IP Library Granted Patent US 12,647,992
Granted Patent B2
US 12,647,992 · App. 18/054,683 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Repetition of a transport block via a plurality of carriers

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Bing Hui (Herndon, VA); Hyukjin Chae (San Diego, CA); Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/23H04L5/0051H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,647,992
App. No.
18/054,683
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device determines a size of a resource allocation field based on a first bandwidth part of a first uplink carrier and a second bandwidth part of a second uplink carrier. The wireless device receives a downlink control information (DCI) comprising the resource allocation field indicating resources of the first uplink carrier and the second uplink carrier. The wireless device transmits one or more uplink signals via the resources.

Claims (81)

1 . A method comprising:

determining, by a wireless device, a size of a resource allocation field based on:

a first bandwidth part of a first uplink carrier; and

a second bandwidth part of a second uplink carrier;

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) comprising the resource allocation field comprising one or more bits, wherein the one or more bits indicate:

one or more resources of the first uplink carrier; and

one or more resources of the second uplink carrier; and

transmitting one or more uplink signals via the resources of the first uplink carrier and of the second uplink carrier, wherein the determining the size of the resource allocation field is based on a sum of:

a first number of one or more first time domain resource allocations of a first time domain resource allocation table; and

a second number of one or more second time domain resource allocations of a second time domain resource allocation table.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more configuration parameters indicating at least one of:

a first bandwidth of the first bandwidth part of the first uplink carrier;

a second bandwidth of the second bandwidth part of the second uplink carrier; or

a time domain resource allocation table comprising one or more time domain resource allocations, wherein the determining the size of the resource allocation field is based on a number of the one or more time domain resource allocations.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first bandwidth part has a largest number of resource blocks among bandwidth parts of the first uplink carrier; and

the second bandwidth part has a largest number of resource among bandwidth parts of the second uplink carrier.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the resources comprise frequency domain resources;

the frequency domain resources are of the first bandwidth part of the first uplink carrier and the second bandwidth part of the second uplink carrier; and

the first bandwidth part is a first active bandwidth part of the first uplink carrier and the second bandwidth part is a second active bandwidth part of the second uplink carrier.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further indicates:

a first redundancy version (RV) for a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a plurality of PUSCHs; and

a second RV for a second PUSCH of the plurality of PUSCHs, wherein the transmitting the one or more uplink signals is based on transmitting the one or more uplink signals via the plurality of PUSCHs.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first uplink carrier is associated with a first control resource set (coreset) pool of a cell; and

the second uplink carrier is associated with a second coreset pool of the cell.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI comprises a DCI field indicating a data demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern; and

the DMRS pattern indicates:

a first DMRS configuration for the first bandwidth part; and

a second DMRS configuration for the second bandwidth part.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI comprises a DCI field indicating a transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state; and

the TCI state comprises:

a first TCI state of the first bandwidth part; and

a second TCI state of the second bandwidth part.

9 . A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

determine a size of a resource allocation field based on:

a first bandwidth part of a first uplink carrier; and

a second bandwidth part of a second uplink carrier;

receive a downlink control information (DCI) comprising the resource allocation field comprising one or more bits, wherein the one or more bits indicate:

one or more resources of the first uplink carrier; and

one or more resources of the second uplink carrier; and

transmit one or more uplink signals via the resources of the first uplink carrier and of the second uplink carrier, wherein the determining the size of the resource allocation field is based on a sum of:

a first number of one or more first time domain resource allocations of a first time domain resource allocation table; and

a second number of one or more second time domain resource allocations of a second time domain resource allocation table.

10 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to receive one or more configuration parameters indicating at least one of:

a first bandwidth of the first bandwidth part of the first uplink carrier;

a second bandwidth of the second bandwidth part of the second uplink carrier; or

a time domain resource allocation table comprising one or more time domain resource allocations, wherein the determining the size of the resource allocation field is based on a number of the one or more time domain resource allocations.

11 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein:

the first bandwidth part has a largest number of resource blocks among bandwidth parts of the first uplink carrier; and

the second bandwidth part has a largest number of resource among bandwidth parts of the second uplink carrier.

12 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein:

the resources comprise frequency domain resources;

the frequency domain resources are of the first bandwidth part of the first uplink carrier and the second bandwidth part of the second uplink carrier; and

the first bandwidth part is a first active bandwidth part of the first uplink carrier and the second bandwidth part is a second active bandwidth part of the second uplink carrier.

13 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the DCI further indicates:

a first redundancy version (RV) for a first physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) of a plurality of PUSCHs; and

a second RV for a second PUSCH of the plurality of PUSCHs, wherein the transmitting the one or more uplink signals is based on transmitting the one or more uplink signals via the plurality of PUSCHs.

14 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein:

the first uplink carrier is associated with a first control resource set (coreset) pool of a cell; and

the second uplink carrier is associated with a second coreset pool of the cell.

15 . The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein:

the DCI comprises a DCI field indicating a data demodulation reference signal (DMRS) pattern; and

the DMRS pattern indicates:

a first DMRS configuration for the first bandwidth part; and

a second DMRS configuration for the second bandwidth part.

16 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

determining, by a wireless device, a size of a resource allocation field based on:

a first bandwidth part of a first uplink carrier; and

a second bandwidth part of a second uplink carrier;

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) comprising the resource allocation field comprising one or more bits, wherein the one or more bits indicate:

one or more resources of the first uplink carrier; and

one or more resources of the second uplink carrier; and

transmitting one or more uplink signals via the resources of the first uplink carrier and of the second uplink carrier, wherein the determining the size of the resource allocation field is based on a sum of:

a first number of one or more first time domain resource allocations of a first time domain resource allocation table; and

a second number of one or more second time domain resource allocations of a second time domain resource allocation table.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; ZHOU, HUA; HUI, BING; CHAE, HYUKJIN; RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN; JEON, HYOUNGSUK
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2021031907 · May 12, 2021
Provisional Application 63024797 · May 14, 2020
Related Publication 20230074086A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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