# US 12,119,994 B2 · Offset and dynamic feedback information validation for configured grants > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,119,994 B2 - Document ID: US12119994B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/948,603 - Filed: 2020-09-24 - Published: 2021-04-01 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2019-09-27 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Kapil Bhattad; Jing Sun; Xiaoxia Zhang; Pravjyot Singh Deogun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119994B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1867: Arrangements specially adapted for the transmitter end - H04L 41/0869: Validating the configuration within one network element - H04B 7/0621: {Feedback content} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 1/1816: {with retransmission of the same, encoded, message} - H04L 1/1848: {Time-out mechanisms} - H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/189: {Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of a message} - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - H04L 41/0803: Configuration setting - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 74/04: Scheduled access (hybrid access H04W74/02) - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04W 74/0808: using carrier sensing, e.g. carrier sense multiple access [CSMA] - 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 Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may transmit a plurality of slot-aggregated physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions associated with a common transport block; receive a dynamic feedback information (DFI) transmission that includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback associated with the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, wherein the HARQ feedback is a HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK); determine whether one or more PUSCH transmissions, of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, satisfy a delay condition associated with receipt of the DFI transmission; and determine whether the HARQ feedback is valid based at least in part on whether the one or more PUSCH transmissions satisfy the delay condition. Numerous other aspects are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising: transmitting a plurality of slot-aggregated physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions associated with a transport block; receiving a dynamic feedback information (DFI) transmission that includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback associated with the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, wherein the HARQ feedback is a HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK); and selectively applying the HARQ feedback based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is valid, wherein whether the HARQ feedback is valid is based at least in part on a first symbol of a reception associated with the DFI transmission, a last symbol of a PUSCH transmission of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, and a threshold time duration associated with delay, and wherein the delay is associated with the first symbol of the reception and the last symbol of the PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: receiving radio resource control signaling associated with configuring the PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein whether the HARQ feedback is valid is further based at least in part on whether the PUSCH transmission enables a base station to successfully decode the transport block. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions are associated with a configured grant type of PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein selectively applying the HARQ feedback comprises: applying the HARQ NACK based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is valid. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: selectively retransmitting at least one of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions based at least in part on selectively applying the HARQ feedback. ### Claim 7 A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories; and one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories and configured to: transmit a plurality of slot-aggregated physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions associated with a transport block; receive a dynamic feedback information (DFI) transmission that includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback associated with the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, wherein the HARQ feedback is a HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK); and selectively apply the HARQ feedback based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is valid, wherein whether the HARQ feedback is valid is based at least in part on a first symbol of a reception associated with the DFI transmission, a last symbol of a PUSCH transmission , and a threshold time duration associated with delay, and wherein the delay is associated with the first symbol of the reception and the last symbol of the PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive radio resource control signaling associated with configuring the PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein whether the HARQ feedback is valid is further based at least in part on whether the PUSCH transmission enables a base station to successfully decode the transport block. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions are associated with a configured grant type of PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors, selectively apply the HARQ feedback, are configured to: apply the HARQ NACK based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is valid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: selectively retransmit at least one of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions based at least in part on selectively applying the HARQ feedback. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the PUSCH transmission is a last PUSCH transmission of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions are associated with a scheduled type of PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a set of instructions for wireless communication, the set of instructions comprising: one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to: transmit a plurality of slot-aggregated physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions associated with a transport block; receive a dynamic feedback information (DFI) transmission that includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback associated with the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, wherein the HARQ feedback is a HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK); and selectively apply the HARQ feedback based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is valid, wherein whether the HARQ feedback is valid is based at least in part on a first symbol of a reception associated with the DFI transmission, a last symbol of a PUSCH transmission , and a threshold time duration associated with delay, and wherein the delay is associated with the first symbol of the reception and the last symbol of the PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions are associated with a configured grant type of PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 17 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: means for transmitting a plurality of slot-aggregated physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmissions associated with a transport block; means for receiving a dynamic feedback information (DFI) transmission that includes hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback associated with the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, wherein the HARQ feedback is a HARQ acknowledgement (ACK) or a HARQ negative acknowledgement (NACK); and means for selectively applying the HARQ feedback based at least in part on whether the HARQ feedback is valid, wherein whether the HARQ feedback is valid is based at least in part on a first symbol of a reception associated with the DFI transmission, a last symbol of a PUSCH transmission of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions, and a threshold time duration associated with delay, and wherein the delay is associated with the first symbol of the reception and the last symbol of the PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions are associated with a configured grant type of PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 19 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the HARQ feedback is the HARQ ACK. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the HARQ feedback is the HARQ ACK. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the PUSCH transmission is a last PUSCH transmission of the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of slot-aggregated PUSCH transmissions are associated with a scheduled type of PUSCH transmission. ### Claim 23 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the HARQ feedback is the HARQ ACK. ### Claim 24 (depends on 17) The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the HARQ feedback is the HARQ ACK.