# US 12,120,729 B2 · Techniques for multiplexing sidelink feedback on a high priority physical uplink shared channel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,729 B2 - Document ID: US12120729B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/475,161 - Filed: 2021-09-14 - Published: 2023-03-16 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2021-09-14 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Gabi Sarkis; Seyedkianoush Hosseini; Tien Viet Nguyen - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120729B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1664: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with payload signals; piggybacking} - H04W 72/569: {of the traffic information} - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04W 72/1268: of uplink data flows - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - 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 Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. In some systems, a user equipment (UE) may receive scheduling information that schedules an uplink data message over a high priority physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) that overlaps in time with a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource over which the UE is scheduled to transmit feedback associated with sidelink communication. The UE may receive signaling from a base station indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication can be multiplexed with the uplink data message on the high priority PUSCH. As such, the UE may multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication on the high priority PUSCH if the signaling from the base station indicates that the feedback associated with the sidelink communication can be multiplexed with the uplink data message on the high priority PUSCH. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: one or more memories that store code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to, in association with executing the code, cause the UE to: receive, from a network device, a first signal that schedules a first uplink data message via a physical uplink shared channel associated with a first priority index, the first uplink data message at least partially overlapping in time with an uplink control channel resource for feedback associated with sidelink communication at the UE; obtain a second signal that indicates whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message in accordance with the physical uplink shared channel being associated with the first priority index; and transmit, to the network device, the first uplink data message in accordance with the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to obtain the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: obtain an indication of a parameter, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message is in accordance with whether a value of the parameter satisfies a threshold value. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the first uplink data message in accordance with the value of the parameter satisfying the threshold value, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: drop the feedback associated with the sidelink communication in accordance with the value of the parameter failing to satisfy the threshold value, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message is in accordance with dropping the feedback associated with the sidelink communication. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the UE receives an indication of the threshold value from the network device or the threshold value is standardly configured. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the threshold value is associated with a service type or a latency constraint associated with the UE. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein, to obtain the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: receive, from the network device, a control signal allocating the uplink control channel resource for the feedback associated with the sidelink communication, wherein the control signal indicates whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the control signal comprises downlink control information signaling or radio resource control signaling. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein obtaining the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message comprises obtaining an indication that the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: receive, from the network device, a third signal scheduling a second uplink data message associated with a second priority index having a lower priority than the first priority index, wherein the second uplink data message at least partially overlaps in time with the uplink control channel resource for the feedback associated with the sidelink communication, and wherein the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the second uplink data message; and transmit, to the network device, the second uplink data message in accordance with a configured multiplexing procedure. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure and in accordance with the uplink control channel resource for the feedback associated with the sidelink communication overlapping with both the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the second uplink data message in accordance with the second priority index having the lower priority than the first priority index, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the second uplink data message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the first uplink data message in accordance with the first priority index having a higher priority than the second priority index, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with a relatively earlier of the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the relatively earlier of the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with a relatively later of the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the relatively later of the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with which of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message is scheduled by relatively earlier downlink control information, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message that is scheduled by the relatively earlier downlink control information. ### Claim 16 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with which of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message is scheduled by relatively later downlink control information, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message that is scheduled by the relatively later downlink control information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein: to obtain the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to receive, from the network device, a control signal allocating the uplink control channel resource for the feedback associated with the sidelink communication, wherein the control signal indicates that the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message; and to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with which of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message is indicated by the control signal, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message that is indicated by the control signal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein, to multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with the configured multiplexing procedure, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the UE to: multiplex the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message in accordance with which of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message is located on a same cell as the uplink control channel resource, wherein transmitting the first uplink data message and the second uplink data message is in accordance with multiplexing the feedback associated with the sidelink communication with the one of the first uplink data message or the second uplink data message that is located on the same cell as the uplink control channel resource. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the physical uplink shared channel associated with the first priority index occupies a high priority physical uplink shared channel, and the first priority index comprises a priority index value 1. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein obtaining the second signal comprises receiving the second signal from the network device or reading the second signal from a storage medium of the UE. ### Claim 21 An apparatus for wireless communication at a network device, comprising: one or more memories that store code; and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and configured to, in association with executing the code, cause the network device to: transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first signal scheduling a first uplink data message via a physical uplink shared channel associated with a first priority index, the first uplink data message at least partially overlapping in time with an uplink control channel resource for feedback associated with sidelink communication at the UE; transmit, to the UE, a second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message in accordance with the physical uplink shared channel being associated with the first priority index; and receive, from the UE, the first uplink data message in accordance with 14 the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein, to transmit the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message, the one or more processors further configured to cause the network device to: transmit an indication of a parameter, wherein receiving the first uplink data message is in accordance with whether a value of the parameter satisfies a threshold value. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein, to receive the first uplink data message, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network device to: receive the first uplink data message with the feedback associated with the sidelink communication multiplexed with the first uplink data message in accordance with the value of the parameter satisfying the threshold value. ### Claim 24 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein, to receive the first uplink data message, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network device to: receive the first uplink data message without the feedback associated with the sidelink communication multiplexed with the first uplink data message in accordance with the value of the parameter failing to satisfy the threshold value. ### Claim 25 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the network device transmits an indication of the threshold value to the UE or the threshold value is standardly configured. ### Claim 26 (depends on 22) The apparatus of claim 22, wherein the threshold value is associated with a service type or a latency constraint associated with the UE. ### Claim 27 (depends on 21) The apparatus of claim 21, wherein, to transmit the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message, the one or more processors are further configured to cause the network device to: transmit a control signal allocating the uplink control channel resource for the feedback associated with the sidelink communication, wherein the control signal indicates whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The apparatus of claim 27, wherein the control signal comprises downlink control information signaling or radio resource control signaling. ### Claim 29 A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving, from a network device, a first signal that schedules a first uplink data message via a physical uplink shared channel associated with a first priority index, the first uplink data message at least partially overlapping in time with an uplink control channel resource for feedback associated with sidelink communication at the UE; obtaining a second signal that indicates whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message in accordance with the physical uplink shared channel being associated with the first priority index; and transmitting, to the network device, the first uplink data message in accordance with the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message. ### Claim 30 A method for wireless communication at a network device, further comprising: transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a first signal scheduling a first uplink data message via a physical uplink shared channel associated with a first priority index, the first uplink data message at least partially overlapping in time with an uplink control channel resource for feedback associated with sidelink communication at the UE; transmitting, to the UE, a second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message in accordance with the physical uplink shared channel being associated with the first priority index; and receiving, from the UE, the first uplink data message in accordance with the second signal indicating whether the feedback associated with the sidelink communication is able to be multiplexed with the first uplink data message.