# US 12,120,680 B2 · Downlink control information for retransmission of semi-persistently scheduled physical downlink shared channels > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,680 B2 - Document ID: US12120680B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/643,298 - Filed: 2021-12-08 - Published: 2023-06-08 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-08 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Qingjiang Tian; Jing Sun; Xiaoxia Zhang; Mostafa Khoshnevisan; Zhifei Fan; Ahmed Abdelaziz Ibrahim Abdelaziz Zewail; Tao Luo - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120680B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04W 72/1273: of downlink data flows - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04L 1/1614: {using bitmaps} - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - 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 Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for transmitting downlink control information (DCI) to schedule retransmissions of semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) that were not successfully received. A method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) that schedules retransmission of at least two semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) that have hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARD) identifier (IDs); and receiving the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving a message indicating that hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) identifier (IDs) will wrap around after reaching a first value; receiving a downlink control information (DCI) that schedules retransmission of at least two semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) that have HARQ IDs; and receiving the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the retransmissions comprises combining the retransmitted PDSCHs with previously received PDSCHs having same HARQ IDs. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting one or more acknowledgments (ACKs) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs) in response to receiving the PDSCHs, wherein the ACKs or NACKs indicate the HARQ IDs of the PDSCHs. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining, based at least in part on information in the DCI, a HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The method of claim 4, wherein determining the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs comprises: determining a first HARQ ID based on a value of a HARQ ID field in the DCI, wherein the first HARQ ID corresponds to the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs; and determining the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs, other than the first PDSCH, based on the first HARQ ID, a set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI, a HARQ process ID offset, and one or more configurations of one or more SPSs. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein determining the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs further comprises: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter indicating a set of HARQ IDs, allowed for the DCI and corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs, belongs to a single SPS; and calculating a HARQ ID corresponding to a PDSCH after the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs as: (previousHarqID+1) modulo (NumofHarqProcesses+HarqProcessOffset)+HarqProcessOffset, wherein previousHarqID is a HARQ ID corresponding to another PDSCH immediately before the PDSCH after the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs, NumofHarqProcesses is a number of HARQ processes allowed for the single SPS, and HarqProcessOffset is the HARQ process ID offset for the single SPS. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The method of claim 5, wherein determining the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs is further based on a number of HARQ IDs to be skipped indicated in the DCI. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: determining, based on a new data indicator (NDI) bitmap in the DCI, one or more HARQ IDs to be skipped; determining the number of HARQ IDs to be skipped based on the NDI bitmap; and determining a start and length indicator value (SLIV) for each of the at least two PDSCHs based at least in part on the one or more HARQ IDs to be skipped. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: receiving a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter indicating a set of SPSs allowed for the DCI; and determining the set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI and the HARQ process ID offset based at least in part on a number of SPSs in the set of SPSs allowed for the DCI and the first HARQ ID. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method of claim 8, further comprising: receiving radio resource control (RRC) signaling assigning each SPS to a group; determining a group of SPSs based at least in part on the first HARQ ID; and determining the set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI and the HARQ process ID offset based at least in part on the determined group of SPSs. ### Claim 11 A method for wireless communications by a base station (BS), the method comprising: transmitting a message indicating that hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) identifier (IDs) will wrap around after reaching a first value; transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) that schedules retransmission of at least two semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) that have HARQ IDs; and transmitting the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs comprises transmitting redundancy versions (RVs) of the PDSCHs that are different from RVs of original transmissions of the PDSCHs. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: receiving acknowledgments (ACKs) or negative acknowledgments (NACKs) in response to receiving the PDSCHs, wherein the ACKs or NACKs indicate the HARQ IDs of the PDSCHs. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising: transmitting, in the DCI, at least one indication of a HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the at least one indication of the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs comprises: a value of a HARQ ID field in the DCI indicating a first HARQ ID, wherein the first HARQ ID corresponds to the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs; a HARQ process ID offset; and a number of HARQ processes for the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter indicating a set of HARQ IDs, allowed for the DCI and corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs, belongs to a single SPS; and determining the first HARQ ID such that a HARQ ID corresponding to a PDSCH after the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs is calculated as: (previousHarqID+1) modulo (NumofHarqProcesses+HarqProcessOffset)+HarqProcessOffset, wherein previousHarqID is a HARQ ID corresponding to another PDSCH immediately before the PDSCH after the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs, NumofHarqProcesses is a number of HARQ processes allowed for the single SPS, and HarqProcessOffset is the HARQ process ID offset for the single SPS. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising indicating, in the DCI, a number of HARQ IDs to be skipped. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: indicating, in a new data indicator (NDI) bitmap in the DCI, one or more HARQ IDs to be skipped. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: transmitting a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter indicating a set of SPSs allowed for the DCI; determining a set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI based at least in part on a number of SPSs in the set of SPSs allowed for the DCI and the first HARQ ID; and determining the NDI bitmap based on the set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, further comprising: transmitting radio resource control (RRC) signaling assigning each SPS to a group; determining a group of SPSs based at least in part on the first HARQ ID; and determining the HARQ process ID offset based at least in part on the determined group of SPSs. ### Claim 21 An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a receiver; at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, the memory comprising code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, via the receiver, a message indicating that hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) identifier (IDs) will wrap around after reaching a first value; receive, via the receiver, a downlink control information (DCI) that schedules retransmission of at least two semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) that have HARQ IDs; and receive, via the receiver, the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the memory further comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to combine the retransmitted PDSCHs with previously received PDSCHs having same HARQ IDs. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the memory further comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to determine, based at least in part on information in the DCI, a HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to determine the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: determine a first HARQ ID based on a value of a HARQ ID field in the DCI, wherein the first HARQ ID corresponds to the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs; and determine the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs, other than the first PDSCH, based on the first HARQ ID, a set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI, a HARQ process ID offset, and one or more configurations of one or more SPSs. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to determine the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs further comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, via the receiver, a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter indicating a set of HARQ IDs, allowed for the DCI and corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs, belongs to a single SPS; and calculate a HARQ ID corresponding to a PDSCH after the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs as: (previousHarqID+1) modulo (NumofHarqProcesses+HarqProcessOffset)+HarqProcessOffset, wherein previousHarqID is a HARQ ID corresponding to another PDSCH immediately before the PDSCH after the first PDSCH of the at least two PDSCHs, NumofHarqProcesses is a number of HARQ processes allowed for the single SPS, and HarqProcessOffset is the HARQ process ID offset for the single SPS. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The apparatus of claim 24, wherein the code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to determine the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs is executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to determine the HARQ IDs further based on a number of HARQ IDs to be skipped indicated in the DCI. ### Claim 27 (depends on 26) The apparatus of claim 26, wherein the code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to determine the HARQ ID corresponding to each of the at least two PDSCHs further comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: determine, based on a new data indicator (NDI) bitmap in the DCI, one or more HARQ IDs to be skipped; determine the number of HARQ IDs to be skipped based on the NDI bitmap; and determine a start and length indicator value (SLIV) for each of the at least two PDSCHs based at least in part on the one or more HARQ IDs to be skipped. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the code executable by the at least one processor further comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, via the receiver, a radio resource control (RRC) configuration parameter indicating a set of SPSs allowed for the DCI; and determine the set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI and the HARQ process ID offset based at least in part on a number of SPSs in the set of SPSs allowed for the DCI and the first HARQ ID. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the code executable by the at least one processor further comprises code executable by the at least one processor to cause the apparatus to: receive, via the receiver, radio resource control (RRC) signaling assigning each SPS to a group; determine a group of SPSs based at least in part on the first HARQ ID; and determine the set of HARQ IDs allowed for the DCI and the HARQ process ID offset based at least in part on the determined group of SPSs. ### Claim 30 A computer readable medium storing computer executable code thereon for wireless communications, comprising: code for receiving a message indicating that hybrid automatic retransmission request (HARQ) identifier (IDs) will wrap around after reaching a first value; code for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) that schedules retransmission of at least two semi-persistently scheduled (SPS) physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) that have HARQ IDs; and code for receiving the retransmissions of the at least two PDSCHs.