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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2023

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2021
Applicant:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Inventors:

Yongjun Kwak, Portland, OR (US);

Gang Xiong, Portland, OR (US);

Hwan-Joon Kwon, Portland, OR (US);

Hong He, Sunnyvale, CA (US);

Seung Hee Han, San Jose, CA (US);

Debdeep Chatterjee, San Jose, CA (US);

Assignee:

Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/00 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 25/02 (2006.01); H04L 69/324 (2022.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/0048 (2013.01); H04L 25/0238 (2013.01); H04L 69/324 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques discussed herein can facilitate transmission and reception of group common PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) for NR (New Radio). One example embodiment employable by a UE (User Equipment) comprises processing circuitry configured to: process higher layer signaling that configures a set of combinations for slot formats for the UE; detect, via blind decoding on at least a portion of a control resource set, a DCI (Downlink Control Information) message that indicates a combination for slot formats of the set of combinations for slot formats via a SFI (slot format indicator); and determine a slot format for one or more slots based on the indicated combination for slot formats, wherein the slot format indicates, for each symbol of the one or more slots, whether that symbol is DL (Downlink), UL (Uplink), or a flexible symbol in the slot format.


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