US 11,943,786 B2
Uplink grant, downlink assignment and search space method and apparatus in carrier aggregation
Kyle Jung-Lin Pan, Saint James, NY (US); Jean-Louis Gauvreau, La Prairie (CA); Philip J. Pietraski, Jericho, NY (US); Stephen E. Terry, Northport, NY (US); and Guodong Zhang, Woodbury, NY (US)
Assigned to InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed by InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US)
Filed on May 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/745,484.
Application 13/654,182 is a division of application No. 12/723,308, filed on Mar. 12, 2010, abandoned.
Application 17/745,484 is a continuation of application No. 17/027,814, filed on Sep. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,337,206.
Application 17/027,814 is a continuation of application No. 16/423,567, filed on May 28, 2019, granted, now 10,785,768, issued on Sep. 22, 2020.
Application 16/423,567 is a continuation of application No. 15/795,896, filed on Oct. 27, 2017, granted, now 10,306,620, issued on May 28, 2019.
Application 15/795,896 is a continuation of application No. 14/673,538, filed on Mar. 30, 2015, granted, now 9,820,269, issued on Nov. 14, 2017.
Application 14/673,538 is a continuation of application No. 13/654,182, filed on Oct. 17, 2012, granted, now 8,995,376, issued on Mar. 31, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/160,167, filed on Mar. 13, 2009.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279494 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/14 (2009.01); H04W 52/32 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 52/34 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/0037 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 5/0078 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 52/146 (2013.01); H04W 52/32 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04W 52/34 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU), the WTRU comprising:
a receiver; and
a processor;
the processor and receiver configured to:
receive an indication of one or more search spaces for one or more physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidates and an indication of at least one downlink control information (DCI) format of a plurality of DCI formats for each search space of the one or more search spaces;
monitor, in the one or more search spaces, the one or more PDCCH candidates having a DCI format of the at least one DCI format indicated; and
receive DCI associated with a user identity of the WTRU via at least one PDCCH transmission; and
receive data via at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission indicated by the at least one PDCCH transmission.