# US 11,910,374 B2 · Techniques for adapting scheduling timeline to processing grid

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- Number: US 11,910,374 B2
- Document ID: US11910374B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/127,720
- Filed: 2020-12-18
- Published: 2022-06-23
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2020-12-18
- Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated
- Inventors: Wooseok Nam; Jing Sun; Xiaoxia Zhang; Tao Luo; Ozcan Ozturk; Arumugam Chendamarai Kannan
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11910374B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information}
- H04W 72/12: Wireless traffic scheduling
- H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data
- H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management
- H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH}
- H04L 27/26025: {Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003)}
- 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

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to transmit, to a base station, a capability report indicating a capability of the UE to support multi-transmission time interval scheduling. The UE may then receive, from the base station based on the capability report, a first configuration of a first processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for a single transmission time interval, and a second configuration of a second processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for a scheduling interval spanning a plurality of transmission time intervals. The UE may receive, from the base station, an indication to apply the first processing mode or the second processing mode, and may communicate with the base station based on the indication.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
transmitting, to a network entity, a capability report indicating a capability of the UE to support multi-transmission time interval scheduling, the capability report comprising an indication of a quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within a scheduling interval for multi-transmission time interval scheduling;
receiving, from the network entity based at least in part on the capability report, a first configuration of a first processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for a single transmission time interval, and a second configuration of a second processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for the scheduling interval spanning a plurality of transmission time intervals, wherein the second configuration indicates that the UE is to monitor a first quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval;
receiving, from the network entity, an indication to apply the first processing mode or the second processing mode; and
communicating with the network entity based at least in part on the indication.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity via the capability report, an indication of a processing capability of the UE associated with one or more subcarrier spacings, wherein receiving the first configuration, the second configuration, or both, is based at least in part on the indication of the processing capability.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein receiving the second configuration comprises:
receiving, from the network entity based at least in part on the indication of the processing capability, an indication of a subcarrier spacing, a transmission time interval length, or both, wherein communicating with the network entity is based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing, the transmission time interval length, or both.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity via the capability report, an indication of a quantity of control channel elements for blind decoding within the scheduling interval, a quantity of control channel candidates for blind decoding within the scheduling interval, or both, wherein the second configuration configures the UE to monitor a first quantity of control channel elements in the scheduling interval, a second quantity of control channel candidates for blind decoding in the scheduling interval, or both, based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of control channel elements for blind decoding, the quantity of control channel candidates for blind decoding, or both.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity via the capability report, the indication of the quantity of control channel monitoring occasions that the UE is able to monitor within the scheduling interval for multi-transmission time interval scheduling, and a second indication of a second quantity of control channel monitoring occasions that the UE is able to monitor within a single transmission time interval for single-transmission time interval scheduling.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity via the capability report, an indication of a search space set periodicity associated with the scheduling interval, wherein the second configuration configures the UE to monitor a first search space set periodicity corresponding to the scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the search space set periodicity associated with the scheduling interval.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity via the capability report, an indication of a time interval between a first time in which the UE receives a grant and a second time in which the UE is capable of acting in accordance with the grant, wherein communicating with the network entity is based at least in part on the indication of the time interval.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7, further comprising:
receiving, from the network entity based at least in part on the indication of the time interval, a physical downlink control channel message during a first transmission time interval of the plurality of transmission time intervals of the scheduling interval that schedules an uplink transmission, a downlink transmission, or both, within one or more transmission time intervals of the plurality of transmission time intervals of the scheduling interval.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity via the capability report, an indication of a capability to perform beam switching at the UE between adjacent scheduling intervals, wherein the UE communicates with the network entity using a first beam during a first scheduling interval and a second beam during a second scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the capability to perform beam switching.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein communicating with the network entity comprises:
communicating with the network entity using a first set of hardware characteristics during a first scheduling interval; and
communicating with the network entity using a second set of hardware characteristics during a second scheduling interval, the second set of hardware characteristics different from the first set of hardware characteristics.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, further comprising:
modifying one or more hardware characteristics of the first set of hardware characteristics at a boundary of the first scheduling interval and the second scheduling interval, wherein communicating with the network entity using the second set of hardware characteristics during the second scheduling interval is based at least in part on the modifying.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the first set of hardware characteristics, the second set of hardware characteristics, or both, comprises a first characteristic associated with an antenna array of the UE, a second characteristic associated with a baseband component of the UE, a third characteristic associated with a bandwidth part at the UE, a fourth characteristic associated with a transmission timing parameter at the UE, a sixth characteristic associated with a reception timing parameter at the UE, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 13 (depends on 10)

The method of claim 10, wherein the first set of hardware characteristics, the second set of hardware characteristics, or both, comprises a first characteristic associated with a transmission power metric for transmission performed by the UE, a second characteristic associated with a discontinuous reception cycle of the UE, a third characteristic associated with MAC-CE application timing, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the second configuration comprises:
receiving, from the network entity based at least in part on the capability report, a control message that includes an indication of a quantity of transmission time intervals associated with the scheduling interval, wherein communicating with the network entity using the second processing mode is based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of transmission time intervals.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the first configuration and the second configuration comprise receiving, from the network entity, one or more configuration parameter values that are different for the first processing mode and the second processing mode, the one or more configuration parameter values that are different comprising a search space set periodicity, a time domain resource allocation table, a physical uplink control channel resource, or a combination thereof.

### Claim 16 (depends on 15)

The method of claim 15, wherein at least one of the one or more configuration parameter values are shared between the first processing mode and the second processing mode.

### Claim 17 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
determining one or more configuration parameter values for the second processing mode based at least in part on a quantity of transmission time intervals of the plurality of transmission time intervals associated with the scheduling interval.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
transmitting, to the network entity, a second indication to transition from the indicated processing mode to a different processing mode; and
communicating with the network entity based at least in part on the second indication.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein a transmission time interval comprises a slot, a subframe, a symbol group, or any combination thereof.

### Claim 20

A method for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:
receiving, from a user equipment (UE), a capability report indicating a capability of the UE to support multi-transmission time interval scheduling, the capability report comprising an indication of a quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within a scheduling interval for multi-transmission time interval scheduling;
transmitting, to the UE based at least in part on the capability report, a first configuration of a first processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for a single transmission time interval, and a second configuration of a second processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for the scheduling interval spanning a plurality of transmission time intervals, wherein the second configuration indicates that the UE is to monitor a first quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval;
transmitting, to the UE, an indication to apply the first processing mode or the second processing mode; and
communicating with the UE based at least in part on the indication.

### Claim 21 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, further comprising:
receiving, from the UE via the capability report, an indication of a processing capability of the UE associated with one or more subcarrier spacings, wherein transmitting the first configuration, the second configuration, or both, is based at least in part on the indication of the processing capability.

### Claim 22 (depends on 21)

The method of claim 21, wherein transmitting the second configuration comprises:
transmitting, to the UE based at least in part on the indication of the processing capability, an indication of a subcarrier spacing, a transmission time interval length, or both, wherein communicating with the UE is based at least in part on the subcarrier spacing, the transmission time interval length, or both.

### Claim 23 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, further comprising:
receiving, from the UE via the capability report, an indication of a quantity of control channel elements for blind decoding within the scheduling interval, a quantity of control channel candidates for blind decoding within the scheduling interval, or both, wherein the second configuration configures the UE to monitor a first quantity of control channel elements in the scheduling interval, a first quantity of control channel candidates in the scheduling interval, or both, based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of control channel elements for blind decoding, the quantity of control channel candidates for blind decoding, or both.

### Claim 24 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, further comprising:
receiving, from the UE via the capability report, the indication of the quantity of control channel monitoring occasions that the UE is able to monitor within the scheduling interval for multi-transmission time interval scheduling, and a second indication of a second quantity of control channel monitoring occasions that the UE is able to monitor within a single transmission time interval for single-transmission time interval scheduling.

### Claim 25 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, further comprising:
receiving, from the UE via the capability report, an indication of a search space set periodicity associated with the scheduling interval, wherein the second configuration configures the UE to monitor a first search space set periodicity corresponding to the scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the search space set periodicity associated with the scheduling interval.

### Claim 26 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, wherein transmitting the second configuration comprises:
transmitting, to the UE based at least in part on the capability report, a control message that includes an indication of a quantity of transmission time intervals associated with the scheduling interval, wherein communicating with the UE using the second processing mode is based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of transmission time intervals.

### Claim 27 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, further comprising:
determining one or more configuration parameter values for the second processing mode based at least in part on a quantity of transmission time intervals of the plurality of transmission time intervals associated with the scheduling interval.

### Claim 28 (depends on 20)

The method of claim 20, further comprising:
receiving, from the UE, a second indication to transition from the indicated processing mode to a different processing mode; and
communicating with the UE based at least in part on the second indication.

### Claim 29

An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a processor;
memory coupled with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
transmit, to a network entity, a capability report indicating a capability of the UE to support multi-transmission time interval scheduling, the capability report comprising an indication of a quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within a scheduling interval for multi-transmission time interval scheduling;
receive, from the network entity based at least in part on the capability report, a first configuration of a first processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for a single transmission time interval, and a second configuration of a second processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for the scheduling interval spanning a plurality of transmission time intervals, wherein the second configuration indicates that the UE is to monitor a first quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval;
receive, from the network entity, an indication to apply the first processing mode or the second processing mode; and
communicate with the network entity based at least in part on the indication.

### Claim 30

An apparatus for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising:
a processor;
memory coupled with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
receive, from a user equipment (UE), a capability report indicating a capability of the UE to support multi-transmission time interval scheduling, the capability report comprising an indication of a quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within a scheduling interval for multi-transmission time interval scheduling;
transmit, to the UE based at least in part on the capability report, a first configuration of a first processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for a single transmission time interval, and a second configuration of a second processing mode for the UE that is associated with communications scheduled for the scheduling interval spanning a plurality of transmission time intervals, wherein the second configuration indicates that the UE is to monitor a first quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval based at least in part on the indication of the quantity of control channel monitoring occasions within the scheduling interval;
transmit, to the UE, an indication to apply the first processing mode or the second processing mode; and
communicate with the UE based at least in part on the indication.