# US 12,113,629 B2 · Prioritization between a scheduling request and HARQ feedback > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,113,629 B2 - Document ID: US12113629B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/037,434 - Filed: 2020-09-29 - Published: 2021-04-08 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-04 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Yan Zhou; Tao Luo; Yi Huang; Peter Gaal - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12113629B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information} - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04B 7/088: {using beam selection} - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04W 72/046: {the resource being in the space domain, e.g. beams} - H04W 72/1263: Mapping of traffic onto schedule, e.g. scheduled allocation or multiplexing of flows - H04W 72/53: based on regulatory allocation policies - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE). The apparatus identifies an overlap between resources for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a transmission occasion for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback. The apparatus determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback to a base station based on at least one of a type of the SR, a relationship between a first beam for an uplink control channel and a second beam for downlink communication, or a content of the HARQ feedback. Then, the apparatus transmits the SR or the HARQ feedback based the determination. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: identifying an overlap between resources for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a transmission occasion for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; determining which one of the SR or the HARQ feedback to transmit to a base station based on a relationship between a first beam for an uplink control channel for the HARQ feedback and a second beam for downlink communication; and transmitting the SR or the HARQ feedback based the determination, wherein if the relationship is the first beam for the uplink control channel does not follow the second beam for the downlink channel, the HARQ feedback is transmitted. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the UE determines to transmit the HARQ feedback if the first beam for the uplink control channel is not quasi-co-located with the second beam for the downlink communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the UE determines to transmit the SR if the first beam for the uplink control channel is quasi-co-located with the second beam for the downlink communication. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second beam comprises a downlink beam for a control resource set (CORESET) monitored for beam failure recovery (BFR) for a secondary cell (SCell). ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the SR comprises a beam failure recovery (BFR) SR. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the UE determines to transmit the SR further based on a type of the SR being for BFR. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein the UE determines to transmit the HARQ feedback further based on a type of the SR being for BFR. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the UE determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback further based on a format of at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for the SR or the HARQ feedback. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the UE determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback further based on the PUCCH for the SR being format 0. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, wherein the UE determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback further based on the PUCCH for the HARQ feedback being format. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the UE determines which one of the SR or the HARQ feedback to transmit to the base station based on whether the content of the HARQ feedback includes at least one positive acknowledgement. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the UE determines to transmit the HARQ feedback in response to the content of the HARQ feedback including a positive acknowledgement (ACK). ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the UE determines to transmit the SR in response to the content of the HARQ feedback not including a positive acknowledgment (ACK). ### Claim 14 An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: means for identifying an overlap between resources for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a transmission occasion for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; means for determining which one of the SR or the HARQ feedback to transmit to a base station based on a relationship between a first beam for an uplink control channel for the HARQ feedback and a second beam for downlink communication; and means for transmitting the SR or the HARQ feedback based the determination, wherein if the relationship is the first beam for the uplink control channel does not follow the second beam for the downlink channel, the HARQ feedback is transmitted. ### Claim 15 An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; and at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to: identify an overlap between resources for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a transmission occasion for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; determine which one of the SR or the HARQ feedback to transmit to a base station based on a relationship between a first beam for an uplink control channel for the HARQ feedback and a second beam for downlink communication; and transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback based the determination, wherein if the relationship is the first beam for the uplink control channel does not follow the second beam for the downlink channel, the HARQ feedback is transmitted. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the UE determines to transmit the HARQ feedback if the first beam for the uplink control channel is not quasi-co-located with the second beam for the downlink communication. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the UE determines to transmit the SR if the first beam for the uplink control channel is quasi-co-located with the second beam for the downlink communication. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the second beam comprises a downlink beam for a control resource set (CORESET) monitored for beam failure recovery (BFR) for a secondary cell (SCell). ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the SR comprises a beam failure recovery (BFR) SR. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the UE determines to transmit the SR further based on a type of the SR being for BFR. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the UE determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback further based on a format of at least one of a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) for the SR or the HARQ feedback. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the UE determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback further based on the PUCCH for the SR being format 0. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the UE determines whether to transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback further based on the PUCCH for the HARQ feedback being format 1. ### Claim 24 (depends on 15) The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the UE determines which one of the SR or the HARQ feedback to transmit to the base station based on whether the content of the HARQ feedback includes at least one positive acknowledgement. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the UE determines to transmit the SR in response to the content of the HARQ feedback not including a positive acknowledgment (ACK). ### Claim 26 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code when executed by a processor cause the processor to: identify an overlap between resources for transmitting a scheduling request (SR) and a transmission occasion for transmitting hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback; determine which one of the SR or the HARQ feedback to transmit to a base station based on a relationship between a first beam for an uplink control channel for the HARQ feedback and a second beam for downlink communication; and transmit the SR or the HARQ feedback based the determination, wherein if the relationship is the first beam for the uplink control channel does not follow the second beam for the downlink channel, the HARQ feedback is transmitted.