# US 12,016,022 B2 · Feedback timing determination method, terminal device, and network device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,016,022 B2 - Document ID: US12016022B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/192,616 - Filed: 2021-03-04 - Published: 2021-07-01 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2018-09-17 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanan Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12016022B2 ## CPC - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04L 5/0032: {Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - 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 Disclosed are a feedback timing determination method, a terminal device, and a network device. Said method includes: receiving first instruction information for instructing the terminal to transmit UCI in a third time unit within a first time unit; the third time unit being subsequent to the first time unit; receiving second instruction information for instructing the terminal to transmit UCI in a fourth time unit within a second time unit; the fourth time unit being subsequent to the second time unit subsequent to the first time unit or the same as the first time unit, the fourth time unit being different from the third time unit; and based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first instruction information, and the second instruction information, determining to transmit UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for determining a feedback time sequence, applied to a terminal device, comprising: receiving first indication information within a first time unit, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal device to transmit Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a third time unit, and the third time unit is subsequent to the first time unit; receiving second indication information within a second time unit, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal device to transmit the UCI in a fourth time unit, the fourth time unit is subsequent to the second time unit, the second time unit is subsequent to the first time unit or the same as the first time unit, and the fourth time unit is different from the third time unit; and determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information, and the second indication information, wherein determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information and the second indication information, comprises: determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a value of a specific information field in the second indication information is a preset value, wherein the method further comprises: determining to transmit the UCI in both the fourth time unit and the third time unit, when the value of the specific information field in the second indication information is not the preset value; and receiving configuration information sent by a network side, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating to the terminal device whether to enable to determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information, and the second indication information, wherein determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information, and the second indication information comprises: determining, based on the configuration information, to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information and the second indication information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information and the second indication information, further comprises at least one of the followings: determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, according to a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) in the second indication information and the first indication information; determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when the second time unit is antecedent to the third time unit or the second time unit is the same as the third time unit; determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a time difference between the second time unit and the first time unit satisfies a predetermined relationship; determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a channel resource for transmitting the UCI indicated by the second indication information is the same as a channel resource for transmitting the UCI indicated by the first indication information; and determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when the second time unit and the first time unit are time units in a continuous time unit set or a continuous downlink time unit set, wherein the continuous time unit set is a set of time units contained in a Channel Occupation Time (COT). ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, according to the Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) in the second indication information and the first indication information comprises: adding 1 to a value of the DAI in the first indication information and then performing an operation of the value of the DAI plus 1 modulo a first numerical value to obtain a first result; and determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a value of the DAI in the second indication information is equal to the first result. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein when the second time unit is antecedent to the third time unit, a time difference between the third time unit and the second time unit is not less than a first threshold. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, wherein determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when the time difference between the second time unit and the first time unit satisfies the predetermined relationship comprises: determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when the time difference between the second time unit and the first time unit is not greater than a second threshold and/or not less than a third threshold. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting the UCI in the fourth time unit and not transmitting the UCI in the third time unit comprises: containing at least part of information carried by the UCI transmitted in the third time unit into information carried within the UCI transmitted in the fourth time unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first indication information and/or the second indication information is downlink control signaling. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: determining to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, according to a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) time information field in the first indication information; and/or determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit, according to an HARQ time information field in the second indication information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the UCI is ACK/NACK information corresponding to downlink data. ### Claim 10 A network device, comprising: a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to: send first indication information to a terminal device within a first time unit, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal device to transmit Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a third time unit, and the third time unit is subsequent to the first time unit; and send second indication information to the terminal device within a second time unit, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal device to transmit the UCI in a fourth time unit, the fourth time unit is subsequent to the second time unit, the second time unit is subsequent to the first time unit, and the fourth time unit is different from the third time unit, wherein the processor is configured to: set a value of a specific information field in the second indication information to be a preset value, to indicate the terminal device to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit; and set the value of the specific information field in the second indication information not to be the preset value, to indicate the terminal device to transmit the UCI in both the fourth time unit and the third time unit, wherein the transceiver is further configured to: send configuration information to the terminal device, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating the terminal device whether to enable to determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information and the second indication information, wherein the processor is further configured to: indicate, based on the configuration information, the terminal device to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information, and the second indication information. ### Claim 11 A terminal device, comprising: a processor and a transceiver, wherein the transceiver is configured to receive first indication information within a first time unit, wherein the first indication information is used for indicating the terminal device to transmit Uplink Control Information (UCI) in a third time unit, and the third time unit is subsequent to the first time unit; and receive second indication information within a second time unit, wherein the second indication information is used for indicating the terminal device to transmit the UCI in a fourth time unit, wherein the fourth time unit is subsequent to the second time unit, the second time unit is subsequent to the first time unit or the same as the first time unit, and the fourth time unit is different from the third time unit, wherein the processor is configured to: determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a value of a specific information field in the second indication information is a preset value; and determine to transmit the UCI in both the fourth time unit and the third time unit, when the value of the specific information field in the second indication information is not the preset value, wherein the transceiver is further configured to: receive configuration information sent by a network side, wherein the configuration information is used for indicating to the terminal device whether to enable to determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information, and the second indication information, wherein the processor is further configured to: determine, based on the configuration information, to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit based on at least one of the first time unit, the second time unit, the first indication information and the second indication information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the processor is further configured to perform at least one of the followings: determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, according to a Downlink Assignment Index (DAI) in the second indication information and the first indication information; determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when the second time unit is antecedent to the third time unit or the second time unit is the same as the third time unit; determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a time difference between the second time unit and the first time unit satisfies a predetermined relationship; determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a channel resource for transmitting the UCI indicated by the second indication information is the same as a channel resource for transmitting the UCI indicated by the first indication information; and determining to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when the second time unit and the first time unit are time units in a continuous time unit set or a continuous downlink time unit set, wherein the continuous time unit set is a set of time units contained in a Channel Occupation Time (COT). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The terminal device of claim 12, wherein the processor is configured to add 1 to a value of the DAI in the first indication information and then perform an operation of the value of the DAI plus 1 modulo a first numerical value to obtain a first result; and determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, when a value of the DAI in the second indication information is equal to the first result. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The terminal device of claim 12, wherein when the second time unit is antecedent to the third time unit, a time difference between the third time unit and the second time unit is not less than a first threshold. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The terminal device of claim 12, wherein when the time difference between the second time unit and the first time unit is not greater than a second threshold and/or not less than a third threshold, the processor is configured to determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit and not to transmit the UCI in the third time unit. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The terminal device of claim 11, wherein information carried within the UCI transmitted in the fourth time unit contains at least part of information carried by the UCI transmitted in the third time unit. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The terminal device of claim 11, wherein the processor is configured to determine to transmit the UCI in the third time unit, according to a Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ) time information field in the first indication information; and/or determine to transmit the UCI in the fourth time unit, according to an HARQ time information field in the second indication information.