Granted Patent B2

US 12,464,549 · App. 17/936,712 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Inventors: Navid Abedini (Basking Ridge, NJ); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Luca Blessent (Whitehouse Station, NJ)

Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated

H04W72/53H04W72/20

Abstract

Claims (106)

1 . A network controlled repeater for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:

receive information identifying a resource as a flexibly assigned resource, wherein the flexibly assigned resource is usable for uplink or downlink and the network controlled repeater lacks information indicating a direction used for communication in the flexibly assigned resource; and

resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on whether a direction of one or more other resources, preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource, is a downlink direction or an uplink direction.

2 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource share a common symbol or slot with the flexibly assigned resource and include one or more flexibly assigned resources; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on a direction of a symbol or slot preceding or succeeding the common symbol or slot.

3 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more downlink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more downlink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource.

4 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more downlink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more downlink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

5 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include a downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and an uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors, to resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, are configured to:

resolve the flexibly assigned resource as a gap resource based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

6 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include a first downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and a second downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the first downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the second downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

7 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more uplink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more uplink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource.

8 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more uplink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more uplink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

9 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include an uplink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and a downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors, to resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, are configured to:

resolve the flexibly assigned resource as a gap resource based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the uplink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

10 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include a first uplink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and a second uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the first uplink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the second uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

11 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include an uplink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and a downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on both the downlink direction and the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the uplink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

12 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include a downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and an uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on both the downlink direction and the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

13 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive an indication of a rule for resolving the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors, to resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, are configured to:

resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on the rule.

14 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit an indication of a rule for resolving the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors, to resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, are configured to:

resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource in accordance with the rule.

15 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive side control information associated with indicating the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, wherein a time gap between receiving the side control information and an occurrence of the flexibly assigned resource is less than a minimum time gap; and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

communicate in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink based at least in part on the time gap between receiving the side control information and the occurrence of the flexibly assigned resource being less than the minimum time gap.

16 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive side control information associated with conveying a backhaul beam indication; and

wherein the one or more processors, to resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, are configured to:

resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on a beam index associated with the backhaul beam indication.

17 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive side control information indicating a default direction for a set of resources including the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein the one or more processors, to resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource, are configured to:

resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on the default direction,

wherein the default direction is at least one of:

a sub-band-specific default direction,

a beam-specific default direction, or

a time-specific default direction.

18 . The network controlled repeater of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive a set of slot format indicators,

wherein the set of slot format indicators includes a first slot format indicator associated with a forwarding operation and a second slot format indicator associated with a mobile terminal operation, and

wherein the set of slot format indicators is associated with one or more type indicators identifying a type of operation for one or more slot format indicators of the set of slot format indicators.

19 . The network controlled repeater of claim 18 , wherein the first slot format indicator differs from the second slot format indicator with regard to at least one of:

a slot format combination,

a location within downlink control information,

a reference subcarrier spacing,

a passband for operation, or

a configuration associated with the passband.

20 . A method of wireless communication performed by an apparatus of a network controlled repeater, comprising:

receiving information identifying a resource as a flexibly assigned resource, wherein the flexibly assigned resource is usable for uplink or downlink and the network controlled repeater lacks information indicating a direction used for communication in the flexibly assigned resource; and

resolving the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on whether a direction of one or more other resources, preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource, is a downlink direction or an uplink direction.

21 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource share a common symbol or slot with the flexibly assigned resource and include one or more flexibly assigned resources; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on a direction of a symbol or slot preceding or succeeding the common symbol or slot.

22 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more downlink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more downlink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource.

23 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more downlink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more downlink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

24 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include a downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and an uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

wherein resolving the direction of the flexibly assigned resource comprises:

resolving the flexibly assigned resource as a gap resource based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the uplink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

25 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include a first downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and a second downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource on the downlink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the first downlink resource preceding the flexibly assigned resource and the second downlink resource succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

26 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more uplink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource on the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more uplink resources preceding the flexibly assigned resource.

27 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more uplink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource on the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more uplink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

28 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a network controlled repeater, cause the network controlled repeater to:

receive information identifying a resource as a flexibly assigned resource, wherein the flexibly assigned resource is usable for uplink or downlink and the network controlled repeater lacks information indicating a direction used for communication in the flexibly assigned resource; and

resolve the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on whether a direction of one or more other resources, preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource, is a downlink direction or an uplink direction.

29 . An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

means for receiving information identifying a resource as a flexibly assigned resource, wherein the flexibly assigned resource is usable for uplink or downlink and the apparatus lacks information indicating a direction used for communication in the flexibly assigned resource; and

means for resolving the direction of the flexibly assigned resource based at least in part on whether a direction of one or more other resources, preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource, is a downlink direction or an uplink direction.

30 . The method of claim 20 , wherein the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource include one or more uplink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource; and

further comprising:

communicating in the flexibly assigned resource on the uplink direction based at least in part on the one or more other resources preceding or succeeding the flexibly assigned resource including the one or more uplink resources succeeding the flexibly assigned resource.

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