US 12,075,438 B2
Mechanisms for determination of acknowledgment information reports
Aris Papasakellariou, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,826.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/152,710, filed on Feb. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0272740 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/1273 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/1273 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving:
first physical downlink control channels (PDCCHs) providing first downlink control information (DCI) formats associated with a first set of radio network temporary identifiers (RNTIs), the first set of RNTIs being associated with unicast communications, and
second PDCCHs providing second DCI formats associated with a second set of RNTIs, the second set of RNTIs being associated with multicast communications;
determining:
first hybrid automatic request acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information associated with the first DCI formats,
second HARQ-ACK information associated with the second DCI formats, and
a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource indicated by a last DCI format from the first DCI formats, wherein:
the first DCI formats indicate a slot for transmission of a first PUCCH with the first HARQ-ACK information,
the second DCI formats indicate the slot for transmission of a second PUCCH with the second HARQ-ACK information, and
the last DCI format is provided in a PDCCH reception from the first PDCCH receptions that starts last among the first PDCCH receptions; and
transmitting a PUCCH in the slot using the PUCCH resource, wherein the PUCCH includes the first HARQ-ACK information and the second HARQ-ACK information.