Granted Patent B2

US 12,739,837 · App. 18/405,584 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Inventors: Jing Xu (Dongguan, CN); Yanan Lin (Dongguan, CN)

Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.

H04W72/21H04L1/1812H04W72/0446H04W72/11

Abstract

Claims (62)

1 . A method for transmitting uplink feedback information, comprising:

determining, by a terminal, a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a first time-domain unit, the first PUCCH resource being configured for carrying multiple semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) hybrid automatic repeat reQuest acknowledgments (HARQ-ACKs), the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs comprising at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in a first SPS HARQ-ACK set and at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in a second SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determining, by the terminal in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable, whether the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

dropping, by the terminal in response to the first time-domain unit being not the time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set, the first SPS HARQ-ACK set; and

deferring, by the terminal in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable, transmission of the second SPS HARQ-ACK set;

wherein the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the first SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises at least one of an SPS HARQ-ACK without SPS HARQ-ACK deferral, or an SPS HARQ-ACK with a deferral duration reaching an upper limit; and

the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the second SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises an SPS HARQ-ACK configured with SPS HARQ-ACK deferral and having a deferral duration not reaching the upper limit.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal, the first PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit comprises:

determining, by the terminal, the first PUCCH resource based on the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, by the terminal in response to the first PUCCH resource being available, that the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for transmitting the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein an SPS HARQ-ACK of the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the first SPS HARQ-ACK set and in the second SPS HARQ-ACK set is determined according to at least one of:

whether SPS HARQ-ACK deferral is configured for the SPS HARQ-ACK;

whether the terminal supports the SPS HARQ-ACK deferral; or

whether a deferral duration of the SPS HARQ-ACK reaches an upper limit.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein a PUCCH resource is determined to be unavailable in response to at least one of:

at least one symbol corresponding to the PUCCH resource comprising a semi-static downlink symbol;

the at least one symbol corresponding to the PUCCH resource comprising a symbol carrying a synchronization signal block (SSB); or

the at least one symbol corresponding to the PUCCH resource comprising a symbol carrying control resource set (CORESET) 0,

wherein the PUCCH resource comprises at least one of the first PUCCH resource, a second PUCCH resource, or a third PUCCH resource.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by the terminal in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable, whether the first time-domain unit is the time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises:

determining, by the terminal, a second PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit based on the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determining, by the terminal based on whether the second PUCCH resource is available, whether the first time-domain unit is the time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determining, by the terminal, a third PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit based on the second SPS HARQ-ACK set; and

determining, by the terminal based on whether the third PUCCH resource is available, whether the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for transmitting the second SPS HARQ-ACK set.

7 . A terminal, comprising: a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store a program, and the processor is configured to call the program in the memory to cause the terminal to:

determine a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a first time-domain unit, the first PUCCH resource being configured for carrying multiple semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) hybrid automatic repeat reQuest acknowledgments (HARQ-ACKs), the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs comprising at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in a first SPS HARQ-ACK set and at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in a second SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determine, in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable, whether the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

drop the first SPS HARQ-ACK set in response to the first time-domain unit being not the time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set; and

defer transmission of the second SPS HARQ-ACK set in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable;

wherein the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the first SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises at least one of an SPS HARQ-ACK without SPS HARQ-ACK deferral, or an SPS HARQ-ACK with a deferral duration reaching an upper limit; and

the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the second SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises an SPS HARQ-ACK configured with SPS HARQ-ACK deferral and having a deferral duration not reaching the upper limit.

8 . The terminal of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to determine the first PUCCH resource based on the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs.

9 . The terminal of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to call the program in the memory to cause the terminal to:

determine that the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for transmitting the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs in response to the first PUCCH resource being available.

10 . The terminal of claim 7 , wherein a PUCCH resource is determined to be unavailable in response to at least one of:

at least one symbol corresponding to the PUCCH resource comprising a semi-static downlink symbol;

the at least one symbol corresponding to the PUCCH resource comprising a symbol carrying a synchronization signal block (SSB); or

the at least one symbol corresponding to the PUCCH resource comprising a symbol carrying control resource set (CORESET) 0,

wherein the PUCCH resource comprises at least one of the first PUCCH resource, a second PUCCH resource, or a third PUCCH resource.

11 . The terminal of claim 7 , wherein the processor is configured to call the program in the memory to cause the terminal to:

determine a second PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit based on the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determine whether the first time-domain unit is the time-domain unit for transmitting the first SPS HARQ-ACK set based on whether the second PUCCH resource is available;

determine a third PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit based on the second SPS HARQ-ACK set; and

determine whether the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for transmitting the second SPS HARQ-ACK set based on whether the third PUCCH resource is available.

12 . A network device, comprising: a memory and a processor, wherein the memory is configured to store a program, and the processor is configured to call the program in the memory to cause the network device to:

determine a first physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource in a first time-domain unit, the first PUCCH resource being configured for carrying multiple semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) hybrid automatic repeat reQuest acknowledgments (HARQ-ACKs), the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs comprising at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in a first SPS HARQ-ACK set and at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in a second SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determine, in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable, whether the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for receiving the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determine that a terminal drops the first SPS HARQ-ACK set in response to the first time-domain unit being not the time-domain unit for receiving the first SPS HARQ-ACK set; and

defer reception of the second SPS HARQ-ACK set in response to the first PUCCH resource being unavailable;

wherein the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the first SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises at least one of an SPS HARQ-ACK without SPS HARQ-ACK deferral, or an SPS HARQ-ACK with a deferral duration reaching an upper limit; and

the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the second SPS HARQ-ACK set comprises an SPS HARQ-ACK configured with SPS HARQ-ACK deferral and having a deferral duration not reaching the upper limit.

13 . The network device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to call the program in the memory to cause the network device to: determine that the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for receiving the multiple SPS HARQ-ACKs in response to the first PUCCH resource being available.

14 . The network device of claim 12 , wherein an SPS HARQ-ACK of the at least one SPS HARQ-ACK in the first SPS HARQ-ACK set and in the second SPS HARQ-ACK set is determined according to at least one of:

whether SPS HARQ-ACK deferral is configured for the SPS HARQ-ACK;

whether a terminal supports the SPS HARQ-ACK deferral; or

whether a deferral duration of the SPS HARQ-ACK reaches an upper limit.

15 . The network device of claim 12 , wherein the processor is configured to call the program in the memory to cause the network device to:

determine a second PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit based on the first SPS HARQ-ACK set;

determine whether the first time-domain unit is the time-domain unit for receiving the first SPS HARQ-ACK set based on whether the second PUCCH resource is available;

determine a third PUCCH resource in the first time-domain unit based on the second SPS HARQ-ACK set; and

determine whether the first time-domain unit is a time-domain unit for receiving the second SPS HARQ-ACK set based on whether the third PUCCH resource is available.

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