# US 12,192,013 B2 · Method and apparatus for handling LCP restriction and HARQ process number > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,013 B2 - Document ID: US12192013B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/942,882 - Filed: 2022-09-12 - Published: 2023-03-16 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-03 - Assignees: Hannibal IP LLC - Applicants: Hannibal IP LLC - Inventors: Chia-Hung Wei; Hsin-Hsi Tsai; Chie-Ming Chou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192013B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/1896: {ARQ related signaling} - H04L 5/0032: {Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - 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} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - 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 for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE) is provided. The method includes: receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message that includes a first configuration indicating a first parameter associated with a first bandwidth part (BWP) and a second configuration indicating a second parameter associated with a second BWP; receiving, from the BS, downlink control information (DCI) having a DCI format, the DCI indicating either a data reception or a data transmission on a BWP, and the DCI including a field indicating a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process number to be applied by the UE for the data reception or the data transmission; determining whether a bit length of the field is fixed or variable according to the DCI format; and in a case that the bit length of the field is variable, determining the bit length of the field according to one of the first parameter and the second parameter that is associated with the BWP. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A user equipment (UE) comprising: one or more non-transitory computer-readable media containing computer-executable instructions embodied therein; and at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the at least one processor configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to: receive, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) configuration for a PDCP entity, the PDCP entity configured for being associated with more than two Radio Link Control (RLC) entities for Combine-Duplication, a combination of Carrier Aggregation Duplication (CA-Duplication) and Dual Connectivity Duplication (DC-Duplication) for the PDCP entity, wherein at least two RLC entities among the more than two RLC entities are associated with one of a master MAC entity (M-MAC) for a Master Cell Group (MCG) and a secondary MAC entity (S-MAC) for a Secondary Cell Group (SCG); receive, from the BS, activation of a PDCP Combine-Duplication; activate the Combine-Duplication for the PDCP entity; and submit a PDCP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) to a set of activated RLC bearers among a plurality of RLC bearers associated with the more than two RLC entities. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein the RRC message is one of a RRC Reconfiguration message, a RRC Resume message, a RRC Reestablishment message, a RRC Setup message, and a downlink (DL) unicast RRC message. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the PDCP Combine-Duplication is activated by one of RRC signaling and Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The UE of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of RLC bearers is one of activated and deactivated, independently of others of the plurality of RLC bearers. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The UE of claim 4, wherein the each of the plurality of RLC bearers is one of activated and deactivated done only when PDCP Combine-Duplication is activated. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The UE of claim 4, wherein the each of the plurality of RLC bearers is one of activated and deactivated by the BS. ### Claim 7 A method for wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving, from a base station (BS), a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising a Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP) configuration for a PDCP entity, the PDCP entity configured for being associated with more than two Radio Link Control (RLC) entities for Combine-Duplication, a combination of Carrier Aggregation Duplication (CA-Duplication) and Dual Connectivity Duplication (DC-Duplication) for the PDCP entity, wherein at least two RLC entities among the more than two RLC entities are associated with one of a master MAC entity (M-MAC) for a Master Cell Group (MCG) and a secondary MAC entity (S-MAC) for a Secondary Cell Group (SCG); receiving, from the BS, activation of a PDCP Combine-Duplication; activate the Combine-Duplication for the PDCP entity; and submitting the PDCP Protocol Data Unit (PDU) to a set of activated RLC bearers among a plurality of RLC bearers associated with the more than two RLC entities. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the RRC message is one of a RRC Reconfiguration message, a RRC Resume message, a RRC Reestablishment message, a RRC Setup message, and a downlink (DL) unicast RRC message. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the PDCP Combine-Duplication is activated by one of RRC signaling and Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE). ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein each of the plurality of RLC bearers is one of activated and deactivated, independently of others of the plurality of RLC bearers. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the each of the plurality of RLC bearers is one of activated and deactivated done only when PDCP Combine-Duplication is activated. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein the each of the plurality of RLC bearers is one of activated and deactivated by the BS.