# US 11,452,091 B2 · Device and method of handling hybrid automatic repeat request transmission

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- Number: US 11,452,091 B2
- Document ID: US11452091B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/414,647
- Filed: 2017-01-25
- Published: 2017-08-10
- Granted: 2022-09-20
- Earliest claimed: 2016-02-04
- Assignees: Acer Incorporated
- Applicants: Acer Incorporated
- Inventors: Chien-Min Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11452091B2

## CPC

- H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
- H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ]
- H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)}
- H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)}
- H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals}
- H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided}
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers}
- H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space}
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)

## Abstract

A communication device for handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission comprises a storage unit for storing instructions and a processing circuit coupled to the storage unit. The processing circuit is configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit. The instructions comprise performing a first downlink (DL) reception in a first subframe from a serving cell; and transmitting a first HARQ feedback in response to the first DL reception in a second subframe to the serving cell, wherein the second subframe is determined according to the first subframe and a sum of a predetermined timing and a first HARQ timing.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A communication device for handling a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) transmission, comprising:
a storage unit, for storing instructions of:
performing a first downlink (DL) reception in a first subframe from a serving cell of a network; and
transmitting a first HARQ feedback in a second subframe to the serving cell in response to the first DL reception, wherein the second subframe is determined according to the first subframe and a sum of a predetermined timing and a first HARQ timing, wherein the first HARQ timing is for transmitting the first HARQ feedback of a packet received according to the first DL reception, and the first HARQ timing is indicated by a DL control information (DCI) transmitted by the network;
wherein a uplink (UL) resource for transmitting the first HARQ feedback is selected from a plurality of UL resources of the second subframe, and each of the plurality of UL resources is scheduled with a starting point, a duration and a bandwidth;
wherein the first HARQ timing indicates whether the first HARQ feedback is postponed and/or a time period postponed with respect to the predetermined timing; and
a processing circuit, coupled to the storage unit, configured to execute the instructions stored in the storage unit.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the predetermined timing is a fixed value stored in the communication device, or is configured by the serving cell.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the sum of the predetermined timing and the first HARQ timing is determined according to a DCI for the first DL reception.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the storage unit further stores the instruction of:
performing a second DL reception in a third subframe from the serving cell; and
transmitting a second HARQ feedback in a fourth subframe to the serving cell in response to the second DL reception, wherein the fourth subframe is determined according to the third subframe, and a sum of the predetermined timing and a second HARQ timing.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The communication device of claim 4, wherein the communication device transmits the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback according to a time-domain bundling, when the second subframe and the fourth subframe are the same subframe.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The communication device of claim 4, wherein the communication device transmits the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback according to the sum of the predetermined timing and the first HARQ timing and the sum of the predetermined timing and the second HARQ timing, when the second subframe and the fourth subframe are the same subframe.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The communication device of claim 4, wherein the communication device transmits the first HARQ feedback and the second HARQ feedback according to a first DCI for the first DL reception and a second DCI for the second DL reception, when the second subframe and the fourth subframe are the same subframe.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the first HARQ feedback is transmitted via a dedicated resource, and the dedicated resource is determined according to a higher layer configuration, a shift for the second subframe and/or a number of control channel element (CCE) indices of a DCI corresponding to the first DL reception.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The communication device of claim 1, wherein the DCI is a common DCI.