# US 11,444,727 B2 · Method and apparatus for HARQ-ACK payload reduction for semi-static HARQ-ACK codebook determination > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,727 B2 - Document ID: US11444727B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/056,734 - Filed: 2018-05-18 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2018-05-18 - Assignees: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited - Applicants: Lenovo (Beijing) Limited - Inventors: Haipeng Lei - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444727B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - 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 The present application relates to method and apparatus for downlink slot set determination. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a first number of downlink transmissions indicating a first slot for transmitting corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback and receives a second number of downlink transmissions indicating a second slot for transmitting corresponding HARQ-ACK feedback; a processor that determines a first downlink slot set for the HARQ-ACK feedback transmitted in the first slot and a second downlink slot set for the HARQ-ACK feedback transmitted in the second slot, and determines the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot; and a transmitter that transmits a first HARQ-ACK codebook in the first slot for the first downlink slot set and a second HARQ-ACK codebook in the second slot for the second downlink slot set, wherein HARQ-ACK feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first HARQ-ACK codebook or the second HARQ-ACK codebook. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus comprising: a receiver that receives a first number of downlink transmissions indicating a first slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback and receives a second number of downlink transmissions indicating a second slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback; a processor that determines a first downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the first slot and a second downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the second slot, and determines the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot; a transmitter that transmits a first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the first slot for the first downlink slot set and a second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the second slot for the second downlink slot set, wherein hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor determines that the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot in the condition that a slot offset between the first slot and the second slot is less than a size of a preconfigured hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing set. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the number of overlapped slots is equal to the size of the preconfigured hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing set minus the slot offset between the first slot and the second slot. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the overlapped slots are divided into a first portion and a second portion, and hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the first portion is included in the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook and hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the second portion is included in the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook according to an hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing indicated in associated DCI downlink control information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the at least one overlapped slot is included in the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the at least one overlapped slot is included in the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 8 An apparatus comprising: a transmitter that transmits a first number of downlink transmissions indicating a first slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback and transmits a second number of downlink transmissions indicating a second slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback; a processor that determines a first downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the first slot and a second downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the second slot, and determines the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot; a receiver that receives a first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the first slot for the first downlink slot set and a second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the second slot for the second downlink slot set, wherein hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the processor determines that the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot in the condition that a slot offset between the first slot and the second slot is less than a size of a preconfigured hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing set. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the number of overlapped slots is equal to the size of the preconfigured hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing set minus the slot offset between the first slot and the second slot. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the overlapped slots are divided into a first portion and a second portion, and hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the first portion is included in the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook and hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the second portion is included in the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook according to an hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing indicated in associated downlink control information. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the at least one overlapped slot is included in the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for the at least one overlapped slot is included in the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: receiving a first number of downlink transmissions indicating a first slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback and a second number of downlink transmissions indicating a second slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback; determining a first downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the first slot and a second downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the second slot; determining the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot; transmitting a first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the first slot for the first downlink slot set and a second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the second slot for the second downlink slot set, wherein hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the step of determining the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot comprises determining that there is at least one overlapped slot if a slot offset between the first slot and the second slot is less than a size of a preconfigured hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing set. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook according to an hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing indicated in associated downlink control information. ### Claim 18 A method comprising: transmitting a first number of downlink transmissions indicating a first slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback and transmits a second number of downlink transmissions indicating a second slot for transmitting corresponding hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback; determines a first downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the first slot and a second downlink slot set for the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback transmitted in the second slot; determining the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot; receiving a first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the first slot for the first downlink slot set and a second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook in the second slot for the second downlink slot set, wherein hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the step of determining the first downlink slot set and the second downlink slot set have at least one overlapped slot comprises determining that there is at least one overlapped slot if a slot offset between the first slot and the second slot is less than a size of a preconfigured hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing set. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback for each of the at least one overlapped slot is included in either the first hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook or the second hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement codebook according to an hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement feedback timing indicated in associated downlink control information.