first set of Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates for scheduling a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH), where the DCI includes at least one of a counter downlink assignment indicator (DAI) value and a total DAI value; transmitting the PDSCH from the network device to the terminal device; and receiving a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook for the PDSCH from the terminal device, where the HARQ-ACK codebook is generated at least based on a first configuration of a second set of PDCCH candidates, and at least one of the counter DAI value and the total DAI value. As such, the dynamic HARQ-ACK codebook can be obtained without introducing additional signaling overhead.

Claims (58)

1. A method performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

receiving, from a network device, two Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates comprising a first PDCCH candidate and a second PDCCH candidate, the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked to PDCCH repetition;

determining a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook based on a starting time of the first PDCCH candidate,

wherein the first PDCCH candidate is earlier than the second PDCCH candidate; and

transmitting, to the network device, HARQ-ACK information based on the HARQ-ACK codebook.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

determining the HARQ-ACK codebook based on the starting time and at least one of a counter downlink assignment indicator (DAI) value and a total DAI value,

wherein the counter DAI value and the total DAI value are detected over at least one of the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein:

a counter DAI value detected over the first PDCCH candidate and a counter DAI value detected over the second PDCCH candidate are the same; and/or

a total DAI value detected over the first PDCCH candidate and a total DAI value detected over the second PDCCH candidate are the same.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein the counter DAI value detected over at least one of the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate is an accumulative number related to a PDCCH monitoring occasion,

wherein the total DAI value detected over at least one of the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate is a total number of a set of PDCCH monitoring occasions, and

wherein the set of PDCCH monitoring occasions includes the PDCCH monitoring occasion.

5. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving, from the network device, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) scheduled over the two PDCCH candidates;

wherein determining the HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

determining the HARQ-ACK codebook for the PDSCH.

6. The method of claim 1 , the method further comprising:

receiving, from the network device, a configuration indicating the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate, which are linked to the PDCCH repetition.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the starting time is based on a start symbol or a start slot.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the HARQ-ACK codebook comprises:

determining a HARQ-ACK information field in the HARQ-ACK codebook, and

wherein the HARQ-ACK information is indicated in the HARQ-ACK information field.

9. A method performed by a network device, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal device, two Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates comprising a first PDCCH candidate and a second PDCCH candidate, the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked to PDCCH repetition; and

receiving hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information based on a HARQ-ACK codebook from the terminal device,

wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is determined based on a starting time of the first PDCCH candidate, and

wherein the first PDCCH candidate is earlier than the second PDCCH candidate.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is determined further based on at least one of a counter downlink assignment indicator (DAI) value and a total DAI value, and

wherein the counter DAI value and the total DAI value are indicated over at least one of the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein:

a counter DAI value indicated over the first PDCCH candidate and a counter DAI value indicated over the second PDCCH candidate are the same; and/or

a total DAI value indicated over the first PDCCH candidate and a total DAI value indicated over the second PDCCH candidate are the same.

12. The method of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal device, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) over the two PDCCH candidates,

wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is determined for the PDSCH.

13. The method of claim 9 , the method further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal device, a configuration indicating the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate, which are linked to the PDCCH repetition.

14. The method of claim 9 , wherein the starting time is based on a start symbol or a start slot.

15. A terminal device, comprising:

a processor configured to cause the terminal device to:

receive, from a network device, two Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) candidates comprising a first PDCCH candidate and a second PDCCH candidate, the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate are linked to PDCCH repetition;

determine a hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) codebook based on a starting time of the first PDCCH candidate,

wherein the first PDCCH candidate is earlier than the second PDCCH candidate; and

transmit, to the network device, HARQ-ACK information based on the HARQ-ACK codebook.

16. The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the terminal device to:

determine the HARQ-ACK codebook based on the starting time and at least one of a counter downlink assignment indicator (DAI) value and a total DAI value, and

wherein the counter DAI value and the total DAI value are detected over at least one of the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate.

17. The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the terminal device to:

receive, from the network device, a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) scheduled over the two PDCCH candidates, and

wherein the HARQ-ACK codebook is determined for the PDSCH.

18. The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein:

a counter DAI value detected over the first PDCCH candidate and a counter DAI value detected over the second PDCCH candidate are the same; and/or

a total DAI value detected over the first PDCCH candidate and a total DAI value detected over the second PDCCH candidate are the same.

19. The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the processor is further configured to cause the terminal device to:

receive, from the network device, a configuration indicating the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate, which are linked to the PDCCH repetition.

20. The terminal device of claim 15 , wherein the starting time is based on a start symbol or a start slot.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2023
From: GAO, YUKAI; WANG, GANG
To: NEC CORPORATION
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