Transmission of group common PDCCH (physical downlink control channel) for NR (new radio)

    公开(公告)号:US11147051B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US16464814

    申请日:2018-02-05

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques discussed herein can facilitate transmission and reception of group common PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) for NR (New Radio). One example embodiment employable by a UE (User Equipment) comprises processing circuitry configured to: process higher layer signaling that configures a set of combinations for slot formats for the UE; detect, via blind decoding on at least a portion of a control resource set, a DCI (Downlink Control Information) message that indicates a combination for slot formats of the set of combinations for slot formats via a SFI (slot format indicator); and determine a slot format for one or more slots based on the indicated combination for slot formats, wherein the slot format indicates, for each symbol of the one or more slots, whether that symbol is DL (Downlink), UL (Uplink), or a flexible symbol in the slot format.

    HARQ feedback configuration techniques for broadband wireless communication networks

    公开(公告)号:US11146375B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-12

    申请号:US15751451

    申请日:2015-12-24

    Applicant: APPLE INC.

    Abstract: HARQ feedback configuration techniques for broadband wireless communication networks are described. In one embodiment, for example, an apparatus may comprise a memory and logic for user equipment (UE), at least a portion of the logic implemented in circuitry coupled to the memory, the logic to identify a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) bundling window associated with a received downlink (DL) scheduling command, identify one or more HARQ feedback configuration parameters based on HARQ feedback configuration information comprised in the DL scheduling command, the one or more identified HARQ feedback configuration parameters to include a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) format for use in transmission of HARQ feedback for the HARQ feedback bundling window, the logic to generate the HARQ feedback for transmission to an evolved node B (eNB) according to the PUCCH format. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

    Partial subframe transmission in licensed assisted access

    公开(公告)号:US11083019B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-08-03

    申请号:US16889636

    申请日:2020-06-01

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques for communication of a partial subframe and properties related to the partial subframe of a plurality of subframes in licensed assisted access (LAA) for an unlicensed frequency band are discussed. A network device (e.g., an evolved NodeB, or other cell network device) can generate a listen before talk (LBT) protocol in order to determine whether an unlicensed carrier of a secondary cell device is idle or busy. The evolved Node B (eNB) can communicate starting or ending partial subframes in a downlink transmission, and a user equipment (UE) can process partial subframes based on the communications and a scheduling policy.

    Downlink control information design with shorter TTI

    公开(公告)号:US10897776B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-01-19

    申请号:US16346335

    申请日:2017-10-26

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Downlink control information techniques for wireless communications with shorter TTI (S-TTI) length are disclosed. An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry configured to decode signaling indicating a duration of a time window, the time window comprising a plurality of S-TTIs forming a single TTI. Absence of a discontinuous reception (DRX) indicator is detected within control information received within a first S-TTI of the plurality of S-TTIs. Upon detecting the absence of the DRX indicator within received control information, a S-PDCCH within each of the plurality of S-TTIs is monitored during the duration. Scheduling information received via the S-PDCCH within one of the plurality of S-TTIs is decoded, and data is encoded for transmission on a shared data channel based on the scheduling information.

    Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) Based on Codeblock Groups in New Radio Systems

    公开(公告)号:US20230007635A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17903376

    申请日:2022-09-06

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Embodiments of a User Equipment (UE), Generation Node-B (gNB) and methods of communication are disclosed herein. The UE may receive a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) that schedules a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) in a slot, and on a component carrier (CC) of a plurality of CCs. The PDCCH may include a total downlink assignment index (DAI) and a counter DAI for hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback of the PDSCH. The total DAI may indicate a total number of pairs of CCs and slots for the HARQ-ACK feedback. The UE may encode the HARQ-ACK feedback to include a bit that indicates whether the PDSCH is successfully decoded. A size of the HARQ-ACK feedback may be based on the total DAI, and a position of the bit may be based on the counter DAI.

    CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION (CSI) MEASUREMENTS AND CSI REPORTING IN LICENSED ASSISTED ACCESS (LAA)

    公开(公告)号:US20220264352A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-08-18

    申请号:US17733057

    申请日:2022-04-29

    Applicant: Apple Inc.

    Abstract: Techniques for channel state information (CSI) reporting are discussed. One example apparatus at a user equipment can derive, for one or more subframes of a license assisted access (LAA) secondary cell (SCell), one or more channel measurements based on reference signals (e.g., cell-specific reference signals (CRS) or CSI reference signals (CSI-RS)), in those subframes; generate CSI that comprises a channel quality indicator (CQI) based on an average of the one or more channel measurements from multiple subframes comprising a first subframe and a later second subframe, wherein each orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of a second slot of the first subframe is occupied, wherein each of a first three OFDM symbols of the second subframe are occupied, and wherein each OFDM symbol between the first subframe and the second subframe is occupied; and generate a CSI report that indicates the set of CSI parameters.

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