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US 12,452,868 · App. 17/952,837 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Method and apparatus for receiving physical downlink control channel and transmitting uplink control channel in wireless communication systems

Inventors: Kyungjun Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Youngrok Jang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Hyoungju Ji (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W72/21H04L5/0053H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,452,868
App. No.
17/952,837
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus and method are provided for receiving and transmitting signals/channels in a wireless communication system. A method performed by a terminal includes receiving configuration information on a first SS set and a second SS set, wherein the first SS set with a first index includes a first PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 8 and a third PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16, and the second SS set with a second index includes a second PDCCH candidate having the CCE AL 8 and a fourth PDCCH candidate having the CCE AL 16; receiving a PDCCH based on the configuration information; determining a PUCCH resource based on an index of a first CCE for the PDCCH, wherein the index of the first CCE is determined based on a CCE AL of a PDCCH candidate associated with the second SS set with the second index which is smaller than the first index; and transmitting a PUCCH based on the PUCCH resource.

Claims (64)

1. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information on a first search space (SS) set and a second SS set, wherein the first SS set with a first index includes a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate having a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level (AL) 8 and a third PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16, and wherein the second SS set with a second index includes a second PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 8 and a fourth PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16;

receiving a PDCCH based on the configuration information;

determining a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource based on an index of a first CCE for the PDCCH, wherein the index of the first CCE is determined based on a PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16 associated with the second SS set with the second index, in case that the first index of the first SS set is larger than the second index of the second SS set; and

transmitting a PUCCH based on the determined PUCCH resource.

2. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a mapping type of CCEs to resource element groups (REGs) of a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first SS set is configured as a non-interleaved mapping and a time duration of the first CORESET is one symbol, and

wherein an index of a first CCE of the first PDCCH candidate is same as an index of a first CCE of the third PDCCH candidate.

3. The method of claim 2 ,

wherein in case that an index of a first CCE of the second PDCCH candidate is different than an index of a first CCE of a fourth PDCCH candidate in the second SS set, the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is determined from the index of the first CCE of the fourth PDCCH candidate with the CCE AL 16, and

wherein the PDCCH is received based on the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate or based on the third PDCCH candidate and the fourth PDCCH candidate.

4. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the second SS set is associated with a second CORESET, and

wherein the PUCCH resource is determined further based on a value of a PUCCH resource indicator field in downlink control information (DCI) on the PDCCH.

5. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the configuration information includes information to link the first SS set and the second SS set for PDCCH repetition, and

wherein the first SS set and the second SS set are linked based on the configuration information.

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

transmitting, to a terminal, configuration information on a first search space (SS) set and a second SS set, wherein the first SS set with a first index includes a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate having a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level (AL) 8 and a third PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16, and wherein the second SS set with a second index includes a second PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 8 and a fourth PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16;

transmitting, to the terminal, a PDCCH based on the configuration information; and

receiving, from the terminal, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on a PUCCH resource,

wherein the PUCCH resource is identified based on an index of a first CCE for the PDCCH, and

wherein the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is associated with a PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16 associated with the second SS set with the second index, in case that the first index of the first SS set is larger than the second index of the second SS set.

7. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein a mapping type of CCEs to resource element groups (REGs) of a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first SS set is configured as a non-interleaved mapping and a time duration of the first CORESET is one symbol,

wherein an index of a first CCE of the first PDCCH candidate is same as an index of a first CCE of the third PDCCH candidate, and

wherein in case that an index of a first CCE of the second PDCCH candidate is different than an index of a first CCE of a fourth PDCCH candidate in the second SS set, the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is the index of the first CCE of the fourth PDCCH candidate with the CCE AL 16.

8. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein the PUCCH resource is identified further based on a value of a PUCCH resource indicator field in downlink control information (DCI) on the PDCCH,

wherein the second SS set is associated with a second CORESET, and

wherein the PDCCH is transmitted based on the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate or based on the third PDCCH candidate and the fourth PDCCH candidate.

9. The method of claim 6 ,

wherein the configuration information includes information to link the first SS set and the second SS set for PDCCH repetition, and

wherein the first SS set and the second SS set are linked based on the configuration information.

10. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, configuration information a first search space (SS) set and a second SS set, wherein the first SS set with a first index includes a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate having a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level (AL) 8 and a third PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16, and wherein the second SS set with a second index includes a second PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 8 and a fourth PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16,

receive, via the transceiver, a PDCCH based on the configuration information,

determine a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource based on an index of a first CCE for the PDCCH, wherein the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is determined based on a PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16 associated with the second SS set with the second index, in case that the first index of the first SS set is larger than the second index of the second SS set, and

transmit, via the transceiver, a PUCCH based on the determined PUCCH resource.

11. The terminal of claim 10 ,

wherein a mapping type of CCEs to resource element groups (REGs) of a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first SS set is configured as a non-interleaved mapping and a time duration of the first CORESET is one symbol, and

wherein an index of a first CCE of the first PDCCH candidate is same as an index of a first CCE of the third PDCCH candidate,

wherein the second SS set is associated with a second CORESET, and

wherein in case that an index of a first CCE of the second PDCCH candidate is different than an index of a first CCE of a fourth PDCCH candidate in the second SS set, the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is determined from the index of the first CCE of the fourth PDCCH candidate with the CCE AL 16.

12. The terminal of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information includes information to link the first SS set and the second SS set for PDCCH repetition,

wherein the PUCCH resource is determined further based on a value of a PUCCH resource indicator field in downlink control information (DCI) on the PDCCH, and

wherein the PDCCH is received based on the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate or based on the third PDCCH candidate and the fourth PDCCH candidate.

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

a transceiver; and

a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a terminal, configuration information on a first search space (SS) set and a second SS set, wherein the first SS set with a first index includes a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate having a control channel element (CCE) aggregation level (AL) 8 and a third PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16, and wherein the second SS set with a second index includes a second PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 8 and a fourth PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16,

transmit, to the terminal, a PDCCH based on the configuration information, and

receive, from the terminal, a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) based on a PUCCH resource,

wherein the PUCCH resource is identified based on an index of a first CCE for the PDCCH, and

wherein the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is associated with a PDCCH candidate having a CCE AL 16 associated with the second SS set with the second index, in case that the first index of the first SS set is larger than the second index of the second SS set.

14. The BS of claim 13 ,

wherein a mapping type of CCEs to resource element groups (REGs) of a first control resource set (CORESET) associated with the first SS set is configured as a non-interleaved mapping and a time duration of the first CORESET is one symbol,

wherein an index of a first CCE of the first PDCCH candidate is same as an index of a first CCE of the third PDCCH candidate,

wherein the second SS set is associated with a second CORESET, and

wherein in case that an index of a first CCE of the second PDCCH candidate is different than an index of a first CCE of a fourth PDCCH candidate in the second SS set, the index of the first CCE for the PDCCH is the index of the first CCE of the fourth PDCCH candidate with the CCE AL 16.

15. The BS of claim 13 , wherein the configuration information includes information to link the first SS set and the second SS set for PDCCH repetition, and

wherein the PDCCH is transmitted based on the first PDCCH candidate and the second PDCCH candidate or based on the third PDCCH candidate and the fourth PDCCH candidate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2022
From: CHOI, KYUNGJU; JANG, YOUNGROK; JI, HYOUNGJU
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061286/0903 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0126720 · Sep 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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