# US 12,003,336 B2 · HARQ-ACK information feedback method and apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,003,336 B2 - Document ID: US12003336B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/676,987 - Filed: 2019-11-07 - Published: 2020-03-05 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-29 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Shichang Zhang; Yingyang Li; Jingxing Fu; Yi Wang; Chengjun Sun; Lixiang Xu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12003336B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/1893: {Physical mapping arrangements (physical resource mapping in general H04L5/00)} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An apparatus and method for feeding back hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information are provided. The apparatus and method include user equipment (UE) that first receives a downlink grant (DL-GRANT) which schedules downlink HARQ transmission in a time-frequency bundling window corresponding to an uplink subframe used for feeding back HARQ-ACK, obtains a DL downlink assignment index (DL DAI) in the DL-GRANT, and determines a mapping value of each DL DAI. Then, according to the mapping value of the corresponding DL DAI, the HARQ-ACK bit of each HARQ feedback unit is mapped to a corresponding bit of a feedback bit sequence. According to the method and apparatus provided by the present disclosure, useless HARQ-ACK bits may be effectively removed, and efficiency for feeding back HARQ-ACK may be increased. As such, a downlink peak rate of a UE is ensured. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method by a user equipment (UE) for a dynamic-HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) feedback in a wireless communication system supporting a carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station, first downlink control information (DCI) including a first downlink assignment indicator (DAI), wherein a field associated with the first DAI in the first DCI has a predetermined size; receiving, from the base station, downlink data based on the first DCI on a first serving cell; receiving, from the base station, second DCI including a second DAI, wherein a field associated with the second DAI in the second DCI has the predetermined size; receiving, from the base station, downlink data based on the second DCI on a second serving cell; receiving, from the base station, downlink data based on a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS); generating first HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement) bit information including first HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data received based on the first DCI and second HARQ- ACK information for the downlink data received based on the second DCI, based on the first DAI and the second DAI; generating second HARQ-ACK bit information including third HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data based on the SPS; and transmitting, to the base station, third HARQ-ACK bit information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the third HARQ-ACK bit information including the first HARQ-ACK bit information and the second HARQ-ACK bit information located at the end of the third HARQ-ACK bit information, wherein a value of the first DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data reception is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index, and wherein a value of the second DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data reception is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein each value of the first DAI and the second DAI is indexed, at a first occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index and then indexed, at a second occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index, and wherein the first occasion index is ahead of the second occasion index in time domain. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are received on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), and wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are used to schedule a HARQ transmission associated with the at least one pair of the serving cell and the occasion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a HARQ feedback unit, wherein the HARQ feedback unit is downlink occasion; and determining a total length of the third HARQ-ACK bit information to be fed back in the PUCCH. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, further comprising: mapping a HARQ-ACK bit of the HARQ feedback unit to a bit of the third HARQ-ACK bit information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI are less than a predetermined value, and wherein a number of the third HARQ-ACK bit information is more than the predetermined value. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method of claim 6, wherein the third HARQ-ACK bit information are generated based on the predetermined value and the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein a PUCCH format for transmitting the third HARQ-ACK bit information is determined based on a length of the third HARQ-ACK bit information. ### Claim 9 A method by a base station for a dynamic- HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) feedback in a wireless communication system supporting a carrier aggregation (CA), the method comprising: transmitting, to a terminal, first downlink control information (DCI) including a first downlink assignment indicator (DAI), wherein a field associated with the first DAI in the first DCI has a predetermined size; transmitting, to the terminal, downlink data based on the first DCI on a first serving cell; transmitting, to the terminal, second DCI including a second DAI, wherein a field associated with the second DAI in the second DCI has the predetermined size; transmitting, to the terminal, downlink data based on the second DCI on a second serving cell; transmitting, to the terminal, downlink data based on a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS); and receiving, from the terminal, third HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement) bit information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the third HARO-ACK bit information including first HARQ-ACK bit information and second HARQ-ACK bit information located at the end of the third HARQ-ACK bit information, wherein the first HARQ-ACK bit information including first HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data received based on the first DCI and second HARQ- ACK information for the downlink data received based on the second DCI, based on the first DAI and the second DAI is generated, wherein the second HARQ-ACK bit information including third HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data based on the SPS is generated, wherein a value of the first DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data transmission is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index, and wherein a value of the second DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data transmission is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein each value of the first DAI and the second DAI is indexed, at a first occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index and then indexed, at a second occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index, and wherein the first occasion index is ahead of the second occasion index in time domain. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), and wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are used to schedule a HARQ transmission associated with the at least one pair of the serving cell and the occasion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI are less than a predetermined value, and wherein a number of the third HARQ-ACK bit information is more than the predetermined value. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, wherein the third HARQ-ACK bit information are generated based on the predetermined value and the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein a PUCCH format for transmitting the third HARQ-ACK bit information is determined based on a length of the third HARQ-ACK bit information. ### Claim 15 A user equipment (UE) for a dynamic-HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) feedback in a wireless communication system supporting a carrier aggregation (CA), the UE comprising: a transceiver; and at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: control the transceiver to receive, from a base station, first downlink control information (DCI) including a first downlink assignment indicator (DAI) on a first serving cell, wherein a field associated with the first DAI in the first DCI has a predetermined size, receive, from the base station, downlink data based on the first DCI on a first serving cell, receive, from the base station, second DCI including a second DAI, wherein a field associated with the second DAI in the second DCI has the predetermined size, receive, from the base station, downlink data based on the second DCI on a second serving cell, control the transceiver to receive, from the base station, downlink data based on a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), generate first HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement) bit information including first HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data received based on the first DCI and second HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data received based on the second DCI, based on the first DAI and the second DAI, generate second HARQ-ACK bit information including third HARQ- ACK information for the downlink data based on the SPS, and control the transceiver to transmit, to the base station, third HARQ- ACK bit information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the third HARQ-ACK bit information including the first HARQ-ACK bit information and the second HARQ-ACK bit information located at the end of the third HARQ-ACK bit information, wherein a value of the first DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data reception is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index, and wherein a value of the second DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data reception is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein each value of the first DAI and the second DAI is indexed, at a first occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index and then indexed, at a second occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index, and wherein the first occasion index is ahead of the second occasion index in time domain. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are received on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or an enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), and wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are used to schedule a HARQ transmission associated with the at least one pair of the serving cell and the occasion. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: determine a HARQ feedback unit, wherein the HARQ feedback unit is downlink occasion, and determine a total length of the third HARQ-ACK bit information to be fed back in the PUCCH. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The UE of claim 18, wherein the at least one processor is further configured to: map a HARQ-ACK bit of the HARQ feedback unit to a bit of the third HARQ-ACK bit information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI are less than a predetermined value, and wherein a number of the third HARQ-ACK bit information is more than the predetermined value. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The UE of claim 20, wherein the third HARQ-ACK bit information are generated based on the predetermined value and the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The base station of claim 20, wherein the third HARQ-ACK bit information are generated based on the predetermined value and the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The UE of claim 15, wherein a PUCCH format for transmitting the third HARQ-ACK bit information is determined based on a length of the third HARQ-ACK bit information. ### Claim 24 A base station for a dynamic-HARQ (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request) feedback in a wireless communication system supporting a carrier aggregation (CA), the base station comprising: a transceiver; and at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to: control the transceiver to transmit, to a terminal, first downlink control information (DCI) including a first downlink assignment indicator (DAI), wherein a field associated with the first DAI in the first DCI has a predetermined size, control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, downlink data based on the first DCI on a first serving cell, control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, second DCI including a second DAI, wherein a field associated with the second DAI in the second DCI has the predetermined size control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, downlink data based on the second DCI on a second serving cell, control the transceiver to transmit, to the terminal, downlink data based on a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), and control the transceiver to receive, from the terminal, third HARQ-ACK (Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request-Acknowledgement) bit information on a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), the third HARQ-ACK bit information including first HARQ-ACK bit information and second HARQ-ACK bit information located at the end of the third HARQ- ACK bit information, wherein the first HARQ-ACK bit information including first HARQ-ACK information for the downlink data received based on the first DCI and second HARQ- ACK information for the downlink data received based on the second DCI, based on the first DAI and the second DAI is generated, wherein the second HARQ-ACK bit information including third HARQ-ACK information for the data based on the SPS is generated, wherein a value of the first DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data transmission is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index, and wherein a value of the second DAI is associated with a number of at least one pair of serving cell and an occasion in which downlink data transmission is present, and is indexed in ascending order of serving cell index, and then in ascending order of occasion index. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The base station of claim 24, wherein each value of the first DAI and the second DAI is indexed, at a first occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index and then indexed, at a second occasion index, in increasing order of the serving cell index, and wherein the first occasion index is ahead of the second occasion index in time domain. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The base station of claim 24, wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are transmitted on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or enhanced PDCCH (ePDCCH), and wherein the first DCI and the second DCI are used to schedule a HARQ transmission associated with the at least one pair of the serving cell and the occasion. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The base station of claim 24, wherein the value of the first DAI and the value of the second DAI are less than a predetermined value, and wherein a number of the third HARQ-ACK bit information is more than the predetermined value. ### Claim 28 (depends on 24) The base station of claim 24, wherein a PUCCH format for transmitting the third HARQ-ACK bit information is determined based on a length of the third HARQ-ACK bit information.