# US 11,115,171 B2 · Method for determining length of feedback response information and related product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,115,171 B2 - Document ID: US11115171B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/021,700 - Filed: 2020-09-15 - Published: 2020-12-31 - Granted: 2021-09-07 - Earliest claimed: 2017-08-09 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanan Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11115171B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 1/16: in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 28/04: Error control - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling - 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 novel approach to determining a length of a feedback response is provided. A method comprises the following steps: a terminal receives configuration signaling sent by a network side device, the configuration signaling comprising: indicating the maximum transmission timing value of feedback response information. The terminal dynamically determines a hybrid automatic repeat request feedback time sequence, and determines the total number of bits of a feedback response message to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value. The terminal sends the feedback response message to be transmitted with the total number of bits to the network side device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for determining a length of feedback response information, comprising: receiving, by a terminal, configuration signaling sent by a network-side device, the configuration signaling comprising an indication about a maximum transmission timing value for feedback response information; dynamically determining, by the terminal, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing; determining, by the terminal, a total number of bits of feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value, a minimum transmission timing value and Mnon-DL, wherein Mnon-DL is a value less than the maximum transmission timing value, wherein Mnon-DL is a number of all first-type time units between a transmission time unit Y−Tmax and a transmission time unit Y−Tmin, a transmission time unit Y being a time unit for transmission of the feedback response information to be transmitted, wherein the first-type time units comprise at least one of an uplink (UL) time unit, a time unit when the terminal performs no transmission of a physical shared channel, or a time unit when the terminal does not monitor downlink (DL) control signaling; and sending, by the terminal to the network-side device, the feedback response information to be transmitted with the total number of bits. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the terminal, the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value comprises: determining, by the terminal, the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value and a minimum transmission timing value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining, by the terminal, the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value comprises: determining, by the terminal, the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to a difference between the maximum transmission timing value and a minimum transmission timing value. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein sending, by the terminal to the network-side device, the feedback response information to be transmitted with the total number of bits comprises: jointly coding, by the terminal, the feedback response information and sending the coded feedback response information; or sending, by the terminal, the feedback response information through a physical channel. ### Claim 5 A terminal, comprising: a processor; and a transceiver connected with the processor, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive configuration signaling sent by a network-side device, the configuration signaling comprising an indication about a maximum transmission timing value for feedback response information; wherein the processor is configured to dynamically determine a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing and determine a total number of bits of feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value, a minimum transmission timing value and Mnon-DL, wherein Mnon-DL is a value less than the maximum transmission timing value, wherein Mnon-DL is a number of all first-type time units between a transmission time unit Y−Tmax and a transmission time unit Y−Tmin, a transmission time unit Y being a time unit for transmission of the feedback response information to be transmitted, wherein the first-type time units comprise at least one of an uplink (UL) time unit, a time unit when the terminal performs no transmission of a physical shared channel, or a time unit when the terminal does not monitor downlink (DL) control signaling; and the transceiver is configured to send the feedback response information to be transmitted with the total number of bits to the network-side device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to: determine the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value and a minimum transmission timing value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to: determine the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to a difference between the maximum transmission timing value and a minimum transmission timing value. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the total number of bits N=C*(Tmax−Tmin), where Tmax is the maximum transmission timing value, Tmin is a nonnegative integer less than Tmax, and C is a positive integer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The terminal of claim 8, wherein Tmin is the minimum transmission timing value for feedback response information transmission of the terminal; or Tmin is a parameter configured by the network-side device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The terminal of claim 8, wherein C is a maximum number of bits of feedback response information corresponding to a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH); or C is a set constant; or C is a parameter configured by the network-side device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The terminal of claim 10, wherein the maximum number of bits of the feedback response information corresponding to the PDSCH is: a maximum number of transport blocks (TBs) carried in the PDSCH; or a maximum number of code block (CB) groups carried in the PDSCH. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the processor is configured to: determine the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to a value obtained by subtracting a minimum transmission timing value and Mnon-DL from the maximum transmission timing value, Mnon-DL being a value less than the maximum transmission timing value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the total number of bits N=C*(Tmax−Tmin−Mnon-DL), where Tmax is the maximum transmission timing value, Tmin and Mnon-DL are nonnegative integers less than Tmax, and C is a positive integer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 5) The terminal of claim 5, wherein the transceiver is configured to jointly code the feedback response information and send the coded feedback response information; or the transceiver is configured to send the feedback response information through a physical channel. ### Claim 15 A network-side device, comprising: a processor; and a transceiver connected with the processor, wherein the transceiver is configured to send configuration signaling to a terminal, the configuration signaling comprising an indication about a maximum transmission timing value for feedback response information; wherein the processor is configured to determine a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback timing dynamically determined by the terminal and determine a total number of bits of feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value, a minimum transmission timing value and Mnon-DL wherein Mnon-DL is a value less than the maximum transmission timing value, wherein Mnon-DL is a number of all first-type time units between a transmission time unit Y−Tmax and a transmission time unit Y−Tmin, a transmission time unit Y being a time unit for transmission of the feedback response information to be transmitted, wherein the first-type time units comprise at least one of an uplink (UL) time unit, a time unit when the terminal performs no transmission of a physical shared channel, or a time unit when the terminal does not monitor downlink (DL) control signaling; and the transceiver is configured to receive the feedback response information to be transmitted with the total number of bits from the terminal. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The network-side device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to: determine the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to the maximum transmission timing value and a minimum transmission timing value. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The network-side device of claim 15, wherein the processor is configured to: determine the total number of bits of the feedback response information to be transmitted according to a difference between the maximum transmission timing value and a minimum transmission timing value.