# US 2023/0054066 A1 · Harq rtt timer adjustment for multi-tb scheduling > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2023/0054066 A1 - Document ID: US20230054066A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/792,752 - Filed: 2021-01-05 - Published: 2023-02-23 - Earliest claimed: 2020-01-17 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Antti RATILAINEN; Tuomas TIRRONEN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230054066A1 ## CPC - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 1/1848: {Time-out mechanisms} - H04L 1/1854: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/1858: {Transmission or retransmission of more than one copy of acknowledgement message} - H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04L 1/08: by repeating transmission, e.g. Verdan system {(H04L1/1858 and H04L1/189 take precedence)} - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract Methods of operating a wireless device in a communication network are provided. Such methods include receiving a scheduling message that includes a schedule identifying a plurality of transmission blocks, TBs and determining a quantity of the plurality of TBs that are identified in the scheduling message. Methods may include determining a quantity of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement, HARQ ACKs in an ACK bundle identified in the scheduling message and dynamically generating an acknowledgement timer value that corresponds to the quantity of the plurality of TBs and the quantity of HARQ ACKs in the ACK bundle. ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-26. (canceled) ### Claim 27 A method of operating a wireless device in a communication network, the method comprising: receiving a scheduling message including a Downlink Control Indication, DCI, that includes a schedule identifying a plurality of transmission blocks, TBs; determining a quantity of the plurality of TBs that are identified in the DCI; determining a quantity of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement, HARQ ACKs in an ACK bundle identified in the DCI; and dynamically generating an acknowledgement timer value that corresponds to the quantity of the plurality of TBs and the quantity of HARQ ACKs in the ACK bundle, characterized in that the acknowledgement timer value comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Time, HARQ RTT, timer value that is generated as 7+N*m in which N is a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, repetition factor, and m is the number of HARQ ACK bundles identified in the scheduling message. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the communication network comprises a narrow band internet of things network, NBIoT. ### Claim 29 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein the communication network comprises an enhanced Machine Type Communication, eMTC, network. ### Claim 30 A wireless device adapted to perform the following steps: receiving a scheduling message including a Downlink Control Indication, DCI, that includes a schedule identifying a plurality of transmission blocks, TBs; determining a quantity of the plurality of TBs that are identified in the DCI; determining a quantity of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement, HARQ ACKs in an ACK bundle identified in the DCI; and dynamically generating an acknowledgement timer value that corresponds to the quantity of the plurality of TBs and the quantity of HARQ ACKs in the ACK bundle, characterized in that the acknowledgement timer value comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Time, HARQ RTT, timer value that is generated as 7+N*m in which N is a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, repetition factor, and m is the number of HARQ ACK bundles identified in the scheduling message. ### Claim 31 (depends on 27) A computer program comprising program code to be executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, whereby execution of the program code causes the wireless device to perform operations according to claim 27. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) A computer program comprising program code to be executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, whereby execution of the program code causes the wireless device to perform operations according to claim 28. ### Claim 33 (depends on 29) A computer program comprising program code to be executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, whereby execution of the program code causes the wireless device to perform operations according to claim 29. ### Claim 34 (depends on 27) A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium including program code to be executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, whereby execution of the program code causes the wireless device to perform operations according to claim 27. ### Claim 35 (depends on 28) A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium including program code to be executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, whereby execution of the program code causes the wireless device to perform operations according to claim 28. ### Claim 36 (depends on 29) A computer program product comprising a non-transitory storage medium including program code to be executed by processing circuitry of a wireless device, whereby execution of the program code causes the wireless device to perform operations according to claim 29. ### Claim 37 A method in a communication network system, comprising a radio access network, RAN, node and a wireless device, the method comprising: sending, by the RAN node to the wireless device, a scheduling message including a Downlink Control Indication, DCI, that includes a schedule identifying a plurality of transmission blocks, TBs; receiving, by the wireless device from the RAN node, the scheduling message including the DCI; determining, by the wireless device, a quantity of the plurality of TBs that are identified in the DCI; determining, by the wireless device, a quantity of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement, HARQ ACKs in an ACK bundle identified in the DCI; and dynamically generating, by the wireless device, an acknowledgement timer value that corresponds to the quantity of the plurality of TBs and the quantity of HARQ ACKs in the ACK bundle, characterized in that the acknowledgement timer value comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Time, HARQ RTT, timer value that is generated as 7+N*m in which N is a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, repetition factor, and m is the number of HARQ ACK bundles identified in the DCI. ### Claim 38 A communication network system, comprising a radio access network, RAN, node and a wireless device, the RAN node sends, to the wireless device, a scheduling message including a Downlink Control Indication, DCI, that includes a schedule identifying a plurality of transmission blocks, TBs; the wireless device receives, from the RAN node, the scheduling message including the DCI; the wireless device determines a quantity of the plurality of TBs that are identified in the DCI and a quantity of Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Acknowledgement, HARQ ACKs in an ACK bundle identified in the DCI, and dynamically generates an acknowledgement timer value that corresponds to the quantity of the plurality of TBs and the quantity of HARQ ACKs in the ACK bundle, characterized in that the acknowledgement timer value comprises a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request Round Trip Time, HARQ RTT, timer value that is generated as 7+N*m in which N is a Physical Uplink Control Channel, PUCCH, repetition factor, and m is the number of HARQ ACK bundles identified in the DCI.