Method and apparatus for reducing uplink overhead in mobile communications
US11032051B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 10, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jun 8, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2039 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W72/23
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various solutions for reducing uplink overhead with respect to user equipment and network apparatus in mobile communications are described. An apparatus may monitor a downlink channel. The apparatus may determining whether downlink control information (DCI) is received on the downlink channel. The apparatus may skip a hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback transmission on an uplink channel in an event that no DCI is received on the downlink channel.
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