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Examiner contacted applicant’s representative Todd Hales (Reg. No. 60,472) regarding the possible allowance of claims 1-20 provided a terminal disclaimer was filed on 08/31/2026, 09/02/2026 and 09/04/2026 but was not successful.
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2. Claims 1-20 rejected on the ground of nonstatutory double patenting as being unpatentable over claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 of U.S. Patent No. 12,114,343. Although the claims at issue are not identical, they are not patentably distinct from each other because:
Instant application 18/816,793
US Patent No. 12,114,343
1. A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising:
receiving signaling information, wherein the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information,
the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel;
and determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1;
wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink
channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information,
wherein determining the content of second-level downlink control information according to the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information comprises:
in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being less than a predetermined value, determining that the content of second-level downlink control information is empty;
or in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that the second-
level downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical uplink channel; or
determining detection status of second-level downlink control information
according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information,
wherein determining the detection status of second-level downlink control information according to the uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-
level downlink control information comprises:
in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level
downlink control information being less than a predetermined value, not detecting the second-level downlink control information;
or in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, detecting the second-level downlink control information,
wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information.
Note: Thus, claims 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8 of the US Patent No. 12,114,343 address all the limitation(s) of independent claim 1 of the instant application.
1. A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising:
receiving signaling information;
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel.
(portion of independent claim 1) and determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1;
7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information.
(portion of dependent claim 8) in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is empty;
(portion of dependent claim 8) or in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that second-level downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical uplink channel
(portion of dependent claim 7) determining detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information
(Portion of dependent claim 8). The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, not detecting second-level downlink control information
(portion of dependent claim 8) in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, detecting second-level downlink control information
(portion of dependent claim 7) wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information
2.
The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1, wherein the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels comprises a channel rank, wherein the channel rank is acquired according to at least one of a total number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information, or a value of M.
Note: Claim 11 of the US Patent No. 12,114,343 address all the limitation(s) of dependent claim 2 of the instant application.
11.
The method of claim 10, wherein the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels comprises a channel rank, wherein the channel rank is acquired according to at least one of: a total number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information, or a value of M.
3. The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1, wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and
the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following: an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty.
Note: Claim 1 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 address claim 3 of the instant application.
(portion of independent claim 1) wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following:
an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty
4. The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
in a case where a relationship between information indicated in the M pieces of downlink control information satisfies a first predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission;
or in a case where a relationship between parameters of M downlink control channels in which the M pieces of downlink control information are located satisfies a second predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the
repetition transmission.
Note: Claim 12 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 address all the limitation(s) of claim 4 of the instant application.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
in a case where a relationship between information indicated in the M pieces of downlink control information satisfies a first predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission;
or in a case where a relationship between parameters of M downlink control channels in which the M pieces of downlink control information are located satisfies a second predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission.
5. The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 4, wherein the first
predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following:
values of all fields in the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of new data indicator fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of redundancy version fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of modulation and coding scheme fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or
values of hybrid automatic repeat request process number fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same.
Note: Claim 13 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 address all the limitation(s) of claim 5 of the instant application and narrower.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following:
values of all fields in the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of new data indicator fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of redundancy version fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of modulation and coding scheme fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
or values of hybrid automatic repeat request process number fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
or wherein the second predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space; control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space set; physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1; or a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1.
6.
The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 4, wherein the second predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following:
control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space;
control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space set;
physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same;
physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same;
a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1; or
a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1.
Note: Claim 13 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 address all the limitation(s) of claim 6 of the instant application and narrower.
(portion of dependent claim 13)
or wherein the second predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following:
control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space;
control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space set;
physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same;
physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same;
a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1;
or a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1
7.
The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1, further comprising at least one of the following:
determining a time unit in which the M physical uplink channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink
control information is located;
determining a time unit in which M physical downlink shared channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
determining a time unit in which M uplink sounding reference resources are located
according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
or determining a time unit of M channel state information reports according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located.
Note: Claim 14 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 address all the limitation(s) of claim 7 of the instant application.
14.
The method of claim 2, further comprising at least one of the following:
determining a time unit in which the M physical uplink channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
determining a time unit in which M physical downlink shared channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
determining a time unit in which M uplink sounding reference resources are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
or determining a time unit of M channel state information reports according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located.
8.
The method for transmitting signaling information of claim 7, wherein the predetermined downlink control information comprises at least one of the following:
downlink control information having a minimum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a maximum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information corresponding to a primary transmission node in the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information configured by higher layer signaling;
predefined downlink control information;
downlink control information having a minimum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a maximum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a minimum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
or downlink control information having a maximum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information.
Note: Claim 15 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 8 of the instant application.
15.
The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined downlink control information comprises at least one of the following:
downlink control information having a minimum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a maximum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information corresponding to a primary transmission node in the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information configured by higher layer signaling;
predefined downlink control information;
downlink control information having a minimum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a maximum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a minimum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
or downlink control information having a maximum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information.
9.
A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising:
transmitting signaling information, wherein the signaling information is configured to indicate channel state information of M physical uplink channels, and M is a positive integer greater than 1; the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information,
the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel;
and wherein the signaling information is configured to indicate the channel state
information of the M physical uplink channels in at least one of the following manners:
indicating content of second-level downlink control information according to an
uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information,
wherein indicating the content of second-level downlink control information according to the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information comprises: in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of
uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being less than a predetermined value, indicating that the content of second-level downlink control
information is empty; or in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, indicating that the second-level
downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical uplink channel;
or indicating detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information, wherein indicating the detection status of second-level downlink control information
according to the uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information comprises: in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups
or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being less than a predetermined value, indicating that detecting the second-level downlink control information is not performed; or in response to a number of uplink sounding
signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, indicating that
detecting the second-level downlink control information is performed,
wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M
pieces of downlink control information.
Note: Claims 1, 2, 6, 7 and 8 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 address the limitation(s) of independent claim 9.
1.
A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising
receiving signaling information; and determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1;
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel.
(dependent claim 7). The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, not detecting second-level downlink control information; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is empty; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, detecting second-level downlink control information; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is not empty; or in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that second-level downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical uplink channel.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information; or determining detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information, wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information.
10. A communication node, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a storage apparatus configured to store at least one program; wherein when the at least one program is executed by the at least one processor, the at least one processor is caused to implement the following:
receiving signaling information,
wherein the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information,
the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel; and
determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the
signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1;
wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink
channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information, wherein determining the content of second-level downlink control information according to the
uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information comprises:
in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of
uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being less than a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is empty; or in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that the second- level downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical
uplink channel; or determining detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information, wherein determining the detection status of second-level downlink control information according to the uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information comprises: in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being less than a predetermined value, not detecting second-level downlink control information; or in response to a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information being greater than or equal to a predetermined value, detecting second-level downlink control information, wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information.
Note: Claims 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 and 16 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all limitation(s) of the instant application.
(portion of independent claim 1). A method for transmitting signaling information, comprising:
16. A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1 is implemented.
(portion of independent claim 1) receiving signaling information
2. The method of claim 1, wherein the signaling information comprises M pieces of downlink control information.
6. The method of claim 2, wherein the signaling information comprises first-level downlink control information, and the first-level downlink control information is configured to determine channel state information of a first physical uplink channel.
(portion of independent claim 1) and determining channel state information of M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information, wherein M is a positive integer greater than 1
7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information; or determining detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information, wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information.
8. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, not detecting second-level downlink control information; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is less than a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is empty; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, detecting second-level downlink control information; in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that content of second-level downlink control information is not empty; or in a case where a number of uplink sounding signal resource groups or a number of uplink sounding signal resources indicated by the first-level downlink control information is greater than or equal to a predetermined value, determining that second-level downlink control information comprises channel state information of a second physical uplink channel.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following: determining content of second-level downlink control information according to an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the first-level downlink control information; or determining detection status of second-level downlink control information according to uplink sounding signal resource information indicated in the first-level downlink control information, wherein the second-level downlink control information belongs to the M pieces of downlink control information.
11. The communication node of claim 10, wherein the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels comprises a channel rank, wherein the channel rank is acquired according to at least one of a total number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information, or a value of M.
Note: Claim 11 of US Patent 12,114,343 address all limitation(s) of claim 11 of the instant application.
11. The method of claim 10, wherein the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels comprises a channel rank, wherein the channel rank is acquired according to at least one of: a total number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by the uplink sounding signal resource indicator field in the downlink control information, or a value of M.
12. The communication node of claim 10, wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following: an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty.
Note: Portion of independent claim 1 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 12 of the instant application.
(portion of independent claim 1) wherein a transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels comprises repetition transmission and non-repetition transmission, wherein the repetition transmission comprises that an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty, and the non-repetition transmission comprises at least one of the following: an intersection of transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is empty or a difference set between transmission information comprised in the M physical uplink channels during transmission is not empty
13. The communication node of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is caused to implement determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information in at least one of the following manners:
in a case where a relationship between information indicated in the M pieces of downlink control information satisfies a first predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission;
or in a case where a relationship between parameters of M downlink control channels in which the M pieces of downlink control information are located satisfies a second predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission.
Note: Claim 12 of the US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 13 of the instant application.
12. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the channel state information of the M physical uplink channels based on the signaling information comprises at least one of the following:
in a case where a relationship between information indicated in the M pieces of downlink control information satisfies a first predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission; or in a case where a relationship between parameters of M downlink control channels in which the M pieces of downlink control information are located satisfies a second predetermined condition, determining that the transmission mode of the M physical uplink channels is the repetition transmission.
14. The communication node of claim 13, wherein the first predetermined condition
comprises at least one of the following:
values of all fields in the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of new data indicator fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of redundancy version fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same;
values of modulation and coding scheme fields of the M pieces of downlink control
information are the same; or
values of hybrid automatic repeat request process number fields of the M pieces of
downlink control information are the same.
Note: Claim 13 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 14 of the instant application.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: values of all fields in the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of new data indicator fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of redundancy version fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of modulation and coding scheme fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or values of hybrid automatic repeat request process number fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or wherein the second predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space; control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space set; physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1; or a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1.
15. The communication node of claim 13, wherein the second predetermined condition
comprises at least one of the following:
control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search
space;
control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search
space set;
physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink
control channels are the same;
physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink
control channels are the same;
a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding
signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1;
or a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1.
Note: Claim 13 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 15 of the instant application.
13. The method of claim 12, wherein the first predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: values of all fields in the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of new data indicator fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of redundancy version fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; values of modulation and coding scheme fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or values of hybrid automatic repeat request process number fields of the M pieces of downlink control information are the same; or wherein the second predetermined condition comprises at least one of the following: control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space; control resource sets corresponding to the M downlink control channels have a same search space set; physical downlink control channel detection occasions corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; physical downlink control channel detection candidates corresponding to the M downlink control channels are the same; a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicators indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1; or a number of uplink sounding signal resource indicator groups indicated by an uplink sounding signal resource indicator field of the M downlink control channels is 1.
16. The communication node of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor is caused to further implement at least one of the following:
determining a time unit in which the M physical uplink channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
determining a time unit in which M physical downlink shared channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located;
determining a time unit in which M uplink sounding reference resources are located
according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; or
determining a time unit of M channel state information reports according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located.
Note: Claim 14 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 16 of the instant application.
14. The method of claim 2, further comprising at least one of the following:
determining a time unit in which the M physical uplink channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; determining a time unit in which M physical downlink shared channels are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; determining a time unit in which M uplink sounding reference resources are located according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located; or determining a time unit of M channel state information reports according to a time unit in which predetermined downlink control information of the M pieces of downlink control information is located.
17. The communication node of claim 16, wherein the predetermined downlink control information comprises at least one of the following:
downlink control information having a minimum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a maximum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information corresponding to a primary transmission node in the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information configured by higher layer signaling;
predefined downlink control information;
downlink control information having a minimum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a maximum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information having a minimum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; or
downlink control information having a maximum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information.
Note: Claim 15 of US Patent No. 12,114,343 addresses all the limitation(s) of claim 17 of the instant application.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the predetermined downlink control information comprises at least one of the following:
downlink control information having a minimum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information having a maximum transmission slot among the M pieces of downlink control information;
downlink control information corresponding to a primary transmission node in the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information configured by higher layer signaling; predefined downlink control information; downlink control information having a minimum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information having a maximum physical downlink control channel resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; downlink control information having a minimum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information; or downlink control information having a maximum control resource set resource index corresponding to the M pieces of downlink control information.
18. A communication node, comprising:
at least one processor; and
a storage apparatus configured to store at least one program;
wherein when the at least one program is executed by the at least one processor, the
at least one processor is caused to implement the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 9.
16. A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1 is implemented.
19. A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting
signaling information of claim 1 is implemented.
16. A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1 is implemented.
20. A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program,
wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting
signaling information of claim 9 is implemented.
16. A non-transitory storage medium, the storage medium storing a computer program, wherein when the computer program is executed by a processor, the method for transmitting signaling information of claim 1 is implemented.
Conclusion
Examiner found the following prior arts pertinent to applicant’s claimed invention:
Yi (US PG Pub. No. 2020/0396760) – Paragraphs [0459], [0508] of this prior art disclose multi state DCI for indicating information such as SRS resource indicator, PUCCH resource indicator.
Huang (US PG Pub. No. 2021/0351960) – Paragraph [0475] disclose second DCI for indicating a number of SRS resources included in the SRS resource set.
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