Methods and apparatus for uplink control enhancement

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12587318-B2
Application number	US-202117798625-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2021
Priority date	Feb 12, 2020
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

Methods and apparatus for uplink control enhancement in wireless communications are disclosed. In an example, a method includes receiving information related to a set of downlink SPS configurations, receiving downlink SPS transmission(s) based on the received information, determining a payload of UCI for transmission over an uplink channel, the payload comprises a set of HARQ feedback bits based on the received information, determining that at least one triggering condition for segmenting the set of HARQ feedback bits is satisfied, determining at least a portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits based on at least a downlink SPS configuration of the set of downlink SPS configurations, wherein the determined portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits corresponds to a respective subset of the received downlink SPS transmission(s), and transmitting at least the determined portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits using the uplink channel.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications, the method comprising:
receiving configuration information comprising an indication to activate one or more downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations of a set of downlink SPS configurations; determining a payload size of uplink control information (UCI) for an uplink transmission, wherein the UCI indicates a set of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback bits associated with one or more downlink transmissions; determining at least a portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits to be transmitted based on at least one of the payload size of the UCI being greater than or equal to a first threshold or a number of the activated downlink SPS configurations being greater than or equal to a second threshold, wherein the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits comprises a first subset of HARQ feedback bits and a second subset of HARQ feedback bits, wherein the first subset of HARQ feedback bits is associated with a first activated downlink SPS configuration and the second subset of HARQ feedback bits is associated with a second activated downlink SPS configuration, and wherein the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits corresponds to a subset of the one or more downlink transmissions; determining a first priority associated with the first activated downlink SPS configuration and a second priority associated with the second activated downlink SPS configuration; selecting between the first subset of HARQ feedback bits and the second subset of HARQ feedback bits to be included in the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits based on any of the first priority or the second priority; and transmitting at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits using the uplink transmission.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising activating one or more downlink SPS configurations of the set of downlink SPS configurations, wherein each of the activated one or more downlink SPS configurations indicates at least a respective priority or a respective periodicity associated with a respective activated downlink SPS configuration.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the determining at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits to be transmitted comprises:
segmenting the set of HARQ feedback bits based on at least one of the payload size of the UCI being greater than or equal to the first threshold or the number of activated downlink SPS configurations being greater than or equal to the second threshold.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the segmenting of the set of HARQ feedback bits is further based on any of:
a reception of a bandwidth part (BWP) configuration; a reception of a BWP activation message; a reception of a BWP switch command; or a reception of a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission associated with a different BWP than a currently active BWP.

5 . The method of claim 1 ,
wherein the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits includes any of the first subset of HARQ feedback bits or the second subset of HARQ feedback bits.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting the first subset of HARQ feedback bits to be included in the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits based on the first priority being higher than the second priority.

7 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the second subset of HARQ feedback bits in a subsequent transmission opportunity or using a different uplink channel based on the second priority being lower than the first priority.

8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a first periodicity associated with the first activated downlink SPS configuration; determining a second periodicity associated with the second activated downlink SPS configuration; and selecting between the first subset of HARQ feedback bits and the second subset of HARQ feedback bits to be included in the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits based on any of the first periodicity or the second periodicity.

9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
selecting the first subset of HARQ feedback bits to be included in the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits based on the first periodicity being lower than the second periodicity.

10 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
transmitting the second subset of HARQ feedback bits in a subsequent transmission opportunity or using a different uplink channel based on the second periodicity being higher than the first periodicity.

11 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting the first subset of HARQ feedback bits and the second subset of HARQ feedback bits in any of: different slots, different sub-slots, or using different uplink channels.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
determining a third subset of HARQ feedback bits of the set of HARQ feedback bits, wherein the third subset of HARQ feedback bits does not correspond to any one of the one or more downlink transmissions; and selecting the third subset of HARQ feedback bits to be included in another portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits.

13 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink transmission is a Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) transmission or a Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH) transmission, and wherein the one or more downlink transmissions comprise at least a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) transmission or a Demodulation Reference Signal (DM-RS) transmission.

14 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, using the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits, information to indicate that transmission of another portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits is delayed or skipped.

15 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
transmitting, using an extension bit, information to indicate that transmission of another portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits is delayed or skipped.

16 . A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for wireless communications, the WTRU comprising:
a receiver configured to receive configuration information comprising an indication to activate one or more downlink semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configurations of a set of downlink SPS configurations; a processor configured to:
determine a payload size of uplink control information (UCI) for an uplink transmission, wherein the UCI indicates a set of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback bits associated with one or more downlink transmissions,
determine at least a portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits to be transmitted based on at least one of the payload size of the UCI being greater than or equal to a first threshold or a number of the activated downlink SPS configurations being greater than or equal to a second threshold, wherein the at least the portion of the set of HARQ feedback bits comprises a first subset of HARQ feedback bits and a second subset of HARQ feedback bits, wherein the first subset of HARQ feedback bits is associated with a first activated downlink SPS configuration and the second subset of HARQ feedback bits is associated with a second activated downlink SPS configuration, and wherein the at least portion of the set of HARQ feedback corresponds to a subset of the one or more downlink transmissions,
determine a first priority associated with the first activated downlink SPS configuration and a second priority associated with the second activated downli

Assignees

• Interdigital Patent Holdings Inc

Inventors

• El Hamss Aata
• Alfarhan Faris
• Marinier Paul
• Tooher J Patrick
• Pelletier Ghyslain

Classifications

• H04L1/1864 Primary

  ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L1/1861

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

• H04L1/1825

  Adaptation of specific ARQ protocol parameters according to transmission conditions · CPC title

• H04L1/1854 Primary

  Scheduling and prioritising arrangements · CPC title