Uplink procedures on a shared communication medium
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsArumugam Chendamarai Kannan, Chirag Sureshbhai Patel, Tao Luo, Tamer Adel Kadous
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates generally to uplink procedures on a shared communication medium. In an aspect, an access terminal receives a downlink subframe from an access point on the shared communication medium and, in response to receiving the downlink subframe, transmits uplink control information (UCI) for the downlink subframe on a first uplink subframe of a first UCI channel of a plurality of UCI channels.
Claims24
A method of communicating on a shared communication medium, comprising:
- receiving, at an access terminal, a downlink subframe from an access point on the shared communication medium;
- in response to receiving the downlink subframe, transmitting, by the access terminal, uplink control information (UCI) for the downlink subframe on a first uplink subframe of a first UCI channel of a plurality of UCI channels;
- and
- in response to receiving the downlink subframe, transmitting, by the access terminal, the UCI on a second uplink subframe of a second UCI channel of the plurality of UCI channels, wherein the UCI is transmitted on the second uplink subframe of the second UCI channel only before expiration of a configured time duration.
An apparatus for communicating on a shared communication medium, comprising:
- a transceiver of an access terminal configured to receive a downlink subframe from an access point on the shared communication medium;
- at least one processor of the access terminal configured to cause the transceiver to transmit, in response to reception of the downlink subframe, uplink control information (UCI) for the downlink subframe on a first uplink subframe of a first UCI channel of a plurality of UCI channels;
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- cause the transceiver to transmit, in response to reception of the downlink subframe, the UCI on a second uplink subframe of a second UCI channel of the plurality of UCI channels, wherein the UCI is transmitted on the second uplink subframe of the second UCI channel only before expiration of a configured time duration.
An apparatus for communicating on a shared communication medium, comprising:
- a communication means of an access terminal configured to receive a downlink subframe from an access point on the shared communication medium;
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- a processing means of the access terminal configured to:
- cause the communication means to transmit, in response to reception of the downlink subframe, uplink control information (UCI) for the downlink subframe on a first uplink subframe of a first UCI channel of a plurality of UCI channels;
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- cause the communication means to transmit, in response to reception of the downlink subframe, the UCI on a second uplink subframe of a second UCI channel of the plurality of UCI channels, wherein the UCI is transmitted on the second uplink subframe of the second UCI channel only before expiration of a configured time duration.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions that when executed by at least one processor cause the at least one processor to perform functions related to communicating on a shared communication medium, the computer-executable instructions comprising:
- at least one instruction to cause an access terminal to receive a downlink subframe from an access point on the shared communication medium;
- at least one instruction to cause the access terminal to transmit, in response to reception of the downlink subframe, uplink control information (UCI) for the downlink subframe on a first uplink subframe of a first UCI channel of a plurality of UCI channels;
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- at least one instruction to cause the access terminal to transmit, in response to reception of the downlink subframe, the UCI on a second uplink subframe of a second UCI channel of the plurality of UCI channels, wherein the UCI is transmitted on the second uplink subframe of the second UCI channel only before expiration of a configured time duration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.