Uplink multi-bits acknowledgement for self contained transmissions

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10742382-B2
Application number	US-201916446350-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 19, 2019
Priority date	Mar 1, 2017
Publication date	Aug 11, 2020
Grant date	Aug 11, 2020

Abstract

Aspects described herein relate to communicating feedback in wireless communications. A user equipment (UE) can receive, in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, where the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in one or more downlink symbols. The UE can generate one or more feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks. The UE can transmit, to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the one or more feedback bits.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for communicating feedback in wireless communications, comprising:
receiving, at a user equipment (UE) and in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, wherein the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in downlink symbols;
generating, by the UE, feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks, wherein a first portion of the feedback bits corresponds to at least a first downlink symbol of the one or more symbols that does not include a last downlink symbol of the downlink portion of the slot, and wherein a second portion of the feedback bits corresponds at least a second downlink symbol of the downlink symbols that includes the last downlink symbol; and
transmitting, from the UE to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the feedback bits.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink portion of the slot comprises an uplink short burst transmitted over one or more uplink symbols, and wherein the one or more uplink symbols are orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising multiplexing a portion of the feedback bits as the indication of the feedback bits by using a repetition feedback bit.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising encoding a portion of the feedback bits as the indication of the feedback bits by using a Polar code or a Reed-Muller code.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the one or more downlink symbols includes only full code blocks corresponding to portions of the multiple code blocks.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the indication of the feedback bits comprise one bit for each of the downlink symbols to indicate the feedback for the multiple code blocks in the downlink symbols.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the downlink portion of the slot includes a partial code block that spans multiple slots.

8. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:
a transceiver;
a memory configured to store instructions; and
one or more processors communicatively coupled with the transceiver and the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
receive, in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, wherein the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in downlink symbols;
generate feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks, wherein a first portion of the feedback bits corresponds to at least a first downlink symbol of the one or more symbols that does not include a last downlink symbol of the downlink portion of the slot, and wherein a second portion of the feedback bits corresponds at least a second downlink symbol of the downlink symbols that includes the last downlink symbol; and

transmit, to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the feedback bits.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the uplink portion of the slot comprises an uplink short burst transmitted over one or more uplink symbols, and wherein the one or more uplink symbols are orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to multiplex a portion of the feedback bits as the indication of the feedback bits by using a repetition feedback bit.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to encode a portion of the feedback bits as the indication of the feedback bits by using a Polar code or a Reed-Muller code.

12. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the downlink symbols includes only full code blocks corresponding to portions of the multiple code blocks.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the indication of the feedback bits comprise one bit for each of the downlink symbols to indicate the feedback for the multiple code blocks in the downlink symbols.

14. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the downlink portion of the slot includes a partial code block that spans multiple slots.

15. An apparatus for use at a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:
means for receiving, in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, wherein the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in downlink symbols;
means for generating feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks, wherein a first portion of the feedback bits corresponds to at least a first downlink symbol of the one or more symbols that does not include a last downlink symbol of the downlink portion of the slot, and wherein a second portion of the feedback bits corresponds at least a second downlink symbol of the downlink symbols that includes the last downlink symbol; and
means for transmitting, to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the feedback bits.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the uplink portion of the slot comprises an uplink short burst transmitted over one or more uplink symbols, and wherein the one or more uplink symbols are orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising multiplexing a portion of the feedback bits as the indication of the feedback bits by using a repetition feedback bit.

18. The apparatus of claim 15 , further comprising encoding a portion of the feedback bits as the indication of the feedback bits by using a Polar code or a Reed-Muller code.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein each of the downlink symbols includes only full code blocks corresponding to portions of the multiple code blocks.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the indication of the feedback bits comprise one bit for each of the downlink symbols to indicate the feedback for the multiple code blocks in the downlink symbols.

21. The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the downlink portion of the slot includes a partial code block that spans multiple slots.

22. An article of manufacture comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to:
receive, via a transceiver of the UE and in a downlink portion of a slot, data communications from a base station, wherein the data communications comprise multiple code blocks received in downlink symbols;
generate feedback bits to provide feedback for the multiple code blocks, wherein a first portion of the feedback bits corresponds to at least a first downlink symbol of the one or more symbols that does not include a last downlink symbol of the downlink portion of the slot, and wherein a second portion of the feedback bits corresponds at least a second downlink symbol of the downlink symbols that includes the last downlink symbol; and
transmit, via the transceiver to the base station and in an uplink portion of the slot, an indication of the feedback bits.

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Wang Renqiu
• Huang Yi
• Mukkavilli Krishna
• Ang Peter
• Xu Hao

Classifications

• H04L1/1854

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title

• H04W28/04

  Error control · CPC title

• H04L1/1861

  Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053) · CPC title

• H04L1/1896

  ARQ related signaling · CPC title

• H04L5/0055 Primary

  Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861) · CPC title