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Group acknowledgement/negative acknowledgement and triggering GACK/channel state information

US10148392B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 20, 2016
Grant dateDec 4, 2018
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Expiry dateAug 7, 2036

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L2001/125
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

According to the present disclosure, CSI and/or a plurality of ACKs 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. Once the trigger is received, the UE may transmit the CSI and/or GACK to the eNB. In this way HARQ feedback and/or CSI may be reliably communicated while reducing payload. In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus send, to a UE, data transmissions associated with a first plurality of downlink subframes. In an aspect, the apparatus increments a counter for each data transmission sent to the UE. In a further aspect, the apparatus transmits, to the UE, a first trigger for a first GACK when a counter is greater than or equal to a threshold.

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