IP Library Granted Patent US 12,438,679
Granted Patent B2
US 12,438,679 · App. 17/932,568 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Deferral of SPS HARQ-ACK with different priorities

Inventors: Yi Huang (San Diego, CA); Konstantinos Dimou (New York, NY); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Seyedkianoush Hosseini (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04L5/0064H04L5/0055H04W72/21
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Patent No.
US 12,438,679
App. No.
17/932,568
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for resolving collisions between deferred uplink transmissions based on priority. A user equipment (UE) receives a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration including an indication of resources for acknowledgment (ACK) reporting as uplink control information (UCI), the first SPS configuration indicating a first priority level. The UE receives a second signaling indicating a second priority level for a second transmission, the second priority level being higher than the first priority level. The UE defers a first UCI transmission according to the first SPS configuration during one or more downlink slots to a first uplink capable slot. The first UCI transmission in the first uplink capable slot collides with the second transmission. The UE transmits the second transmission in the first uplink capable slot based on the second priority level being higher than the first priority level.

Claims (50)

1. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

receiving a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration including an indication of resources for acknowledgment (ACK) reporting of a first downlink reception as uplink control information (UCI), the first SPS configuration indicating a first priority level;

receiving a second signaling indicating a second priority level for a second transmission, the second priority level being higher than the first priority level;

deferring a first UCI transmission according to the first SPS configuration during one or more downlink slots from the resources to a first uplink capable slot subsequent to the one or more downlink slots, the deferred first UCI transmission in the first uplink capable slot collides with the second transmission; and

transmitting the second transmission in the first uplink capable slot based on the second priority level being higher than the first priority level.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising dropping the first UCI transmission.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second signaling for the second transmission is a second SPS configuration including an indication of resources for ACK reporting as a second UCI.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising deferring the second transmission for the second UCI during the one or more downlink slots.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second transmission is a high priority physical layer transmission.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second transmission is dynamically scheduled or scheduled by a radio resource control (RRC) message.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the second transmission is one of: a RRC configured high priority channel state information (CSI) report, a RRC configured high priority configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a high priority dynamically scheduled PUSCH; or a deferred high priority uplink transmission.

8. A method of wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration including an indication of resources for acknowledgment (ACK) reporting of a first downlink transmission as uplink control information (UCI), the first SPS configuration indicating a first priority level;

transmitting a second signaling indicating a second priority level for a second uplink transmission, the second priority level being higher than the first priority level;

determining that a first UCI transmission according to the first SPS configuration during one or more downlink slots is deferred from the resources to a first uplink capable slot subsequent to the one or more downlink slots, the deferred first UCI transmission collides with the second uplink transmission; and

receiving the second uplink transmission in the first uplink capable slot based on the first priority level and the second priority level.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining that the first UCI transmission has been dropped.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second signaling for the second uplink transmission is a second SPS configuration including an indication of resources for ACK reporting as a second UCI.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising determining that the second uplink transmission for the second UCI has been deferred during the one or more downlink slots.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second uplink transmission is a high priority physical layer transmission.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the second uplink transmission is dynamically scheduled or scheduled by a radio resource control (RRC) message.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the second uplink transmission is one of: a RRC configured high priority channel state information (CSI) report, a RRC configured high priority configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a high priority dynamically scheduled PUSCH; or a deferred high priority uplink transmission.

15. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and the memory and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

receive a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration including an indication of resources for acknowledgment (ACK) reporting of a first downlink reception as uplink control information (UCI), the first SPS configuration indicating a first priority level;

receive a second signaling indicating a second priority level for a second transmission, the second priority level being higher than the first priority level;

defer a first UCI transmission according to the first SPS configuration during one or more downlink slots from the resources to a first uplink capable slot subsequent to the one or more downlink slots, the first UCI transmission in the first uplink capable slot collides with the second transmission; and

transmit the second transmission in the first uplink capable slot based on the second priority level being higher than the first priority level.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the processor is configured to drop the first UCI transmission.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second signaling for the second transmission is a second SPS configuration including an indication of resources for ACK reporting as a second UCI.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising deferring the second transmission for the second UCI during the one or more downlink slots.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second transmission is a high priority physical layer transmission.

20. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the second transmission is dynamically scheduled or scheduled by a radio resource control (RRC) message.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the second transmission is one of: a RRC configured high priority channel state information (CSI) report, a RRC configured high priority configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a high priority dynamically scheduled PUSCH; or a deferred high priority uplink transmission.

22. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory storing computer-executable instructions; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and the memory and configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to:

transmit a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration including an indication of resources for acknowledgment (ACK) reporting of a first downlink transmission as uplink control information (UCI), the first SPS configuration indicating a first priority level;

transmit a second signaling indicating a second priority level for a second uplink transmission, the second priority level being higher than the first priority level;

determine that a first UCI transmission according to the first SPS configuration during one or more downlink slots is deferred to a first uplink capable slot subsequent to the one or more downlink slots, the deferred first UCI collides with the second uplink transmission; and

receive the second uplink transmission in the first uplink capable slot based on the first priority level and the second priority level.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the processor is configured to determine that the first UCI transmission has been dropped.

24. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the second signaling for the second uplink transmission is a second SPS configuration including an indication of resources for ACK reporting as a second UCI.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , further comprising determining that the second uplink transmission for the second UCI has been deferred during the one or more downlink slots.

26. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the second uplink transmission is a high priority physical layer transmission.

27. The apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the second uplink transmission is dynamically scheduled or scheduled by a radio resource control (RRC) message.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the second uplink transmission is one of: a RRC configured high priority channel state information (CSI) report, a RRC configured high priority configured grant physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH); a high priority dynamically scheduled PUSCH; or a deferred high priority uplink transmission.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 8, 2022
From: HUANG, YI; DIMOU, KONSTANTINOS; GAAL, PETER; HOSSEINI, SEYEDKIANOUSH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63278032 · Nov 10, 2021
Related Publication 20230141262A1 · May 11, 2023
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