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Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,030 · App. 18/159,215 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Method and system for downlink control information transmission

Inventors: Kai Xiao (Shenzhen, CN); Xing Liu (Shenzhen, CN); Junfeng Zhang (Shenzhen, CN); Peng Hao (Shenzhen, CN); Xianghui Han (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W72/1268
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Patent No.
US 12,446,030
App. No.
18/159,215
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods for wireless communications are disclosed herein. In one implementation, a wireless communication device determines that at least a portion of a first uplink (UL) resource is canceled due to overlapping with an indicated resource indicated by an UL Cancelation Indication (UL CI) received from a base station. In one implementation, in response to determining that the at least the portion of the first UL resource is canceled due to overlapping with the indicated resource, a wireless communication device determines whether a second UL resource is used to transmit UL data.

Claims (45)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

determining, by a wireless communication device, that at least a portion of a first uplink (UL) resource is canceled due to overlapping with an indicated resource indicated by an UL Cancellation Indication (UL CI) received from a base station; and

determining, by the wireless communication device, a cancellation time point associated with cancellation of the at least a portion of the first UL resource, the cancellation time point being between a last symbol of the UL CI and a first symbol of the indicated resource or at a beginning of the first symbol of the indicated resource; and

in response to determining the cancellation time point, determining, by the wireless communication device, whether a second UL resource is to be used to transmit UL data, wherein the second UL resource is determined based on the determined cancellation time point.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein an entirety of the first UL resource is canceled.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be before the indicated resource; and

a last symbol of the second UL resource is before a first symbol of the indicated resource.

4. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be before the first UL resource; and

a last symbol of the second UL resource is before a first symbol of the first UL resource.

5. The method of claim 2 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be after the first UL resource; and

a first symbol of the second UL resource is after a last symbol of the first UL resource.

6. The method of claim 2 , wherein a first symbol of the first resource is no earlier than the cancellation time point.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be before the cancellation time point; and

a last symbol of the second UL resource is before a first symbol of the cancellation time point.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a canceled portion but not all of the first UL resource is canceled.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be after the canceled portion of the first UL resource; and

a first symbol of the second UL resource is after a last symbol of the canceled portion of the first UL resource.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be after the first UL resource; and

a first symbol of the second UL resource is after a last symbol of the first UL resource.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein a first symbol of the first resource is earlier than the cancellation time point.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein

the second UL resource is scheduled by an UL grant to be after the cancellation time point; and

a first symbol of the second UL resource is after the cancellation time point.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cancellation point is determined according to a transmission type of the first UL resource.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the cancellation point is determined according to a high layer signaling.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cancellation time point is between a last symbol of the UL CI and a first symbol of the indicated resource, wherein determining the cancellation time point comprises determining a duration between the cancellation time point and the first symbol of the indicated resource.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein a duration between the cancellation time point and a first symbol of the indicated resource is no longer than a duration threshold.

17. A wireless communication device, comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

determine that at least a portion of a first uplink (UL) resource is canceled due to overlapping with an indicated resource indicated by an UL Cancellation Indication (UL CI) received from a base station;

determine a cancellation time point associated with cancellation of the at least a portion of the first UL resource, the cancellation time point being between a last symbol of the UL CI and a first symbol of the indicated resource or at a beginning of the first symbol of the indicated resource; and

in response to determining the cancellation time point, determine whether a second UL resource is to be used to transmit UL data, wherein the second UL resource is determined based on the determined cancellation time point.

18. A wireless communication method, comprising:

sending, by a base station to a wireless communication device, an UL Cancellation Indication (UL CI) indicating a resource,

wherein the wireless communication device determines that at least a portion of a first uplink (UL) resource is canceled due to overlapping with the indicated resource, determines a cancellation time point associated with cancellation of the at least a portion of the first UL resource, the cancellation time point being between a last symbol of the UL CI and a first symbol of the indicated resource or at a beginning of the first symbol of the indicated resource, and determines whether a second UL resource is to be used to transmit UL data, in response to determining the cancellation time point, wherein the second UL resource is determined based on the determined cancellation time point.

19. A base station comprising:

at least one processor configured to:

send, via a transmitter to a wireless communication device, an UL cancellation Indication (UL CI) indicating a resource,

wherein the wireless communication device determines that at least a portion of a first uplink (UL) resource is canceled due to overlapping with the indicated resource, determines a cancellation time point associated with cancellation of the at least a portion of the first UL resource, the cancellation time point being between a last symbol of the UL CI and a first symbol of the indicated resource or at a beginning of the first symbol of the indicated resource, and determines whether a second UL resource is to be used to transmit UL data, in response to determining the cancellation time point, wherein the second UL resource is determined based on the determined cancellation time point.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2023
From: XIAO, KAI; LIU, XING; ZHANG, JUNFENG; HAO, PENG; HAN, XIANGHUI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020107636 · Aug 7, 2020
Related Publication 20230164778A1 · May 25, 2023
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