# US 12,184,432 B2 · Method and apparatus for multi-PDSCH reception and HARQ feedback transmission control

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- Number: US 12,184,432 B2
- Document ID: US12184432B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/598,445
- Filed: 2020-03-26
- Published: 2022-06-16
- Granted: 2024-12-31
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28
- Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
- Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei; Heng-Li Chin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12184432B2

## CPC

- H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes
- H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements}
- H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)}
- H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)}
- H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated}
- 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 method performed by a User Equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes receiving a first Downlink (DL) assignment on a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), where the first DL assignment may determine a first time location of a first time slot including a first resource for transmitting first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback. The method further includes performing a first DL process in response to receiving the first DL assignment, receiving a second DL assignment on a second PDCCH in a time interval between an end of the first PDCCH and a beginning of the first resource, and interrupting the first DL process in response to receiving the second DL assignment, where the first DL process includes at least one operation for the UE to generate the first HARQ-ACK feedback.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A user equipment (UE) comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium coupled to the at least one processor, and storing one or more computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the UE to:
receive a first Downlink (DL) assignment on a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the first DL assignment determines a first time location of a first time slot including a first resource for transmitting a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback;
initiate a HARQ process for the first DLassignment;
perform a first DL process in response to receiving the first DL assignment, wherein the first DL process includes at least one operation for the UE to generate the first HARQ-ACK feedback;
receive a second DL assignment on a second PDCCH in a time interval between an end of the first PDCCH and a beginning of the first resource;
interrupt the first DL process in response to receiving the second DL assignment; and
after determining that a HARQ-ACK feedback preparation condition is not met, transmit the first HARQ-ACK feedback for the first DL process that has been interrupted,
wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback preparation condition includes at least one of:
a beam failure recovery procedure having been triggered by a Secondary Cell (SCell) but not finished for a serving cell on which the first HARQ-ACK feedback is transmitted, or
a random access procedure, which is triggered on a Special Cell (SpCell) due to the beam failure recovery procedure, not having been finished for the serving cell on which the first HARQ- ACK feedback is transmitted.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the UE to:
instruct, by using a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity of the UE, a HARQ entity of the UE to cancel processing for the first DLassignment and interrupt the first DL process.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback preparation condition further includes a time alignment timer associated with a Timing Advance Group (TAG) containing the serving cell on which the first HARQ feedback is transmitted, being stopped or expired.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The UE of claim 1, wherein the one or more computer-executable instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the UE to:
determine a second time location of a second time slot including a second resource for transmitting a second HARQ-ACK feedback based on the second DL assignment, wherein the second time location of the second resource is earlier than the first time location of the first resource in time domain.

### Claim 5

A method performed by a User Equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving a first Downlink (DL) assignment on a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), wherein the first DL assignment determines a first time location of a first time s lot including a first resource for transmitting a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat reQuest (HARQ)-Acknowledgement (ACK) feedback;
initiating a HARQ process for the first DL assignment;
performing a first DL process in response to receiving the first DL assignment, wherein the first DL process includes at least one operation for the UE to generate the first HARQ-ACK feedback;
receiving a second DL assignment on a second PDCCH in a time interval between an end of the first PDCCH and a beginning of the first resource;
interrupting the first DL process in response to receiving the second DL assignment; and
after determining that a HARQ-ACK feedback preparation condition is not met, transmitting the first HARQ-ACK feedback for the first DL process that has been interrupted,
wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback preparation condition includes at least one of:
a beam failure recovery procedure having been triggered by a Secondary Cell (SCell) but not finished for a serving cell on which the first HARQ-ACK feedback is transmitted, or
a random access procedure, which is triggered on a Special Cell (SpCell) due to the beam failure recovery procedure, not having been finished for the serving cell on which the first HARQ- ACK feedback is transmitted.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising:
instructing, by using a Medium Access Control (MAC) entity of the UE, a HARQ entity of the UE to cancel processing for the first DLassignment and interrupt the first DL process.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, wherein the HARQ-ACK feedback preparation condition further includes
a time alignment timer associated with a Timing Advance Group (TAG) containing the serving cell on which the first HARQ feedback is transmitted, being stopped or expired.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The method of claim 5, further comprising:
determining a second time location of a second time slot including a second resource for transmitting a second HARQ-ACK feedback based on the second DL assignment, wherein the second time location of the second resource is earlier than the first time location of the first resource in time domain.