# US 12,119,940 B2 · Hybrid automatic repeat request processes for sub-band full duplex > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,940 B2 - Document ID: US12119940B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/356,638 - Filed: 2023-07-21 - Published: 2023-11-09 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-28 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Yi Huang; Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar; Hwan Joon Kwon; Seyedkianoush Hosseini; Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian; Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli; Tingfang Ji - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119940B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 1/1825: Adaptation of specific ARQ protocol parameters according to transmission conditions - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L 5/1469: {using time-sharing} - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - 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 A UE may identify slots to transmit and/or receive information related to one or more HARQ processes in frame structure that includes both sub-band full duplex slot types and time division duplex slot types. Based on a first slot used for control information, a UE can identify a second slot for PUSCH or PDSCH communication based on an offset between the first slot and the second determined by calculating slot offsets (e.g., based on parameters received from a base station). In some aspects, a UE may exclude certain slot duplex types (e.g., SBFD or TDD) when calculating slot offsets. In some aspects, a UE may calculate slot offsets differently for different HARQ processes corresponding to one frame. In some aspects, slot offset behaviors may be based on priority of information associated with a HARQ process. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication operable by user equipment (a UE), comprising: receiving, via a transceiver, in a first slot associated with a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, a first downlink slot offset parameter, the first HARQ process corresponding to a frame structure that includes one or more subband full duplex (SB-FD) slots and one or more time division duplex (TDD) slots; receiving, via the transceiver, a first transmission in a second slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter; and transmitting, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to a first HARQ timing parameter, first HARQ-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information indicating whether the UE successfully decoded the first transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission comprises a grant of resources. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first transmission comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving, via the transceiver, the first HARQ timing parameter in the first slot associated with the first HARQ process; receiving, via the transceiver, in a first slot associated with a second HARQ process, a second downlink slot offset parameter and a second HARQ timing parameter for a second HARQ process corresponding to the frame structure; receiving, via the transceiver, a second transmission in a second slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter; transmitting, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter, a second acknowledgement corresponding to information received in the second transmission; and receiving, via the transceiver, a partition indicator indicating a first offset behavior for the first HARQ process and a second offset behavior for the second HARQ process that is different from the first behavior; wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process, in accordance with the first offset behavior; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter excludes any SB-FD between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process, in accordance with the first offset behavior. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second transmission comprises a grant of resources. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein the second transmission comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter excludes any TDD slots between the first slot associated with the second HARQ process and the second slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior; and the one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter excludes any TDD slots between the second slot associated with the second HARQ process and the third slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter includes any TDD slots and any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the second HARQ process and the second slot associated with the second HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter includes any TDD and any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the second HARQ process and the third slot associated with the second HARQ process. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: selecting an offset behavior from one of the following offset behaviors based on contents of a message associated with at least the first HARQ process: a first offset behavior for the first HARQ process, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process; or a second offset behavior for the first HARQ process, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter includes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter includes any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, the method further comprising: receiving, via the transceiver, in a first slot associated with a second HARQ process corresponding to the frame structure, a second downlink slot offset parameter and a second hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing parameter for the second HARQ process; receiving, via the transceiver, a second physical downlink shared channel in a second slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding the second downlink slot offset parameter; and transmitting, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter, a second acknowledgement corresponding to information received on the second physical downlink shared channel; wherein the message indicates a first priority associated with the first HARQ process; and that the message also indicates a second priority associated with the second HARQ process that is different from the first priority; and wherein selecting the offset behavior further comprises: selecting the first offset behavior for the first HARQ process based on the first priority; and selecting the second offset behavior for the second HARQ process based on the second priority; wherein the one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset, includes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the second HARQ process and the second slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior; and wherein the one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter includes any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with second HARQ process and the third slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter includes any TDD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter includes any TDD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process and SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process. ### Claim 12 A wireless communication device operable as user equipment (a UE), comprising: one or more processors; memory coupled to the one or more processors; and a transceiver coupled to the one or more processors; wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to: receive, via the transceiver, in a first slot associated with a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, a first downlink slot offset parameter, the first HARQ process corresponding to a frame structure that includes one or more subband full duplex (SB-FD) slots and one or more time division duplex (TDD) slots; receive, via the transceiver, a first transmission in a second slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter; and transmit, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to a first HARQ timing parameter, first HARK-Acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information indicating whether the UE successfully decoded the first transmission. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the first transmission comprises a grant of resources. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the first transmission comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: receive, via the transceiver, first HARQ timing parameter in the first slot associated with the first HARQ process; receive, via the transceiver, in a first slot associated with a second HARQ process, a second downlink slot offset parameter and a second HARQ timing parameter for a second HARQ process corresponding to the frame structure; receive, via the transceiver, a second transmission in a second slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter; transmit, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter, a second acknowledgement corresponding to information received in the second transmission; and receive, via the transceiver a partition indicator indicating a first offset behavior for the first HARQ process and a second offset behavior for the second HARQ process that is different from the first behavior; wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process, in accordance with the first offset behavior; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter excludes any SB-FD between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process, in accordance with the first offset behavior. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the second transmission comprises a grant of resources. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein the second transmission comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter excludes any TDD slots between the first slot associated with the second HARQ process and the second slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior; and the one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter excludes any TDD slots between the second slot associated with the second HARQ process and the third slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The wireless communication device of claim 15, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter includes any TDD slots and any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the second HARQ process and the second slot associated with the second HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter includes any TDD and any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the second HARQ process and the third slot associated with the second HARQ process. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: select an offset behavior from one of the following offset behaviors based on contents of a message associated with at least the first HARQ process: a first offset behavior for the first HARQ process, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process; or a second offset behavior for the first HARQ process, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter includes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter includes any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The wireless communication device of claim 20, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE: receive, via the transceiver, in a first slot associated with a second HARQ process corresponding to the frame structure, a second downlink slot offset parameter and a second hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) timing parameter for the second HARQ process; receive, via the transceiver, a second physical downlink shared channel in a second slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding the second downlink slot offset parameter; transmit, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter, a second acknowledgement corresponding to information received on the second physical downlink shared channel; wherein the message indicates a first priority associated with the first HARQ process; and that the message also indicates a second priority associated with the second HARQ process that is different from the first priority; and wherein selecting the offset behavior further comprises: selecting the first offset behavior for the first HARQ process based on the first priority; and selecting the second offset behavior for the second HARQ process based on the second priority; wherein the one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset, includes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the second HARQ process and the second slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior; and wherein the one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter includes any SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with second HARQ process and the third slot associated with the second HARQ process, in accordance with the second offset behavior. ### Claim 22 (depends on 12) The wireless communication device of claim 12, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter includes any TDD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter includes any TDD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process and SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process. ### Claim 23 A wireless communication device operable as user equipment (a UE), comprising: means for receiving, in a first slot associated with a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, a first downlink slot offset parameter, the first HARQ process corresponding to a frame structure that includes one or more subband full duplex (SB-FD) slots and one or more time division duplex (TDD) slots; means for receiving a first transmission in a second slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter; and means for transmitting, in a third slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to a first HARQ timing parameter, first HARQ-ACK information indicating whether the UE successfully decoded the first transmission. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The wireless communication device of claim 23, wherein the first transmission comprises a grant of resources. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The wireless communication device of claim 23, wherein the first transmission comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The wireless communication device of claim 23, further comprising: means for receiving the first HARQ timing parameter in the first slot associated with the first HARQ process; means for receiving, in a first slot associated with a second HARQ process, a second downlink slot offset parameter and a second HARQ timing parameter for a second HARQ process corresponding to the frame structure; means for receiving a second transmission in a second slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second downlink slot offset parameter; means for transmitting, in a third slot associated with the second HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the second HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the second HARQ timing parameter, a second acknowledgement corresponding to information received on the second transmission; and means for receiving a partition indicator indicating a first offset behavior for the first HARQ process and a second offset behavior for the second HARQ process that is different from the first behavior; wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter excludes any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process, in accordance with the first offset behavior; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter excludes any SB-FD between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process, in accordance with the first offset behavior. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The wireless communication device of claim 26, wherein the second transmission comprises a grant of resources. ### Claim 28 (depends on 26) The wireless communication device of claim 26, wherein the second transmission comprises a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission. ### Claim 29 (depends on 23) The wireless communication device of claim 23, wherein: the one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter includes any TDD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and any SB-FD slots between the first slot associated with the first HARQ process and the second slot associated with the first HARQ process; and the one or more slots corresponding to the first HARQ timing parameter includes any TDD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process and SB-FD slots between the second slot associated with the first HARQ process and the third slot associated with the first HARQ process. ### Claim 30 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code, operable by user equipment (a UE), comprising code for causing the UE to: receive, via a transceiver, in a first slot associated with a first hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process, a first downlink slot offset parameter, the first HARQ process corresponding to a frame structure that includes one or more subband full duplex (SB-FD) slots and one or more time division duplex (TDD) slots; receive, via the transceiver, a first transmission in a second slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the first slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to the first downlink slot offset parameter; and transmit, via the transceiver, in a third slot associated with the first HARQ process that is offset from the second slot associated with the first HARQ process by one or more slots corresponding to a first HARQ timing parameter, first HARQ-ACK information indicating whether the UE successfully decoded the first transmission.