# US 11,310,809 B2 · Techniques for using a portion of a transmission time interval to transmit a transmission that is shorter than a duration of the transmission time interval > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,310,809 B2 - Document ID: US11310809B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/389,144 - Filed: 2016-12-22 - Published: 2017-11-09 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2016-05-04 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Ravi Agarwal; Gavin Bernard Horn; Tao Luo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11310809B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling - H04L 5/0051: {of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04W 72/1215: {for collaboration of different radio technologies} - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - 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 Techniques are described for wireless communication. One method includes determining a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) is available for a transmission that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format for transmitting the transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI; and indicating a timing of the transmission to the receiving device. Another method includes determining a portion of a TTI is available for a transmission that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting the transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI; and transmitting the transmission to the receiving device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication at a wireless communication device, comprising: determining a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting a transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI, wherein the transmission format comprises a reference signal location and a start of the portion of the TTI, the plurality of transmission formats being different; and indicating a timing of the transmission to the receiving device, wherein the portion of the TTI is determined based at least in part on a transmission switching event occurring during the TTI; and identifying the transmission switching event as occurring during the TTI; and identifying an unavailable portion of the TTI, the unavailable portion of the TTI having a second duration based at least in part on a switching duration of the transmission switching event, wherein the portion of the TTI available for the transmission is determined based at least in part on the unavailable portion of the TTI. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein indicating the timing of the transmission to the receiving device comprises: a reference signal in a first reference signal location that differs from a second reference signal location of a full-length TTI transmission. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein indicating the timing of the transmission to the receiving device comprises: at least one reference signal at a first reference signal density that differs from a second reference signal density associated with a full-length TTI transmission. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein indicating the timing of the transmission comprises: transmitting a predetermined sequence. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the predetermined sequence is transmitted at: a start of the transmission, or an end of the transmission, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the predetermined sequence comprises: a preamble sequence, or a pilot symbol configuration, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein indicating the timing of the transmission comprises indicating: a start time of the transmission, or a stop time of the transmission, or a duration of the transmission, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the timing of the transmission is indicated to the receiving device as part of the transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission format comprises a shortened TTI transmission format, and the transmission comprises a shortened TTI. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission format comprises: a puncturing of at least one symbol of the TTI, or a non-transmission of at least one symbol of the TTI, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission format differs from: a full-length TTI transmission format, or at least one other transmission format for at least one other transmission that is shorter than the duration of the TTI, or a combination thereof. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving the plurality of transmission formats from a network access device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the transmission switching event comprises: switching from a first transmission according to a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second transmission according to a second RAT, or switching from the second transmission according to the second RAT to the first transmission according to the first RAT. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising: restricting the wireless communication device from transmitting based at least in part on a timing difference between the first transmission based at least in part on the first RAT and the second transmission based at least in part on the second RAT. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the portion of the TTI available is determined based at least in part on a timing difference between a first transmission based at least in part on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second transmission based at least in part on a second RAT. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting the transmission to the receiving device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the transmission format comprises a shortened TTI transmission format, and the transmission comprises a shortened TTI. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, a reference signal of the reference signal location comprising a demodulation reference signal. ### Claim 19 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: determine a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; select, based at least in part on the portion of the TTI, a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting a transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI, wherein the transmission format comprises a reference signal location and a start of the portion of the TTI, the plurality of transmission formats being different; and indicate a timing of the transmission to the receiving device, wherein the portion of the TTI is determined based at least in part on a transmission switching event occurring during the TTI; and identify the transmission switching event as occurring during the TTI; and identify an unavailable portion of the TTI, the unavailable portion of the TTI having a second duration based at least in part on a switching duration of the transmission switching event, wherein the portion of the TTI available for the transmission is determined based at least in part on the unavailable portion of the TTI. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the transmission format comprises a shortened TTI transmission format, and the transmission comprises a shortened TTI. ### Claim 21 A method of wireless communication at a wireless communication device, comprising: determining a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting a transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI, wherein the transmission format comprises a reference signal location and a start of the portion of the TTI, the plurality of transmission formats being different; and indicating a timing of the transmission to the receiving device, wherein the portion of the TTI is determined based at least in part on a transmission switching event occurring during the TTI, wherein the transmission switching event comprises: switching from a first transmission according to a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second transmission according to a second RAT, or switching from the second transmission according to the second RAT to the first transmission according to the first RAT; and further comprising: restricting the wireless communication device from transmitting based at least in part on a timing difference between the first transmission based at least in part on the first RAT and the second transmission based at least in part on the second RAT. ### Claim 22 A method of wireless communication at a wireless communication device, comprising: determining a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; selecting a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting a transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI, wherein the transmission format comprises a reference signal location and a start of the portion of the TTI, the plurality of transmission formats being different; and indicating a timing of the transmission to the receiving device, wherein the portion of the TTI available is determined based at least in part on a timing difference between a first transmission based at least in part on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second transmission based at least in part on a second RAT. ### Claim 23 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: determine a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; select, based at least in part on the portion of the TTI, a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting a transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI, wherein the transmission format comprises a reference signal location and a start of the portion of the TTI, the plurality of transmission formats being different; and indicate a timing of the transmission to the receiving device, wherein the portion of the TTI is determined based at least in part on a transmission switching event occurring during the TTI; wherein the transmission switching event comprises: switching from a first transmission according to a first radio access technology (RAT) to a second transmission according to a second RAT, or switching from the second transmission according to the second RAT to the first transmission according to the first RAT; and the processor being further configured to: restrict the wireless communication device from transmitting based at least in part on a timing difference between the first transmission based at least in part on the first RAT and the second transmission based at least in part on the second RAT. ### Claim 24 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: a memory; a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to: determine a portion of a transmission time interval (TTI) that is shorter than a duration of the TTI; select, based at least in part on the portion of the TTI, a transmission format from a plurality of transmission formats for transmitting a transmission to a receiving device during the portion of the TTI, wherein the transmission format comprises a reference signal location and a start of the portion of the TTI, the plurality of transmission formats being different; indicate a timing of the transmission to the receiving device; and indicate a timing of the transmission to the receiving device, wherein the portion of the TTI available is determined based at least in part on a timing difference between a first transmission based at least in part on a first radio access technology (RAT) and a second transmission based at least in part on a second RAT.