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Triggering a group acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement or channel state information

US10009920B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 5, 2016
Grant dateJun 26, 2018
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Expiry dateJun 24, 2036

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W72/21
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In the present disclosure, CSI and/or a plurality of ACK/NACKs related to a group of DL data transmissions may be buffered at the UE as a GACK until a DCI trigger is received from the eNB. When the DCI trigger is received, the UE may transmit the CSI and/or GACK. In this way, HARQ feedback and/or CSI may be reliably communicated even if a CCA does not clear and/or UL subframes are unavailable. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. In an aspect, the apparatus may be a UE. The apparatus monitors one or more subframes for a DCI trigger. In a further aspect, the apparatus receives the DCI trigger in a subframe. In another aspect, the apparatus transmits UCI using a subsequent subframe.

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