IP Library Granted Patent US 12,464,530
Granted Patent B2
US 12,464,530 · App. 17/920,609 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Methods for communication, terminal device, network device, and computer readable media

Inventors: Yukai Gao (Beijing, CN); Gang Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
H04W72/21H04L1/1812H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,464,530
App. No.
17/920,609
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a solution for transmitting and receiving control information in a communication system. In a method for communication, a terminal device can determine that first control information is to be transmitted to a network device in a second slot after a first slot, the first control information being at least a part of previous control information transmitted in the first slot. The terminal device may determine a set of resources for second control information to be transmitted to the network device in the second slot. The terminal device may transmit, to the network device, at least one of the first control information and the second control information based on the set of resources. Embodiments of the present disclosure can improve the reliability and robustness of transmissions of control information in the communication system.

Claims (28)

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

determining that first control information is to be deferred from a first slot to a second slot,

wherein the second slot is after the first slot; and

multiplexing, in a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in the second slot, the first control information and second control information.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first control information comprises first Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, and the second control information comprises second Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining a resource for the PUCCH.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the PUCCH.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the terminal device appends the first control information to the second control information.

6 . A method for communication performed by a network device, the method comprising:

determining that first control information is to be deferred from a first slot to a second slot, wherein the second slot is after the first slot; and

receiving a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in the second slot, wherein the first control information and second control information are multiplexed in the PUCCH.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first control information comprises first Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, and the second control information comprises second Hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information.

8 . The method of claim 6 , wherein a resource for the PUCCH is determined by the terminal device.

9 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the first control information is appended to the second control information.

10 . A terminal device, comprising:

one or more memories having stored therein programming instructions;

one or more processors that upon executing the programming instructions performs operations comprising:

determining that first control information is to be deferred from a first slot to a second slot,

wherein the second slot is after the first slot; and

multiplexing, in a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) in the second slot, the first control information and second control information.

11 . The terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the first control information comprises first HARQ-ACK information, and the second control information comprises second HARQ-ACK information.

12 . The terminal device of claim 10 , further comprising:

determining a resource for the PUCCH.

13 . The terminal device of claim 10 , further comprising:

transmitting the PUCCH.

14 . The terminal device of claim 10 , wherein the UE appends the first control information to the second control information.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2022
From: GAO, YUKAI; WANG, GANG
To: NEC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061501/0527 →
Continuity (1)
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