US 12,256,311 B2
Hop-count indication in wireless systems
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Karl Georg Hampel, Jersey City, NJ (US); Jianghong Luo, Skillman, NJ (US); Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Littleton, MA (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/066,263.
Application 18/066,263 is a division of application No. 16/537,266, filed on Aug. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,533,672.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/718,289, filed on Aug. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0118078 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 40/22 (2009.01); H04L 45/00 (2022.01); H04L 45/122 (2022.01); H04W 40/12 (2009.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 88/08 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 40/22 (2013.01) [H04L 45/122 (2013.01); H04L 45/20 (2013.01); H04W 40/12 (2013.01); H04W 56/0025 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 88/08 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method for wireless communications at a control node in a wireless communications system, comprising:
determining, at the control node, a resource configuration for a relay network node in the wireless communications system, wherein the resource configuration is associated with a slot structure comprising resources that are selectable based at least in part on a hop count between the relay network node and a network node in the wireless communications system, the slot structure comprising a first set of resources associated with a first set of even hop counts and a second set of resources associated with a second set of odd hop counts, and wherein the hop count for the relay network node is different than a second hop count for a child node of the relay network node; and
transmitting, by the control node, the resource configuration to the relay network node.