Downlink control information for scheduling one or more transport blocks
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsAyan SENGUPTA, Chao WEI, Alberto RICO AlVARINO, Le LIU
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. Techniques are described herein for encoding downlink control information (DCI) based on the number of transport blocks being scheduled by the DCI. The number of transport blocks supported by the DCI may be indicated explicitly using a field included in the DCI. The number of transport blocks can be implicitly signaled in a bitstream of the DCI block. The type of encoding scheme may be based on the coverage enhancement (CE) mode associated with a user equipment.
Claims41
A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- receiving a downlink control information block comprising downlink control information for one or more transport blocks scheduled for the UE;
- identifying an encoding scheme used to encode the downlink control information block based at least in part on a bitstream of the downlink control information block, wherein the encoding scheme is associated with a numerical quantity of the one or more transport blocks;
- decoding the downlink control information block to obtain the downlink control information for the one or more transport blocks based at least in part on the identified encoding scheme;
- and
- receiving the one or more transport blocks from an access network entity based at least in part on the downlink control information.
2-28. (canceled)
A method for wireless communications at an access network entity, comprising:
- determining a numerical quantity of one or more transport blocks for a user equipment (UE) scheduled by downlink control information;
- selecting an encoding scheme for the downlink control information based at least in part on the numerical quantity of the one or more transport blocks associated with the downlink control information;
- encoding the downlink control information into a downlink control information block for the one or more transport blocks based at least in part on the encoding scheme;
- transmitting, to the UE, the downlink control information block for the one or more transport blocks to the UE;
- and
- transmitting the one or more transport blocks to the UE based at least in part on the downlink control information.
30-49. (canceled)
An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- a processor,
- memory coupled with the processor, and
- instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
- receive a downlink control information block comprising downlink control information for one or more transport blocks scheduled for the UE;
- identify an encoding scheme used to encode the downlink control information block based at least in part on a bitstream of the downlink control information block, wherein the encoding scheme is associated with a numerical quantity of the one or more transport blocks;
- decode the downlink control information block to obtain the downlink control information for the one or more transport blocks based at least in part on the identified encoding scheme;
- and
- receive the one or more transport blocks from an access network entity based at least in part on the downlink control information.
(canceled)
An apparatus for wireless communications at an access network entity, comprising:
- a processor,
- memory coupled with the processor, and
- instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:
- determine a numerical quantity of one or more transport blocks for a user equipment (UE) scheduled by downlink control information;
- select an encoding scheme for the downlink control information based at least in part on the numerical quantity of the one or more transport blocks associated with the downlink control information;
- encode the downlink control information into a downlink control information block for the one or more transport blocks based at least in part on the encoding scheme;
- transmit, to the UE, the downlink control information block for the one or more transport blocks to the UE;
- and
- transmit the one or more transport blocks to the UE based at least in part on the downlink control information.
73-79. (canceled)
82-85. (canceled)
An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- means for receiving a downlink control information block comprising downlink control information for one or more transport blocks scheduled for the UE;
- means for identifying an encoding scheme used to encode the downlink control information block based at least in part on a bitstream of the downlink control information block, wherein the encoding scheme is associated with a numerical quantity of the one or more transport blocks;
- means for decoding the downlink control information block to obtain the downlink control information for the one or more transport blocks based at least in part on the identified encoding scheme;
- and
- means for receiving the one or more transport blocks from an access network entity based at least in part on the downlink control information.
87-89. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.