US 11,956,788 B2
Expiration periods for low latency communications
Wei Yang, San Diego, CA (US); Jing Jiang, San Diego, CA (US); Wanshi Chen, San Diego, CA (US); Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US); Tingfang Ji, San Diego, CA (US); Chih-Ping Li, San Diego, CA (US); and Seyedkianoush Hosseini, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 11, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/508,843.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/712,132, filed on Jul. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0037352 A1, Jan. 30, 2020
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 28/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/1819 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01); H04W 28/0278 (2013.01); H04W 72/20 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving a downlink control information (DCI) message comprising a downlink grant for a downlink transport block and an indication of an expiration time of the downlink transport block;
monitoring a wireless channel for the downlink transport block according to the downlink grant of the DCI message; and
terminating, based at least in part on a failure to successfully decode the downlink transport block prior to the expiration time, a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process associated with the downlink transport block by emptying a HARQ buffer corresponding to the downlink transport block.