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Granted Patent B2
US 12,563,567 · App. 18/615,507 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Uplink grant, downlink assignment and search space method and apparatus in carrier aggregation

Inventors: Kyle Jung-Lin Pan (Saint James, NY); Jean-Louis Gauvreau (La Prairie, CA); Philip J. Pietraski (Jericho, NY); Stephen E. Terry (Northport, NY); Guodong Zhang (Woodbury, NY)
Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
H04W72/23H04L5/001H04L5/0037H04L5/0053H04L5/0078H04L5/0094H04W52/146H04W52/32H04W72/20H04L5/0007H04W52/34
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Patent No.
US 12,563,567
App. No.
18/615,507
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods of mapping, indicating, encoding and transmitting uplink (UL) grants and downlink (DL) assignments for wireless communications for carrier aggregation are disclosed. Methods to encode and transmit DL assignments and UL grants and map and indicate the DL assignments to DL component carriers and UL grants to UL component carriers are described. Methods include specifying the mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit DL assignment and DL component carriers that receive physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH), and mapping rules for DL component carriers that transmit UL grants and UL component carriers that transit physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) when using separate coding/separate transmission schemes.

Claims (32)

1 . A base station comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transmitter;

the processor and transmitter configured to:

transmit an indication of a first search space for a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates, an indication of a second search space for a plurality of PDCCH candidates, an indication informing a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) of at least a first downlink control information (DCI) format of a plurality of DCI formats for which the WTRU is to monitor in the first search space, and an indication informing the WTRU of at least a second DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats for which the WTRU is to monitor in the second search space; and

transmit, in the first search space or the second search space, a PDCCH transmission including DCI associated with a user identity of the WTRU, wherein on a condition that the PDCCH transmission is transmitted in the first search space, the DCI has the first DCI format, and on a condition that the PDCCH transmission is transmitted in the second search space, the DCI has the second DCI format.

2 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarriers, via which data is transmitted, are indicated by the DCI.

3 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats includes a carrier indicator that indicates a carrier via which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission is transmitted.

4 . The base station of claim 3 , wherein the second DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats does not include a carrier indicator.

5 . The base station of claim 4 , wherein the second DCI format has fewer bits than the first DCI format.

6 . The base station of claim 4 , wherein the indication informing the WTRU of the at least a first DCI format is separate from the DCI having the first DCI format, and the indication informing the WTRU of the at least a second DCI format is separate from the DCI having the second DCI format.

7 . The base station of claim 4 , wherein the DCI has the second DCI format.

8 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the processor and transmitter are further configured to transmit a first PDCCH transmission via a first carrier and to transmit a second PDCCH transmission via a second carrier.

9 . The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first search space is a user specific search space, the second search space is a user specific search space, or both the first search space and the second search space are user specific search spaces.

10 . A method performed by a base station, the method comprising:

transmitting an indication of a first search space for a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates, an indication of a second search space for a plurality of PDCCH candidates, an indication informing a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) of at least a first downlink control information (DCI) format of a plurality of DCI formats for which the WTRU is to monitor in the first search space, and an indication informing the WTRU of at least a second DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats for which the WTRU is to monitor in the second search space; and

transmitting, in the first search space or the second search space, a PDCCH transmission including DCI associated with a user identity of the WTRU, wherein on a condition that the PDCCH transmission is transmitted in the first search space, the DCI has the first DCI format, and on a condition that the PDCCH transmission is transmitted in the second search space, the DCI has the second DCI format.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein orthogonal frequency division multiplexing subcarriers, via which data is transmitted, are indicated by the DCI.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein each of the at least a first DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats includes a carrier indicator that indicates a carrier via which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission is transmitted.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the second DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats does not include a carrier indicator.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the second DCI format has fewer bits than the first DCI format.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the indication informing the WTRU of the at least a first DCI format is separate from the DCI having the first DCI format, and the indication informing the WTRU of the at least a second DCI format is separate from the DCI having the second DCI format.

16 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the DCI has the second DCI format.

17 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising transmitting a first PDCCH transmission via a first carrier and transmitting a second PDCCH transmission via a second carrier.

18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first search space is a user specific search space, the second search space is a user specific search space, or both the first search space and the second search space are user specific search spaces.

19 . A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, causes an apparatus to:

transmit an indication of a first search space for a plurality of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates, an indication of a second search space for a plurality of PDCCH candidates, an indication informing a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) of at least a first downlink control information (DCI) format of a plurality of DCI formats for which the WTRU is to monitor in the first search space, and an indication informing the WTRU of at least a second DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats for which the WTRU is to monitor in the second search space; and

transmit, in the first search space or the second search space, a PDCCH transmission including DCI associated with a user identity of the WTRU, wherein on a condition that the PDCCH transmission is transmitted in the first search space, the DCI has the first DCI format, and on a condition that the PDCCH transmission is transmitted in the second search space, the DCI has the second DCI format.

20 . The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein:

the first DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats includes a carrier indicator that indicates a carrier via which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission is transmitted;

the second DCI format of the plurality of DCI formats does not include a carrier indicator; and

the second DCI format has fewer bits than the first DCI format.

Continuity (9)
Continuation 17745484 · May 16, 2022
Continuation 17027814 · Sep 22, 2020
Continuation 16423567 · May 28, 2019
Continuation 15795896 · Oct 27, 2017
Continuation 14673538 · Mar 30, 2015
Continuation 13654182 · Oct 17, 2012
Division 12723308 · Mar 12, 2010
Provisional Application 61160167 · Mar 13, 2009
Related Publication 20240237013A1 · Jul 11, 2024
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