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US 12,745,251 B2Granted
Flexible control information reporting
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorTao Luo
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Abstract
Aspects of the present disclosure provide a mechanism for flexible control information reporting within a wireless communication network by mapping a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes to respective locations in a payload format of an uplink control channel. In response to receiving a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected HARQ processes, the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes may be included in the respective locations of the payload of a current uplink control channel based on the mapping. A remaining portion of the payload of the current uplink control channel may be flexibly utilized for other control information.
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An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:
- receive a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel, the uplink control channel comprising a payload that has an acknowledgement section;
- group the acknowledgment section into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel;
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- transmit the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes.
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A method of wireless communication operable at a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
- receiving a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel, the uplink control channel comprising a payload having an acknowledgement section;
- grouping the acknowledgment section into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel, and
- transmitting the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes.
An apparatus for wireless communication at a network element, comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the network element to:
- provide a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel;
- and
- obtain the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes, the uplink control channel comprising a payload that has an acknowledgement section, wherein the acknowledgement section is grouped into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel.
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A method of wireless communication operable at a network element, the method comprising:
- providing a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel;
- and
- obtaining the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes, the uplink control channel comprising a payload having an acknowledgement section, wherein the acknowledgement section is grouped into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel.
A user equipment (UE), comprising:
- means for receiving a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel, the uplink control channel comprising a payload having an acknowledgement section;
- means for grouping the acknowledgment section into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel, and
- means for transmitting the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes.
A network element, comprising:
- means for providing a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel;
- and
- means for obtaining the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes, the uplink control channel comprising a payload having an acknowledgement section, wherein the acknowledgement section is grouped into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE) to cause the UE to:
- receive a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel, the uplink control channel comprising a payload that has an acknowledgement section;
- group the acknowledgment section into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel;
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- transmit the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored therein instructions executable by one or more processors of a network element to cause the network element to:
- provide a request to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes of a plurality of HARQ processes on an uplink control channel;
- and
- obtain the uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes, the uplink control channel comprising a payload that has an acknowledgement section, wherein the acknowledgement section is grouped into one or more segments, wherein each of the one or more segments is mapped to one of the plurality of HARQ processes and each of the one or more segments includes a plurality of payload bits, wherein the request indicates one or more selected segments of the one or more segments to include in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the uplink control channel.
An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:
- map a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes to respective locations in an acknowledgment section of a payload format of an uplink control channel, wherein the payload format of the uplink control channel further comprises a control information section;
- receive a request from a network element to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected HARQ processes of the plurality of HARQ processes on a current uplink control channel, the current uplink control channel comprising a payload having the payload format;
- group the acknowledgment section into segments, wherein one or more selected ones of the segments include payload bits and each of the payload bits is mapped to one of the one or more selected HARQ processes, wherein the request indicates the one or more selected ones of the segments mapped to the one or more selected HARQ processes to be included in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the current uplink control channel;
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- transmit the current uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment section of the payload based on the mapping, wherein the acknowledgement section includes acknowledgement information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes and wherein the current uplink control channel further comprises other control information in a remaining portion of the payload comprising the control information section of the payload format of the uplink control channel.
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An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- one or more memories;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:
- map a plurality of hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) processes to respective locations in an acknowledgment section of a payload format of an uplink control channel, wherein the payload format of the uplink control channel further comprises a control information section;
- receive a request from a network element to transmit acknowledgment information corresponding to one or more selected HARQ processes of the plurality of HARQ processes on a current uplink control channel, the current uplink control channel comprising a payload having the payload format;
- group the acknowledgment section into segments, wherein one or more selected ones of the segments include payload bits and each of the payload bits is mapped to one of the one or more selected HARQ processes, wherein the request indicates the one or more selected ones of the segments mapped to the one or more selected HARQ processes to be included in the acknowledgment section of the payload of the current uplink control channel;
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- transmit the current uplink control channel comprising the acknowledgment section of the payload based on the mapping, wherein the acknowledgement section includes acknowledgement information corresponding to the one or more selected HARQ processes and wherein the current uplink control channel further comprises other control information in a remaining portion of the payload.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.