Multiple groupings for group control channel

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  "publication_number": "US10999858B2",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "B2",
  "title": "Multiple groupings for group control channel",
  "abstract": "Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may receive an indicator of resource allocation for a plurality of UEs, determine, based at least on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, resources from the resource allocation for receiving data at the UE, and receive the data on the determined resources. A base station may receive a plurality of acknowledgement reports from a plurality of UEs, determine, based on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, a resource allocation for each UE from which a negative acknowledgement was received, and transmit an indicator of the resource allocation.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, the method comprising: receiving an indicator of resource allocation for a plurality of UEs, wherein the indicator of resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the plurality of UEs reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission; determining, based at least on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, resources from the resource allocation for receiving data at the UE; and receiving the data on the determined resources.",
    "2. The method of claim 1, wherein the determining resources comprises determining a number of resource blocks associated with a group of the grouping to which the UE belongs and identifying a location of the number of resource blocks based on a predefined mapping of resources for UEs within the group.",
    "3. The method of claim 2, wherein the number of resource blocks associated with the group is based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with UEs in the group.",
    "4. The method of claim 1, wherein the indicator of resource allocation comprises a group Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for allocating resources for a particular group of the grouping.",
    "5. The method of claim 4, wherein the indicator of resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the particular group reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "6. The method of claim 5, wherein the indicator of resource allocation further includes a starting and ending resource index for resources assigned to the particular group.",
    "7. The method of claim 6, wherein the determining resources comprises determining that resources assigned to the particular group are uniformly divided among each UE within the particular group that reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "8. The method of claim 5, wherein the indicator of resource allocation further includes a starting resource index and a number of resources allocated to each UE within the particular group that reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "9. The method of claim 4, further comprising monitoring for the group PDCCH based on the UE belonging to the particular group.",
    "10. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a processor; memory coupled-with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to: receive an indicator of resource allocation for a plurality of UEs, wherein the indicator of resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the plurality of UEs reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission; determine, based at least on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, resources from the resource allocation for receiving data at the UE; and receive the data on the determined resources.",
    "11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the data comprises a retransmission of a prior missed transmission.",
    "12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the determining resources comprises determining a number of resource blocks associated with a group of the grouping to which the UE belongs and identifying a location of the number of resource blocks based on a predefined mapping of resources for UEs within the group.",
    "13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the number of resource blocks associated with the group is based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with UEs in the group.",
    "14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the indicator of resource allocation comprises a group Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for allocating resources for a particular group of the grouping.",
    "15. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the indicator of resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the particular group reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the indicator of resource allocation further includes a starting and ending resource index for resources assigned to the particular group.",
    "17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the determining resources comprises determining that resources assigned to the particular group are uniformly divided among each UE within the particular group that reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the indicator of resource allocation further includes a starting resource index and a number of resources allocated to each UE within the particular group that reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "19. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the instructions are further operable to cause the apparatus to monitor for the group PDCCH based on the UE belonging to the particular group.",
    "20. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the grouping is based at least in part on a pathloss associated with each of the plurality of UEs.",
    "21. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving a plurality of acknowledgement reports from a plurality of user equipments (UEs), the plurality of acknowledgement reports acknowledging whether a downlink transmission was received by UEs in the plurality of UEs; determining, based on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, a resource allocation for each UE in the plurality of UEs from which a negative acknowledgement was received; and transmitting an indicator of the resource allocation, wherein the indicator of the resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the plurality of UEs reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "22. The method of claim 21, further comprising determining the grouping based on at least one of channel conditions, aggregation level requirement, or modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for each UE in the plurality of UEs.",
    "23. The method of claim 22, wherein UEs with similar channel conditions, aggregation level requirement, or MCS are grouped into a same group.",
    "24. The method of claim 21, wherein the indicator of resource allocation comprises a group Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) for allocating resources for a particular group of the grouping.",
    "25. The method of claim 24, further comprising transmitting a separate group PDCCH for each group of the grouping.",
    "26. The method of claim 24, wherein the indicator of resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the particular group reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "27. The method of claim 26, wherein the indicator of resource allocation further includes a starting and ending resource index for resources assigned to the particular group.",
    "28. The method of claim 26, wherein the indicator of resource allocation further includes a starting resource index and a number of resources allocated to each UE within the particular group that reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "29. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising: a processor; memory coupled with the processor; and instructions stored in the memory and operable, when executed by the processor, to cause the apparatus to: receive a plurality of acknowledgement reports from a plurality of user equipments (UEs), the plurality of acknowledgement reports acknowledging whether a downlink transmission was received by UEs in the plurality of UEs; determine, based on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, a resource allocation for each UE in the plurality of UEs from which a negative acknowledgement was received; and transmit an indicator of the resource allocation, wherein the indicator of the resource allocation includes a bitmap indicating which UEs in the plurality of UEs reported a negative acknowledgement for a prior downlink transmission.",
    "30. The apparatus of claim 29, further comprising instructions operable to determine the grouping based on at least one of channel conditions, aggregation level requirement, or modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for each UE in the plurality of UEs.",
    "31. The apparatus of claim 30, wherein UEs with similar channel conditions, aggregation level requirement, or MCS are grouped into a same group."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The following relates generally to wireless communication.\n\nWireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as a Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), or discrete Fourier transform-spread-OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple-access communications system may include a number of base stations or network access nodes, each simultaneously supporting communication for multiple communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE).\n\nThe described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, or apparatuses that support multiple groupings for group downlink control messages. A method of wireless communication is described. The method may include receiving an indicator of resource allocation for a plurality of UEs, determining, based at least on a grouping of the plurality of UEs, resources from the resource allocation for receiving data at the UE, and receiving the data on the determined resources.",
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  "assignees": [
    "Qualcomm Inc"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Piyush Gupta",
    "Junyi Li",
    "Chong Li"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2019-05-07",
  "publication_date": "2021-05-04",
  "grant_date": "2021-05-04",
  "priority_date": "2018-05-17",
  "application_number": "US-201916405207-A",
  "family_id": "68532454",
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  "citations": [
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}