US 2019/0165984 A1 · Preemption Indication for New Radio

Abstract

Preempting a slot with a mini-slot for use in a wireless transmitter of a wireless communication network is presented. The method includes preempting a slot transmission to a wireless receiver with a mini-slot transmission to the wireless receiver, wherein the slot transmission comprises a plurality of time-frequency regions (TFRs), each TFR comprising a plurality of sub-regions. The method further includes transmitting a preemption indication to the wireless receiver, where the preemption indication includes a TFR position in time of one or more preempted TFRs in the slot transmission, a TFR position in frequency of the one or more preempted TFRs in the slot transmission and an identifier of one or more of the plurality a sub-regions of the one more preempted TFRs.

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Dependent claims

A method of preempting a slot with a mini-slot for use in a wireless transmitter of a wireless communication network, the method comprising:

preempting a slot transmission to a wireless receiver with a mini-slot transmission to the wireless receiver, wherein the slot transmission comprises a plurality of time-frequency regions, each TFR comprising a plurality of sub-regions;
transmitting a preemption indication to the wireless receiver, wherein the interpretation of the pre-emption indication depends on RRC signalled parameters, the preemption indication comprising:
an identifier of one or more of the plurality of sub-regions of the one more preempted TFRs, wherein the identifier of one or more of the plurality of sub-regions of the one more pre-empted TFRs comprises a bitmap with a bit position for each sub-region.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Preemption Indication for New Radio

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