The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2026
Filed:
Mar. 25, 2022
Applicant:
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Sakai City, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Sakai City, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/1829 (2023.01); H04L 1/1607 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 1/1822 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 1/1861 (2013.01); H04L 1/1614 (2013.01); H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04L 1/1822 (2013.01); H04L 1/1854 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and a user equipment for performing a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) operation are provided. The method includes: receiving, from a Base Station (BS), a first configuration for a serving cell, the first configuration including a first bitmap for indicating a HARQ mode of each HARQ process in a first HARQ process set, each bit in the first bitmap being associated with a corresponding HARQ process in the first HARQ process set; and identify, based on the first bitmap, whether each HARQ process in the first HARQ process set is related to a first HARQ mode or a second HARQ mode.