Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number indication for multi-cell scheduling

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12549293-B2
Application number	US-202318187854-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 22, 2023
Priority date	Jun 17, 2022
Publication date	Feb 10, 2026
Grant date	Feb 10, 2026

Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Some wireless communications systems may support hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number indication for multi-cell scheduling. In some cases, a user equipment (UE) may receive first control signaling including one or more parameters associated with a HARQ process. Additionally, the UE may receive second control signaling indicating scheduling information associated with a set of component carriers (CCs), where the scheduling information includes one or more HARQ process identifier (HPID) offsets, each associated with a respective CC. In some cases, the UE may determine an HPID associated with each CC of the set of CCs based on the one or more parameters in the first control signaling and a respective HPID offset from the one or more HPID offsets in the second control signaling.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive first control signaling comprising one or more parameters associated with a hybrid automatic repeated request (HARQ) process;
receive second control signaling indicating scheduling information associated with a plurality of component carriers, wherein the scheduling information comprises one or more HARQ process identifier offsets; and
determine a HARQ process identifier associated with each component carrier of the plurality of component carriers based at least in part on the one or more parameters in the first control signaling and a respective HARQ process identifier offset from the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets in the second control signaling.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to receive the second control signaling are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication of a first HARQ process identifier associated with a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, wherein the scheduling information comprises the first HARQ process identifier, and wherein determining the HARQ process identifier associated with each component carrier of the plurality of component carriers is based at least in part on the first HARQ process identifier.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the instructions to determine the HARQ process identifier associated with each component carrier of the plurality of component carriers are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine a second HARQ process identifier associated with a second component carrier of the plurality of component carriers based at least in part on the first HARQ process identifier, the one or more parameters, and a first HARQ process identifier offset of the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets, wherein the first HARQ process identifier offset is associated with the second component carrier.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to receive the first control signaling are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication of a quantity of bits associated with a HARQ process identifier offset field, wherein the second control signaling comprises one or more HARQ process identifier offset fields, and wherein the one or more parameters comprises the quantity of bits.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each HARQ process identifier offset field of the one or more HARQ process identifier offset fields comprises a HARQ process identifier offset of the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets, and wherein each HARQ process identifier offset of the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets is associated with a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers.

6 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the quantity of bits associated with the HARQ process identifier offset field is based at least in part on the plurality of component carriers.

7 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the quantity of bits associated with the HARQ process identifier offset field is a common quantity of bits.

8 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to receive the first control signaling are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive an indication of a unit of HARQ process identifier offset, wherein the one or more parameters comprises the unit of HARQ process identifier offset.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit a plurality of feedback messages based at least in part on the determining, wherein each feedback message of the plurality of feedback messages is associated with a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers and is based at least in part on a respective HARQ process identifier.

10 . An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit first control signaling comprising one or more parameters associated with a hybrid automatic repeated request (HARQ) process; and
transmit second control signaling indicating scheduling information associated with a plurality of component carriers, wherein the scheduling information comprises one or more HARQ process identifier offsets, wherein each HARQ process identifier offset of the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets indicates a respective HARQ process identifier associated with a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers.

11 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions to transmit the second control signaling are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit an indication of a first HARQ process identifier associated with a first component carrier of the plurality of component carriers, wherein the scheduling information comprises the first HARQ process identifier.

12 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions to are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit an indication of a quantity of bits associated with a HARQ process identifier offset field, wherein the second control signaling comprises one or more HARQ process identifier offset fields comprising the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets, and wherein the one or more parameters comprises the quantity of bits.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each HARQ process identifier offset field of the one or more HARQ process identifier offset fields comprises the respective HARQ process identifier offset of the one or more HARQ process identifier offsets.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the quantity of bits associated with the HARQ process identifier offset field is based at least in part on the plurality of component carriers.

15 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the quantity of bits associated with the HARQ process identifier offset field is a common quantity of bits.

16 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions to transmit the first control signaling are executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit an indication of a unit of HARQ process identifier offset, wherein the one or more parameters comprises the unit of HARQ process identifier offset.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine the unit of HARQ process identifier offset based at least in part on a HARQ process identifier field size, a quantity of HARQ processes, or both.

18 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
determine the unit of HARQ process identifier offset to be 1.

19 . The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive a plurality of feedback messages, wherein each feedback message of the plurality of feedback messages is associated with a component carrier of the plurality of component carriers and is based at least in part on a respective HARQ process identifier.

20 . A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving first control signaling comprising one or more p

Assignees

• Qualcomm Inc

Inventors

• Ryu Jae Ho
• Takeda Kazuki
• Sankar Hari

Classifications

• H04L5/001 Primary

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title

• H04L1/1822

  involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes · CPC title

• H04L1/1854 Primary

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title