Systems and methods for frequency-division duplex transmission time interval operation

A base station, comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• memory in electronic communication with the processor, wherein instructions stored in the memory are executable to:
• send configuration of downlink (DL) shortened transmission time intervals (sTTIs) and uplink (UL) sTTIs, each of the DL sTTIs being shorter than any of the UL sTTIs;
• and
• receive, in a single UL sTTI of the UL sTTIs, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for each shortened Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (sPDSCH) in a set of two or more of the DL sTTIs;
• wherein
• the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs is mapped to the single UL sTTI, at least one DL sTTI of the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs has a length different from that of one or more remaining DL sTTIs of the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs, a sum total of lengths of the two or more of the DL sTTIs in the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs is 7 symbols, and a length of the single UL sTTI is 7 symbols.

A method of a terminal device, the method comprising:

• obtaining configuration of downlink (DL) shortened transmission time intervals (sTTIs) and uplink (UL) sTTIs, each of the DL sTTIs being shorter than any of the UL sTTIs;
• and
• reporting, in a single UL sTTI of the UL sTTIs, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for each shortened Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (sPDSCH) in a set of two or more of the DL sTTIs;
• wherein
• the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs is mapped to the single UL sTTI, at least one DL sTTI of the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs has a length different from that of one or more remaining DL sTTIs of the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs, a sum total of lengths of the two or more of the DL sTTIs in the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs is 7 symbols, and a length of the single UL sTTI is 7 symbols.

A method of a base station, the method comprising:

• sending configuration of downlink (DL) shortened transmission time intervals (sTTIs) and uplink (UL) sTTIs, each of the DL sTTIs being shorter than any of the UL sTTIs;
• and
• receiving, in a single UL sTTI of the UL sTTIs, Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement/Negative Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) for each shortened Physical Downlink Shared CHannel (sPDSCH) in a set of two or more of the DL sTTIs;
• wherein
• the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs is mapped to the single UL sTTI, at least one DL sTTI of the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs has a length different from that of one or more remaining DL sTTIs of the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs, a sum total of lengths of the two or more of the DL sTTIs in the set of two or more of the DL sTTIs is 7 symbols, and a length of the single UL sTTI is 7 symbols.