# US 10,772,096 B2 · Uplink control information transmission method, uplink control information reception method, terminal and base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,772,096 B2 - Document ID: US10772096B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/480,812 - Filed: 2018-02-07 - Published: 2019-12-26 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-01-25 - Assignees: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology - Applicants: China Academy of Telecommunications Technology - Inventors: Xuejuan Gao; Xueming Pan - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10772096B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/0057: {Physical resource allocation for CQI} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A UCI transmission method, a UCI reception method, a terminal and a base station are provided. The UCI transmission method includes, when a collision is present between different types of UCIs with a first TTI length and/or a collision is present between a UCI with the first TTI length and a UCI with a second TTI length, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to a base station simultaneously using a second sPUCCH format on a predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, or determining a transmission scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An Uplink Control Information (UCI) transmission method, comprising: when a collision is present between different types of UCIs with a first Transmission Time Interval (TTI) length and/or a collision is present between a UCI with the first TTI length and a UCI with a second TTI length, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to a base station simultaneously using a second shortened Physical Uplink Control CHannel (sPUCCH) format on a predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, wherein the second sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity greater than or equal to a predetermined bit value, and the predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format is an additional sPUCCH resource other than a sPUCCH resource adopted by the UCIs with the collision; or determining a transmission scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, wherein the determining the transmission scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with the sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length comprises: when a first sPUCCH format is adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using a second sPUCCH format on the predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format; or when the second sPUCCH format is adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using a second sPUCCH format on the sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, wherein the sPUCCH resource corresponds to the UCI with the first TTI length, wherein the first sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity smaller than the predetermined bit value, and the second sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity greater than or equal to the predetermined bit value. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The UCI transmission method according to claim 1, wherein transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format include at least one of following modes: mode 1: concatenating the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a first predetermined rule, and transmitting the concatenated UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format; mode 2: when a total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision is greater than a transmission capacity of the second sPUCCH format on the sPUCCH resource, compressing the total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a second predetermined rule, and transmitting the compressed total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision to the base station using the second sPUCCH format, wherein the second predetermined rule comprises dropping a part of the UCIs and/or combining a part of the UCIs with the collision; mode 3: prior to transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format, judging whether a terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a configuration in a high-layer signaling or a pre-agreed rule; when the terminal supports the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format; when the terminal does not support the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, dropping the UCI of a predetermined type in the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a third predetermined rule. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The UCI transmission method according to claim 2, wherein when determining the transmission scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, the transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format comprises at least one of following modes: mode 1: concatenating the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a first predetermined rule, and transmitting the concatenated UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format; mode 2: when a total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision is greater than a transmission capacity of the second sPUCCH format on the sPUCCH resource, compressing the total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a second predetermined rule, and transmitting the compressed total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision to the base station using the second sPUCCH format, wherein the second predetermined rule comprises dropping a part of the UCIs and/or combining a part of the UCIs with the collision; mode 3: prior to transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format, judging whether a terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a configuration in a high-layer signaling or a pre-agreed rule; when the terminal supports the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format; when the terminal does not support the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, dropping the UCI of a predetermined type in the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a third predetermined rule. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The UCI transmission method according to claim 3, wherein the first predetermined rule comprises: ordering the UCIs in accordance with TTI lengths of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs with a same TTI length in accordance with types of the UCIs; or ordering the UCIs in accordance with the types of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs of a same type in accordance with TTI lengths. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The UCI transmission method according to claim 1, wherein the first TTI length is smaller than the second TTI length. ### Claim 6 A UCI reception method, comprising: when a collision is present between different types of UCIs with a first TTI length and/or a collision is present between a UCI with the first TTI length and a UCI with a second TTI length, receiving in a second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously on a predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, wherein the second sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity greater than or equal to a predetermined bit value, and the predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format is an additional sPUCCH resource other than a sPUCCH resource adopted by the UCIs with the collision; or determining a reception scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, wherein the determining the reception scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with the sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length comprises: when a first sPUCCH format is adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously on the predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format; or when the second sPUCCH format is adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, receiving in the second sPUCCH format corresponding to the UCI with the first TTI length the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously on the sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, wherein the first sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity smaller than the predetermined bit value, and the second sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity greater than or equal to the predetermined bit value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The UCI reception method according to claim 6, wherein the receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously comprises at least one of following modes: mode 1: determining that the UCIs with the collision are concatenated to each other in accordance with a first predetermined rule; mode 2: determining that the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously are acquired after being compressed in accordance with a second predetermined rule, wherein the second predetermined rule comprises dropping a part of the UCIs and/or combining a part of the UCIs with the collision; mode 3: prior to receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously, judging whether a terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a configuration in a high-layer signaling or a pre-agreed rule; when judging that the terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously; when judging that the terminal does not support the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, determining that UCIs with the collision are to be dropped by the terminal in accordance with a third predetermined rule. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The UCI reception method according to claim 7, wherein when determining the reception scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, the receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously comprises: mode 1: determining that the UCIs with the collision are concatenated to each other in accordance with a first predetermined rule; mode 2: determining that the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously are acquired after being compressed in accordance with a second predetermined rule, wherein the second predetermined rule comprises dropping a part of the UCIs and/or combining a part of the UCIs with the collision; mode 3: prior to receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously, judging whether a terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a configuration in a high-layer signaling or a pre-agreed rule; when judging that the terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously; when judging that the terminal does not support the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, determining that UCIs with the collision are to be dropped by the terminal in accordance with a third predetermined rule. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The UCI reception method according to claim 8, wherein the first predetermined rule comprises: ordering the UCIs in accordance with TTI lengths of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs with a same TTI length in accordance with types of the UCIs; or ordering the UCIs in accordance with the types of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs of a same type in accordance with TTI lengths. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The UCI reception method according to claim 6, wherein the first TTI length is smaller than the second TTI length. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) A base station, comprising a processor, a memory and a transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to read a program stored in the memory to implement the UCI reception method according to claim 6, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit data, and the memory is configured to store therein data for an operation of the processor. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to read the program stored in the memory to implement at least one of following modes: mode 1: determining that the UCIs with the collision are concatenated to each other in accordance with a first predetermined rule; mode 2: determining that the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously are acquired after being compressed in accordance with a second predetermined rule, wherein the second predetermined rule comprises dropping a part of the UCIs and/or combining a part of the UCIs with the collision; mode 3: prior to receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously, judging whether a terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a configuration in a high-layer signaling or a pre-agreed rule; when judging that the terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, receiving in the second sPUCCH format the UCIs with the collision transmitted simultaneously; when judging that the terminal does not support the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, determining that UCIs with the collision are to be dropped by the terminal in accordance with a third predetermined rule. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the first predetermined rule comprises: ordering the UCIs in accordance with TTI lengths of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs with a same TTI length in accordance with types of the UCIs; or ordering the UCIs in accordance with the types of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs of a same type in accordance with TTI lengths. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The base station according to claim 11, wherein the first TTI length is smaller than the second TTI length. ### Claim 15 A terminal, comprising a processor, a memory and a transceiver, wherein the processor is configured to read a program stored in the memory to, when a collision is present between different types of UCIs with a first TTI length and/or a collision is present between a UCI with the first TTI length and a UCI with a second TTI length, transmit through the transceiver the UCIs with the collision to a base station simultaneously using a second sPUCCH format on a predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, wherein the second sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity greater than or equal to a predetermined bit value, and the predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format is an additional sPUCCH resource other than a sPUCCH resource adopted by the UCIs with the collision; or determine a transmission scheme for the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a sPUCCH format adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length wherein the processor is further configured to read the program stored in the memory to: when a first sPUCCH format is adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, transmit through the transceiver the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using a second sPUCCH format on the predetermined sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format; or when the second sPUCCH format is adopted by the UCI with the first TTI length, transmit through the transceiver the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using a second sPUCCH format on the sPUCCH resource corresponding to the second sPUCCH format, wherein the sPUCCH resource corresponds to the UCI with the first TTI length, wherein the first sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity smaller than the predetermined bit value, and the second sPUCCH format is a sPUCCH format with a maximum payload capacity greater than or equal to the predetermined bit value, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive and transmit data, and the memory is configured to store therein data for an operation of the processor. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to read the program stored in the memory to implement at least one of following modes: mode 1: concatenating the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a first predetermined rule, and transmitting the concatenated UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format; mode 2: when a total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision is greater than a transmission capacity of the second sPUCCH format on the sPUCCH resource, compressing the total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a second predetermined rule, and transmitting the compressed total quantity of bits of the UCIs with the collision to the base station using the second sPUCCH format, wherein the second predetermined rule comprises dropping a part of the UCIs and/or combining a part of the UCIs with the collision; mode 3: prior to transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format, judging whether a terminal supports a simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a configuration in a high-layer signaling or a pre-agreed rule; when the terminal supports the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, transmitting the UCIs with the collision to the base station simultaneously using the second sPUCCH format; when the terminal does not support the simultaneous transmission of the UCIs with the collision, dropping the UCI of a predetermined type in the UCIs with the collision in accordance with a third predetermined rule. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The terminal according to claim 16, wherein the first predetermined rule comprises: ordering the UCIs in accordance with TTI lengths of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs with a same TTI length in accordance with types of the UCIs; or ordering the UCIs in accordance with the types of the UCIs, and ordering the UCIs of a same type in accordance with TTI lengths. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The terminal according to claim 15, wherein the first TTI length is smaller than the second TTI length.