# US 12,224,866 B2 · Multiplexing unicast and multicast control information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,224,866 B2 - Document ID: US12224866B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/650,363 - Filed: 2022-02-08 - Published: 2022-08-18 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2021-02-16 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Aris Papasakellariou - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12224866B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1812: Hybrid protocols; Hybrid automatic repeat request [HARQ] - H04L 1/1861: {Physical mapping arrangements (for ACK signaling see also H04L5/0053)} - H04L 1/0004: {applied to control information} - H04L 1/0009: {by adapting the channel coding (H04L1/1812 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/0061: {Error detection codes} - H04L 1/0072: {Error control for data other than payload data, e.g. control data} - H04L 1/1671: {the supervisory signal being transmitted together with control information} - 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 1/0031: {Multiple signaling transmission (H04L1/1664, F15 take precedence)} - H04L 5/0023: {Time-frequency-space} - H04L 5/0032: {Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Methods and apparatuses for multiplexing unicast and multicast control information. A method for providing hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information includes receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH). The DCI format includes one or more first downlink assignment indicator (DAI) bits associated with first HARQ-ACK information and one or more second DAI bits associated with second HARQ-ACK information. The method further includes determining the first HARQ-ACK information based on a value of the one or more first DAI bits and the second HARQ-ACK information based on a value of the one or more second DAI bits. The first HARQ-ACK information is associated with a first set of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs), and the second HARQ-ACK information is associated with a second set of RNTIs. The method further includes transmitting the PUSCH, which includes the first and second HARQ-ACK information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for providing hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information, the method comprising: receiving a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein the DCI format includes a downlink assignment indicator (DAI) bit associated with first HARQ-ACK information and with second HARQ-ACK information; determining to provide: the first HARQ-ACK information based on a value of the DAI bit, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information is associated with a first set of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs), and the second HARQ-ACK information based on the value of the DAI bit, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information is associated with a second set of RNTIs; and transmitting the PUSCH, wherein: the PUSCH includes the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information, and the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information are associated with a Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook, and wherein the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook is determined based on: a union of first and second sets of slot timing values for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions associated with the first and second HARQ-ACK information, respectively, and a union of first and second sets of time domain resource allocation (TDRA) values for receptions of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) associated with the first and second HARQ-ACK information, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising encoding jointly the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of RNTIs is associated with unicast communications and the second set of RNTIs is associated with multicast communications. ### Claim 4 A user equipment (UE) comprising: a transceiver configured to receive a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling transmission of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein the DCI format includes a downlink assignment indicator (DAI) bit associated with first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and with second HARQ-ACK information; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine to provide: the first HARQ-ACK information based on a value of the DAI bit, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information is associated with a first set of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs), and the second HARQ-ACK information based on the value of the DAI bit, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information is associated with a second set of RNTIs, wherein the transceiver is further configured to transmit the PUSCH, wherein: the PUSCH includes the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information, and the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information are associated with a Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook, and wherein the processor is further configured to determine the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook based on: a union of first and second sets of slot timing values for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions associated with the first and second HARQ-ACK information, respectively, and a union of first and second sets of time domain resource allocation (TDRA) values for receptions of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) associated with the first and second HARQ-ACK information, respectively. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The UE of claim 4, further comprising: an encoder configured to jointly encode the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The UE of claim 4, wherein the first set of RNTIs is associated with unicast communications and the second set of RNTIs is associated with multicast communications. ### Claim 7 A base station comprising: a transceiver configured to: transmit a downlink control information (DCI) format scheduling reception of a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH), wherein the DCI format includes a downlink assignment indicator (DAI) bit associated with first hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information and with second HARQ-ACK information, and receive the PUSCH, wherein: the PUSCH includes the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information, and the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information are associated with a Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook; and a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to determine: the first HARQ-ACK information based on a value of the DAI bit, wherein the first HARQ-ACK information is associated with a first set of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs), and the second HARQ-ACK information based on the value of the DAI bit, wherein the second HARQ-ACK information is associated with a second set of RNTIs, wherein the Type-1 HARQ-ACK codebook is based on: a union of first and second sets of slot timing values for physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) transmissions associated with the first and second HARQ-ACK information, respectively, and a union of first and second sets of time domain resource allocation (TDRA) values for receptions of physical downlink shared channels (PDSCHs) associated with the first and second HARQ-ACK information, respectively. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The base station of claim 7, further comprising: a decoder configured to jointly decode a codeword with the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The base station of claim 7, wherein the first set of RNTIs is associated with unicast communications and the second set of RNTIs is associated with multicast communications.