US 12,244,427 B2
Multi-stage scheduling
Karol Schober, Helsinki (FI); Kari Hooli, Oulu (FI); and Esa Tiirola, Oulu (FI)
Assigned to Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 17/997,300
Filed by Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Apr. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/059766
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/228487, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20174684 (EP), filed on May 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0171041 A1, Jun. 1, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 1/1829 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 1/1854 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1864 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus, comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
receiving, in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a first slot, first scheduling information for a data channel, wherein the first slot is separated by at least one first period of multiple slots from next first scheduling information; and
receiving, in the PDCCH in at least one second slot, second scheduling information for the data channel, wherein the at least one second slot is delayed with respect to the first slot by one or more slots and is received within the first period of multiple slots after the first slot,
wherein the first scheduling information in the first slot points to at least the second scheduling information,
wherein the first scheduling information is related to at least one hybrid automatic request (HARQ) process for the data channel, and
wherein the second scheduling information is related to at least one HARQ process for the data channel.