# US 12,113,624 B2 · Feedback information transmission method and apparatus and communications device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,624 B2 - Document ID: US12113624B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/669,261 - Filed: 2022-02-10 - Published: 2022-05-26 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-23 - Assignees: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Applicants: Guangdong Oppo Mobile Telecommunications Corp., Ltd. - Inventors: Yanan Lin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113624B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 1/1614: {using bitmaps} - H04L 1/1621: {Group acknowledgement, i.e. the acknowledgement message defining a range of identifiers, e.g. of sequence numbers} - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04W 16/14: Spectrum sharing arrangements {between different networks} - 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 Embodiments of this application provide a feedback information transmission method and apparatus and a communications device. The method includes: receiving, by a first node, a group of target information sent by a second node, where each piece of target information in the group of target information includes a first information field and a second information field, the first information field includes M bits of feedback information for a group of data channels or a group of transmission resources, M is a positive integer, and the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels or the group of transmission resources. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for feedback information transmission, comprising: transmitting, by a terminal device, a group of data channels to a base station, wherein the group of data channels comprises N transport blocks (TBs) or code block groups (CBGs) that correspond to N bits of feedback information, and N is a positive integer; receiving, by the terminal, a group of target information from the base station, wherein the group of target information comprises at least a piece of target information, each piece of target information in the group of target information comprises a first information field and a second information field, the first information field comprises M bits of feedback information for the group of data channels, and the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels, M being a positive integer, wherein each piece of target information in the group of target information is transmitted in a constant size DCI so as to transmit the N bits of feedback information through the group of target information, and wherein the group of target information comprises P pieces of target information transmitted in P constant size DCIs, where P is a positive integer, wherein when unused bits remain in the last transmitted constant size DCI, a third information field containing padding information is transmitted, and wherein when the value of M is less than the value of N, P is greater than 1. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the group of data channels comprises at least one data channel, and the data channel carries at least one transport block, TB, or at least one code block group, CBG. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein that the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels comprises: a value of the second information field corresponds to a parameter of the group of data channels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The method according to claim 3, wherein the parameter of the group of data channels comprises at least one of the following parameters: a HARQ process number; and a TB number in the data channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method according to claim 4, wherein a correspondence between the value of the second information field and the parameter is agreed in the protocol. ### Claim 6 A terminal device, comprising: a processor; a memory configured to store a computer program executable by the processor; and a transceiver configured to transmit a group of data channels to a base station, wherein the group of data channels comprises N transport blocks (TBs) or code block groups (CBGs) that correspond to N bits of feedback information, and N is a positive integer; wherein the transceiver is further configured to receive a group of target information from the base station, wherein the group of target information comprises at least a piece of target information, each piece of target information in the group of target information comprises a first information field and a second information field, the first information field comprises M bits of feedback information for the group of data channels, and the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels, M being a positive integer, wherein each piece of target information in the group of target information is transmitted in a constant size DCI so as to transmit the N bits of feedback information through the group of target information, and wherein the group of target information comprises P pieces of target information transmitted in P constant size DCIs, where P is a positive integer, wherein when unused bits remain in the last transmitted constant size DCI, a third information field containing padding information is transmitted, and wherein when the value of M is less than the value of N, P is greater than 1. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein the group of data channels comprises at least one data channel, and the data channel carries at least one transport block, TB, or at least one code block group, CBG. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The terminal device according to claim 6, wherein that the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels comprises: a value of the second information field corresponds to a parameter of the group of data channels. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the parameter of the group of data channels comprises at least one of the following parameters: a HARQ process number; and a TB number in the data channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The terminal device according to claim 9, wherein a correspondence between the value of the second information field and the parameter is agreed in the protocol. ### Claim 11 A network device, comprising: a processor; a memory configured to store a computer program executable by the processor; and a transceiver configured to receive a group of data channels sent from a terminal, wherein the group of data channels comprises N transport blocks (TBs) or code block groups (CBGs) that correspond to N bits of feedback information, and N is a positive integer; wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit a group of target information to the terminal, wherein the group of target information comprises at least a piece of target information, each piece of target information in the group of target information comprises a first information field and a second information field, the first information field comprises M bits of feedback information for the group of data channels, and the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels, M being a positive integer, wherein each piece of target information in the group of target information is transmitted in a constant size DCI so as to transmit the N bits of feedback information through the group of target information, and wherein the group of target information comprises P pieces of target information transmitted in P constant size DCIs, where P is a positive integer, wherein when unused bits remain in the last transmitted constant size DCI, a third information field containing padding information is transmitted, and wherein when the value of M is less than the value of N, P is greater than 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The network device according to claim 11, wherein the group of data channels comprises at least one data channel, and the data channel carries at least one transport block, TB, or at least one code block group, CBG. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The network device according to claim 11, wherein that the second information field is used for determining a correspondence between the first information field and the group of data channels comprises: a value of the second information field corresponds to a parameter of the group of data channels. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The network device according to claim 13, wherein the parameter of the group of data channels comprises at least one of the following parameters: a HARQ process number; and a TB number in the data channel. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The network device according to claim 14, wherein a correspondence between the value of the second information field and the parameter is agreed in the protocol.