# US 2020/0404633 A1 · Methods and apparatus for ack for sps reactivation dci > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0404633 A1 - Document ID: US20200404633A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/905,631 - Filed: 2020-06-18 - Published: 2020-12-24 - Earliest claimed: 2019-06-21 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Yan ZHOU; Mostafa KHOSHNEVISAN; Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN; Sony AKKARAKARAN; Tao LUO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200404633A1 ## CPC - 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 5/0048: {Allocation of pilot signals, i.e. of signals known to the receiver (allocation of control signalling H04L5/0053; use of control signalling H04L5/0091)} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/20: Control channels or signalling for resource management - H04W 72/21: in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network - H04L 1/0023: {characterised by the signalling} - H04L 1/18: Automatic repetition systems, e.g. Van Duuren systems - H04L 5/0055: {Physical resource allocation for ACK/NACK (for physical mapping arrangements in ARQ protocols H04L1/1861)} - 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 Aspects of the present disclosure include methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for receiving a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and an updated uplink feedback parameter for a scheduled uplink control information transmission, receiving downlink control information, changing a transmission parameter of the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the updated uplink feedback parameter, and transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the changed transmission parameter to indicate uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and an updated uplink feedback parameter for a scheduled uplink control information transmission; receiving downlink control information; changing a transmission parameter of the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the updated uplink feedback parameter; and transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the changed transmission parameter to indicate uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein changing the transmission parameter further comprises changing a transmission delay from a first duration to a second duration; and wherein transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission further comprises transmitting after waiting the second duration after receiving the downlink control information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2, further comprising: determining a channel quality of a downlink control channel; and determining the second duration of the transmission delay based on the channel quality. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises a semi-persistent schedule reactivation DCI or a configuration grant reactivation DCI. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein changing the transmission parameter based on the updated uplink feedback parameter includes changing at least one of a transmission delay associated with transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission, a resource location of the scheduled uplink control information transmission, a resource size of the scheduled uplink control information transmission, or a resource format of the scheduled uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 6 A user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and one or more processors operatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, the one or more processors configured to: receive a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and an updated uplink feedback parameter for a scheduled uplink control information transmission; receive downlink control information; change a transmission parameter of the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the updated uplink feedback parameter; and transmit the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the changed transmission parameter to indicate uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The UE of claim 6, wherein changing the transmission parameter further comprises changing a transmission delay from a first duration to a second duration; and wherein transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission further comprises transmitting after waiting the second duration after receiving the downlink control information. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The UE of claim 7, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: determine a channel quality of a downlink control channel; and determine the second duration of the transmission delay based on the channel quality. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The UE of claim 6, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises a semi-persistent schedule reactivation DCI or a configuration grant reactivation DCI. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The UE of claim 6, wherein changing the transmission parameter based on the updated uplink feedback parameter includes changing at least one of a transmission delay associated with transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission, a resource location of the scheduled uplink control information transmission, a resource size of the scheduled uplink control information transmission, or a resource format of the scheduled uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 11 A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and a DCI-specific uplink feedback resource; and transmitting, in response to reception of the reactivation DCI and using the DCI-specific uplink feedback resource, dedicated uplink control information transmission to indicate uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the DCI-specific uplink feedback resource is different from a periodic uplink feedback resource for the new periodic resource configuration. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein transmitting the dedicated uplink control information transmission further comprises transmitting after waiting a transmission delay after receiving the reactivation DCI, wherein the transmission delay is a same transmission delay used for transmitting periodic uplink feedback for an existing periodic resource configuration. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises DCI-specific configuration information associated with the dedicated uplink control information transmission; and wherein the DCI-specific configuration information comprises at least one of a transmission delay associated with the transmitting of the dedicated uplink control information transmission, a resource location of the dedicated uplink control information transmission, a resource size of the dedicated uplink control information, or a resource format of the dedicated uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises DCI-specific configuration information associated with the dedicated uplink control information transmission; and wherein the DCI-specific configuration information comprises a first transmission delay used only for the dedicated uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises DCI-specific configuration information associated with the dedicated uplink control information transmission; and wherein the DCI-specific configuration information comprises a first transmission delay for a periodic uplink feedback transmission and a second transmission delay for the dedicated uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the dedicated uplink control information transmission includes a physical uplink control channel transmission or a physical uplink shared channel transmission. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises a semi-persistent schedule reactivation DCI or a configuration grant reactivation DCI. ### Claim 19 A user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and one or more processors operatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, the one or more processors configured to: receive a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and a DCI-specific uplink feedback resource; and transmit, in response to reception of the reactivation DCI and using the DCI-specific uplink feedback resource, dedicated uplink control information transmission to indicate uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the DCI-specific uplink feedback resource is different from a periodic uplink feedback resource for the new periodic resource configuration. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein transmitting the dedicated uplink control information transmission further comprises transmitting after waiting a transmission delay after receiving the reactivation DCI, wherein the transmission delay is a same transmission delay used for transmitting periodic uplink feedback for an existing periodic resource configuration. ### Claim 22 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises DCI-specific configuration information associated with the dedicated uplink control information transmission; and wherein the DCI-specific configuration information comprises at least one of a transmission delay associated with the transmitting of the dedicated uplink control information transmission, a resource location of the dedicated uplink control information transmission, a resource size of the dedicated uplink control information transmission, or a resource format of the dedicated uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 23 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises DCI-specific configuration information associated with the dedicated uplink control information transmission; and wherein the DCI-specific configuration information comprises a first transmission delay used only for the dedicated uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 24 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises DCI-specific configuration information associated with the dedicated uplink control information transmission; and wherein the DCI-specific configuration information comprises a first transmission delay for a periodic uplink feedback transmission and a second transmission delay for the dedicated uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 25 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the dedicated uplink control information transmission includes a physical uplink control channel transmission or a physical uplink shared channel transmission. ### Claim 26 (depends on 19) The UE of claim 19, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises a semi-persistent schedule reactivation DCI or a configuration grant reactivation DCI. ### Claim 27 A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising: receiving a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) including a new periodic resource configuration; receiving downlink control information; including DCI feedback information in a scheduled uplink control information transmission; and transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission including the DCI feedback information to indicate feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission comprises transmitting on a first scheduled uplink feedback resource after reception of the downlink control information or transmitting on every scheduled uplink feedback resource after reception of the downlink control information. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the DCI feedback information is associated with a resource set identification (ID) of the scheduled uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 30 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the DCI feedback information includes one or more data bits or a physical identifier associated with an uplink feedback resource. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The method of claim 30, wherein the uplink feedback resource is a physical uplink control channel resource and the physical identifier includes a cyclic shift. ### Claim 32 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the scheduled uplink control information transmission corresponding to the new periodic resource configuration uses a different uplink resource as compared to an original scheduled uplink control information transmission of an original DCI received prior to the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 33 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises a semi-persistent schedule reactivation DCI or a configuration grant reactivation DCI. ### Claim 34 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, further comprising: receiving a plurality of additional reactivation DCIs; appending a plurality of additional DCI feedback information associated with the plurality of additional reactivation DCIs to the scheduled uplink control information transmission; and wherein transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission including the plurality of additional DCI feedback information to indicate feedback regarding receptions of the plurality of additional reactivation DCI. ### Claim 35 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the reactivation DCI includes an action time, wherein the action time indicates a time to operate the UE based on the new periodic resource configuration. ### Claim 36 A user equipment (UE), comprising: a memory; a transceiver; and one or more processors operatively coupled with the memory and the transceiver, the one or more processors configured to: receive a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) including a new periodic resource configuration; receive downlink control information; include DCI feedback information in a scheduled uplink control information transmission; and transmit the scheduled uplink control information transmission including the DCI feedback information to indicate feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission comprises transmitting on a first scheduled uplink feedback resource after reception of the downlink control information or transmitting on every scheduled uplink feedback resource after reception of the downlink control information. ### Claim 38 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein the DCI feedback information is associated with a resource set identification (ID) of the scheduled uplink control information transmission. ### Claim 39 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein the DCI feedback information includes one or more data bits or a physical identifier associated with an uplink feedback resource. ### Claim 40 (depends on 39) The UE of claim 39, wherein the uplink feedback resource is a physical uplink control channel resource and the physical identifier includes a cyclic shift. ### Claim 41 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein the scheduled uplink control information transmission corresponding to the new periodic resource configuration uses a different uplink resource as compared to an original scheduled uplink control information transmission of an original DCI received prior to the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 42 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein the reactivation DCI comprises a semi-persistent schedule reactivation DCI or a configuration grant reactivation DCI. ### Claim 43 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to: receive a plurality of additional reactivation DCIs; append a plurality of additional DCI feedback information associated with the plurality of additional reactivation DCIs to the scheduled uplink control information transmission; and wherein transmitting the scheduled uplink control information transmission including the plurality of additional DCI feedback information to indicate feedback regarding receptions of the plurality of additional reactivation DCI. ### Claim 44 (depends on 36) The UE of claim 36, wherein the reactivation DCI includes an action time, wherein the action time indicates a time to operate the UE based on the new periodic resource configuration. ### Claim 45 A method of wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising: transmitting a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and an updated uplink feedback parameter for a scheduled uplink control information transmission; transmitting downlink control information; and receiving the scheduled uplink control information transmission based on the updated uplink feedback parameter indicating uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 46 A method of wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising: transmitting a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) associated with a new periodic resource configuration and a DCI-specific uplink feedback resource; and receiving a dedicated uplink control information transmission indicating uplink feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI. ### Claim 47 A method of wireless communication by a base station (BS), comprising: transmitting a reactivation downlink control information (DCI) including a new periodic resource configuration; transmitting downlink control information; and receiving a scheduled uplink control information transmission including DCI feedback information indicating feedback regarding reception of the reactivation DCI.