Method and apparatus for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission
阅读说明：本技术 用于harq-ack和sr传输的方法和设备 (Method and apparatus for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission ) 是由 李宏超 J·勒尔 吴联海 于 2018-01-05 设计创作，主要内容包括：本公开涉及一种用于HARQ-ACK和SR传输的方法和设备。根据本公开的实施例,一种方法可包含：配置第一PUCCH资源以用于HARQ-ACK传输并配置第二PUCCH资源以用于SR传输；确定所述第一PUCCH资源中的所述HARQ-ACK传输是否与所述第二PUCCH资源中的所述SR传输在时域中重叠；以及响应于所述第一PUCCH资源中的所述HARQ-ACK传输与所述第二PUCCH资源中的所述SR传输重叠,至少丢弃所述第一PUCCH资源中的所述HARQ-ACK传输和所述第二PUCCH资源中的所述SR传输中的一个的精确重叠部分。(The present disclosure relates to a method and apparatus for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method may include: configuring a first PUCCH resource for HARQ-ACK transmission and configuring a second PUCCH resource for SR transmission; determining whether the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlaps in time domain with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource; and in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlapping the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least a precisely overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.)
1. A method, comprising:
configuring a first physical uplink control channel, PUCCH, resource for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement, HARQ-ACK, transmission;
configuring a second PUCCH resource for Scheduling Request (SR) transmission;
determining whether the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlaps in time domain with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource; and
in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlapping the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least an overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource comprises discarding all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource comprises discarding an exact overlapping portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
4. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource comprises discarding a portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource after the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
5. A method according to claim 2, 3 or 4, wherein at least one SR bit of the SR transmission is appended to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having a same starting position or the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
6. The method of claim 5, wherein SR information indicating which SR configuration the SR transmission belongs to is included in an Uplink Control Information (UCI) transmission.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the SR information is a SR configuration ID or a SR configuration index.
8. The method of claim 7, wherein the SR information is indicated in a manner that it is used to mask cyclic redundancy checks of bits of the UCI transmission.
9. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource comprises discarding all or the overlapping portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
10. The method of claim 1, wherein in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource comprises discarding a portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource after the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
11. The method of claim 2, wherein the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource completely overlaps with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource in the time domain.
12. The method according to any of claims 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10, wherein the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource partially overlaps the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource in the time domain.
13. The method of any of claims 2, 3, 4, and 9, wherein the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
14. The method of any of claims 2, 3, 9 and 10, wherein the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is longer in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
15. The method of any of claims 2, 3, and 9, wherein the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource have a same length in the time domain.
16. An apparatus, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory;
wherein computer programmable instructions for implementing a method for hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement HARQ-ACK and scheduling request SR transmission are stored in the memory and the processor is configured to execute the computer programmable instructions to:
configuring HARQ-ACK transmission in a first Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource;
configuring SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource;
determining whether the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlaps in time domain with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource; and
in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlapping the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least an overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to discard all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource.
18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, the processor is configured to discard the overlapping portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource comprises discarding a portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource after the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
20. The apparatus of claim 17, 18 or 19 wherein at least one SR bit of the SR transmission is appended to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having a same starting position or the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
21. The apparatus of claim 19, wherein SR information indicating which SR configuration the SR transmission belongs to is contained in a UCI uplink control information, UCI, transmission.
22. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the SR information is an SR configuration ID or an SR configuration index.
23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the SR information is indicated in a manner that it is used to mask cyclic redundancy checks of bits of UCI transmissions.
24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, the processor is configured to discard all or the overlapping portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
25. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, the processor is configured to discard a portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource after the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
26. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer programmable instructions, wherein the computer programmable instructions are programmed to implement the method of claim 1.
Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to wireless communication technology, and more particularly, to techniques related to hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) and Scheduling Request (SR) transmissions.
Background
With the development of wireless communication technology, flexible Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH) resource allocation has been introduced into 5G wireless communication technology. For example, PUCCH format 0 and 2 transmissions may start from any of symbols 0 to 13, while PUCCH format 1, 3, and 4 transmissions may start from any of symbols 0 to 11. Therefore, overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR will occur frequently, unlike the scenario in conventional wireless communication.
Although some basic agreements have been reached on how to solve the complete overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR, further research is still needed to fully solve this problem, such as how to distinguish which SR configuration is prioritized for transmission in case of multiple SR configurations in the same occasion, etc. Furthermore, no solution has been reached as to how to handle the partial overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR.
Therefore, there is a need for further supplementing and improving the technical solution regarding the overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR.
Disclosure of Invention
An object of the present disclosure is to provide a technical solution for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission, which can handle the case where full or partial overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR occurs.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission may include: configuring a first PUCCH resource for HARQ-ACK transmission; configuring a second PUCCH resource for SR transmission; determining whether the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlaps in time domain with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource; and in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlapping the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least an overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
In an embodiment of the disclosure, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource. In response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource includes discarding the overlapping portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. In response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource includes discarding a portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource after the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. Further, in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having a same starting position or the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource, at least one SR bit of the SR transmission may be appended to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. SR information indicating which SR configuration the SR transmission belongs to may be included in an Uplink Control Information (UCI) transmission. The SR information may be an SR configuration ID or an SR configuration index, and may be indicated in a manner of cyclic redundancy check thereof to mask bits of UCI transmission.
In another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding all or the overlapping portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding a portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource after the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
In an embodiment of the present disclosure, the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may overlap fully or partially in the time domain with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. The HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource can be shorter or longer in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may have the same length in the time domain.
Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide an apparatus for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission that may include a processor and a memory. Computer programmable instructions for implementing the methods for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission may be stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute the computer programmable instructions to implement the method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission, e.g., the method described above.
Embodiments of the present disclosure also provide a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored therein computer programmable instructions programmed to implement a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission, e.g., the method described above.
Embodiments of the present disclosure address technical issues related to full or partial overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR, which will greatly facilitate the evolution of new radio wireless communication technologies.
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In order to describe the manner in which advantages and features of the disclosure can be obtained, a description of the disclosure will be rendered by reference to specific embodiments thereof which are illustrated in the appended drawings. The drawings depict only example embodiments of the disclosure and are not therefore to be considered to limit the scope of the disclosure.
Fig. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 2 illustrates an overlapping scenario with respect to HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in the time domain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;
fig. 3 illustrates an overlapping scenario with respect to HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in the time domain according to another embodiment of the present disclosure; and is
Fig. 4 illustrates an overlapping scenario with respect to HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in the time domain according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure.
Detailed Description
The detailed description of the drawings is intended as a description of the presently preferred embodiments of the invention and is not intended to represent the only forms in which the present invention may be practiced. It is to be understood that the same or equivalent functions may be accomplished by different embodiments that are intended to be encompassed within the spirit and scope of the invention.
In case that a User Equipment (UE) can flexibly configure PUCCH resources, PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK transmission may overlap with PUCCH resources carrying SR transmission, that is, HARQ-ACK transmission and SR transmission in PUCCH collide with each other or have collision in time domain. Therefore, one goal of the work item on the third generation partnership project (3GPP) is to address overlapping transmission of HARQ-ACK and SR in PUCCH.
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide solutions that can address technical problems related to full or partial overlap between PUCCH resources carrying HARQ-ACK and SR transmissions, respectively.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a basic stage of a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission may be summarized as: configuring a first PUCCH resource for HARQ-ACK transmission; configuring a second PUCCH resource for SR transmission; determining whether HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource overlaps in time domain with SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource; and in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlapping the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the overlapping portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may mean a portion where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource collide or collide with each other. "dropping" may directly eliminate or remove all or part of the associated transmission in the initially configured PUCCH resource, i.e., not transmit the eliminated/removed part according to embodiments of the present disclosure; or, although all or part of the associated transmission in the initially configured PUCCH resource is eliminated or removed, the eliminated/removed part in other transmissions is reconfigured and/or transmitted.
According to another embodiment of the disclosure, an apparatus for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission may substantially comprise a processor and a memory, with computer programmable instructions for implementing a method for HARQ-ACK and transmission stored in the memory. The processor may be configured to execute the computer programmable instructions to: configuring a first PUCCH resource for HARQ-ACK transmission; configuring a second PUCCH resource for SR transmission; determining whether HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource overlaps in time domain with SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource; and in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource overlapping the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
Further details regarding embodiments of the present disclosure will be described in the following text in conjunction with the figures.
Fig. 1 is a flow diagram illustrating a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 1, according to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission may configure a first PUCCH resource for HARQ-ACK transmission in
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In an embodiment of the disclosure, depending on a relationship between starting positions in a time domain of a HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and a SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource, more parts of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may be discarded. For those skilled in the art, the starting position in the time domain may be a starting symbol or a starting timing, etc. In an embodiment of the present disclosure, HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in a time domain may have the same starting position in the time domain. According to other embodiments of the present disclosure, the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be later or earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
For example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, discarding at least an overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource. In another embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, overlapping portions of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may be discarded. In yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding a portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource after the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. Further, in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having the same starting position or the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource being earlier in time domain than the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource, at least one SR bit of the dropped SR transmission may be appended to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. SR information indicating to which SR configuration an SR transmission belongs may be included in UCI transmission. The SR information may be an SR configuration ID or an SR configuration index, and may be indicated in such a manner that it masks Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) of bits of UCI transmission.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having different starting positions in the time domain, discarding at least an overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding all or an overlapping portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
According to another embodiment of the disclosure, in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, discarding at least the overlapping portion of one of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may include discarding a portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource after the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
Fig. 2 illustrates an overlapping scenario with respect to HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in the time domain according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 2, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, HARQ-ACK transmissions in the first PUCCH resource overlap with SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource in the time domain, while they are separated in the frequency domain. The HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource have the same starting position in the time domain. That is, the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource illustrated in fig. 2 have the same length and the same start position in the time domain, and they completely overlap each other.
To address the overlap between the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, according to embodiments of the present disclosure, in response to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource having the same starting position in the time domain, all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource that contain the overlapping portion may be discarded.
Although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource shown in fig. 2 have the same length/duration in the time domain, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be longer or shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, i.e., they partially overlap each other. For example, in case the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource has a shorter duration in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource containing overlapping parts may be discarded when the HARQ-ACK transmission and the SR transmission have the same starting position in the time domain.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in addition to dropping all SR transmissions, at least one SR bit of an SR transmission may be appended to a HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. For example, one SR bit may be appended in the end of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. SR information indicating to which SR configuration the SR transmission belongs may be contained in the UCI transmission, and the SR information may be an SR configuration ID or an SR configuration index, or the like. The SR information may be indicated in such a way that it masks the CRC of the bits of UCI transmission.
Fig. 3 illustrates an overlapping scenario with respect to HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in the time domain according to another embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 3, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, HARQ-ACK transmissions in the first PUCCH resource partially overlap SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource in the time domain, while they are separated in the frequency domain. The starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is later in time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. To address the overlap between the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, various solutions may be employed in addition to dropping all SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource as described above.
According to an embodiment of the disclosure, in response to a starting position of a HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource being later in time domain than a SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource, all HARQ-ACK transmissions in the first PUCCH resource containing an overlapping portion may be discarded. Although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is shown in fig. 3 to be shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be longer in the time domain than or the same as the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. For example, where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource has a length/duration in the time domain that is longer than the length/duration of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, all HARQ-ACK transmissions in the first PUCCH resource may be dropped in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario shown in fig. 3, i.e. in the scenario where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the part of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource that overlaps with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource will be discarded. Although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is shown in fig. 3 to be shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be longer in the time domain than or the same as the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. For example, where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource has a longer duration in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource that overlaps with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may be discarded in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
According to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario shown in fig. 3, i.e. in a scenario where the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the part of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource that overlaps with the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource will be discarded. Although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is shown in fig. 3 to be shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be longer in the time domain than or the same as the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. For example, where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource have the same length in the time domain, only the portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource that overlaps the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be discarded in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being later in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario illustrated in fig. 3, i.e., in a scenario where the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is later in time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, the portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource after the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be discarded. This means that when the end position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is earlier than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, more of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource except for the overlapping portion will be discarded.
According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario illustrated in fig. 3, in addition to discarding part of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, at least one SR bit of the SR transmission may be appended to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource, e.g., in the end of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource. SR information indicating to which SR configuration the SR transmission belongs may be contained in the UCI transmission, and the SR information may be an SR configuration ID or an SR configuration index, or the like. The SR information may be indicated in such a way that it masks the CRC of the bits of UCI transmission. Similarly, although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource shown in fig. 3 is shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be longer in the time domain than or the same as the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. For example, in case that the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource have the same length in the time domain, at least one SR bit of the SR transmission may be appended to the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource, in addition to discarding a portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource when a start position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource is earlier in the time domain than the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource.
Fig. 4 illustrates an overlapping scenario with respect to HARQ-ACK transmission in a first PUCCH resource and SR transmission in a second PUCCH resource in the time domain according to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure.
As shown in fig. 4, in this embodiment of the present disclosure, HARQ-ACK transmissions in the first PUCCH resource also partially overlap SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource in the time domain, while they are separated in the frequency domain. The starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is earlier in time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. To address the overlap between the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource and the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, various solutions may be employed in addition to dropping all HARQ-ACK transmissions or SR transmissions in the second PUCCH resource as described above.
In accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario shown in fig. 4, i.e. in the scenario where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the part of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource that overlaps with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource will be discarded. Although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource shown in fig. 4 is longer in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be shorter in the time domain than or the same as the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. For example, where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource has a shorter duration in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the portion of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource that overlaps with the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may be discarded in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario shown in fig. 4, i.e. in a scenario where the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the part of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource that overlaps with the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource will be discarded. Although the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource shown in fig. 4 is longer in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, in other embodiments of the present disclosure, the length of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be shorter in the time domain than or the same as the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource. For example, where the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is shorter in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, only the portion of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource that overlaps with the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource may be discarded in response to the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource being earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource.
According to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, in the overlapping scenario shown in fig. 4, i.e. in a scenario where the starting position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is earlier in the time domain than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, the part of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource after the starting position of the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource may be discarded. This means that when the end position of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource is later than the SR transmission in the second PUCCH resource, more of the HARQ-ACK transmission in the first PUCCH resource, except for the overlapping portion, will be discarded.
The methods of the present disclosure may be implemented on an apparatus, a programmed processor, or an apparatus having a programmed processor. However, the controllers, flow charts and modules may also be implemented on a general purpose or special purpose computer, a programmed microprocessor or microcontroller and peripheral integrated circuit elements, integrated circuits, hardware electronic or logic circuits (e.g., discrete element circuits), programmable logic devices or the like. In general, any device on which resides a finite state machine capable of implementing the flow chart shown in fig. 1 may be used to implement the processor functions of this disclosure.
For example, in an embodiment of the present disclosure, an apparatus, which may be a UE, may include a processor and a memory. Computer programmable instructions for implementing the methods for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission may be stored in the memory. The processor is configured to execute computer programmable instructions to implement a method for HARQ-ACK and SR transmission according to various embodiments of the present disclosure. The apparatus (e.g., UE) may further include a transmitter configured to transmit HARQ-ACK and SR transmissions.
Alternative embodiments the methods according to embodiments of the present application are preferably implemented in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing computer-programmable instructions. The instructions are preferably executed by a computer-executable component that is preferably integrated with a wireless communication system. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium may be stored on any suitable computer readable medium, such as RAM, ROM, flash memory, EEPROM, optical storage (CD or DVD), hard disk drive, floppy disk drive, or any suitable device. The computer-executable components are preferably processors, but the instructions may alternatively or additionally be executed by any suitable dedicated hardware device. For example, embodiments of the present application provide a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored therein computer-programmable instructions. The computer programmable instructions are configured to implement a method for emotion recognition from speech as described above or other methods according to embodiments of the present application.
While the present disclosure has been described with specific embodiments thereof, it is evident that many alternatives, modifications, and variations will be apparent to those skilled in the art. For example, various components of the embodiments may be interchanged, added, or substituted in the other embodiments. Also, not all of the elements of each figure may be necessary for operation of the disclosed embodiments. For example, those skilled in the art of the disclosed embodiments will be able to utilize the teachings of the present disclosure by employing only the elements of the independent claims. Accordingly, the embodiments of the disclosure as set forth herein are intended to be illustrative, not limiting. Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the disclosure.