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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;
Liping Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Gerardo Agni Medina Acosta, Märsta, SE;
Ola Lundqvist, Karlstad, SE;
Jie Chen, Beijing, CN;
Johan Bergman, Stockholm, SE;
Kazuyoshi Uesaka, Kawasaki Kanagawa, JP;
Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm, SE;
Abstract
The present application generally relates to wireless communication technology. More particularly, the present application relates to a method and apparatus for scheduling delay associated with HARQ processes in LTE-MTC. The present application also relates to computer program product adapted for the same purpose. According to one embodiment, a method for scheduling delay associated with HARQ processes in LTE-MTC comprises: —a) in response to presence or non-presence of PUCCH repetition, invalid BL/CE DL subframe, invalid BL/CE UL subframe, and measurement gap, determining a HARQ-ACK scheduling counting strategy; and —b) scheduling a HARQ-ACK delay value in accordance with the HARQ-ACK scheduling counting strategy.