# US 12,010,664 B2 · Method, device and system for uplink transmission and downlink reception in wireless communication system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,664 B2 - Document ID: US12010664B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/857,173 - Filed: 2022-07-05 - Published: 2022-10-27 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2017-09-11 - Assignees: Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. - Applicants: Wilus Institute of Standards and Technology Inc. - Inventors: Kyungjun Choi; Minseok Noh; Jinsam Kwak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010664B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - 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 The present invention relates to a transmission and reception method of a radio signal by a terminal in a wireless communication system. According to the present specification, disclosed is a method comprising the steps of: determining whether or not transmission of an uplink radio signal or reception of a downlink radio signal allocated to a terminal is possible on a slot configured to comprise at least one of one or more downlink symbols for downlink transmission, one or more flexible symbols and one or more uplink symbols for uplink transmission; and controlling the transmission of the uplink radio signal or the reception of the downlink radio signal on the basis of the determination. According to the present invention, the terminal can transmit the uplink radio signal even if the configuration of the slot is changed, and thus uplink radio signal transmission omission or unnecessary retransmission of the uplink radio signal can be prevented. And by means of defining valid timing of the uplink signal such as a physical random access channel, the frequency efficiency of the network can be increased and the energy consumption of the terminal can be reduced. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A terminal configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising: a communication module; and a processor, wherein the processor is configured to: receive common configuration information related to a configuration of a slot from a base station, determine a gap symbol size as one of plural numbers according to a configuration between the terminal and the base station, wherein the gap symbol size corresponds to a time interval required for downlink-to-uplink transmission, determine a transmission resource of an uplink radio signal as valid in the slot when an interval between a reference symbol and a starting symbol of the transmission resource satisfies at least the gap symbol size, and perform transmission of the uplink radio signal in the transmission resource when the transmission resource in the slot is determined as valid wherein, when a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) being configured within a downlink symbol set, the reference symbol is a last symbol of the downlink symbol set, and wherein, when the SS/PBCH is configured on at least one a flexible symbol, the reference symbol is a last symbol of the SS/PBCH. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein the configuration of the slot includes the downlink symbol set and a flexible symbol set, and the downlink symbol set is directly followed by the flexible symbol set. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the interval between the reference symbol and the starting symbol of the transmission resource is less than the gap symbol size, the transmission resource of the uplink radio signal is determined as invalid. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein, when the interval between the reference symbol and the starting symbol of the transmission resource is greater than at least the gap symbol size, the transmission resource of the uplink radio signal is determined as valid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein the uplink radio signal comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, a physical random access channel, and a sounding reference signal (SRS). ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein at least one of the symbols to which the uplink radio signal is allocated is a flexible symbol. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein a symbol set for the uplink radio signal is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The terminal of claim 1, wherein the slot is configured by the common slot configuration information provided by the base station. ### Claim 9 A method for performing uplink transmission by a terminal configured to operate in a wireless communication system, the method comprising: receiving common configuration information related to a configuration of a slot from a base station; determining a gap symbol size as one of plural numbers according to a configuration between the terminal and the base station, wherein the gap symbol size corresponds to a time interval required for downlink-to-uplink transmission; determine whether a transmission resource of an uplink radio signal as valid in the slot when an interval between a reference symbol and a starting symbol of the transmission resource satisfies at least the gap symbol size; and perform transmission of the uplink radio signal in the transmission resource when the transmission resource in the slot is determined as valid wherein, when a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) is configured within a downlink symbol set, the reference symbol is a last symbol of the downlink symbol set, and wherein, when the SS/PBCH is configured on at least one a flexible symbol, the reference symbol is a last symbol of the SS/PBCH. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein, when the interval between the reference symbol and the starting symbol of the transmission resource is less than the gap symbol size, the transmission resource of the uplink radio signal is determined as invalid. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein, when the interval between the reference symbol and the starting symbol of the transmission resource is greater than at least the gap symbol size, the transmission resource of the uplink radio signal is determined as valid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the uplink radio signal comprises at least one of a physical uplink control channel, a physical uplink shared channel, a physical random access channel, and a sounding reference signal (SRS). ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein at least one of the symbols to which the uplink radio signal is allocated is a flexible symbol. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein a symbol set for the uplink radio signal is configured by a radio resource control (RRC) signal. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the slot is configured by the common slot configuration information provided by the base station.