Channel Multiplexing in URLLC

Abstract

A method of operating a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The wireless device (10) is triggered to transmit first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality and to transmit second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality. The first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure. The first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information. The method includes transmitting signaling on the first resource structure, the signaling including second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure. The present disclosure also relates to related devices and methods.

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present disclosure relates to wireless communication technologies, particularly regarding the use of transmission resources for uplink transmission. Background Art

[0002] Modern wireless communication systems have powerful methods for managing resources, particularly time and / or frequency and / or code resources. In some cases, for example, different resources for uplink transmission may overlap or be ambiguously allocated to wireless devices. There is a need to facilitate methods for managing large and / or overlapping sets of resources. Summary of the Invention

[0003] An object of the present disclosure is to provide methods that allow for improved handling of communication resources, particularly for uplink transmission, in the context of prioritization of specific signaling such as URLLC signaling, particularly at the physical layer. In particular, according to 3GPP (Third Generation Partnership Project, a standardization organization), it is particularly advantageous to implement these methods in fifth-generation (5G) telecommunications networks or 5G radio access technologies or networks (RAT / RAN). In particular, a suitable RAN can be a RAN according to NR (e.g., version 15 or higher) or an LTE evolution.

[0004] A method of operating a wireless device in a wireless communication network is disclosed. The wireless device is triggered to send first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality and is triggered to send second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality. The first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure. The first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information. The method includes: sending signaling on the first resource structure, the signaling including second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure.

[0005] In addition, a wireless device for a wireless communication network is described. The wireless device is adapted to: be triggered to send first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality, and be triggered to send second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality. The first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure. The first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information. The wireless device is adapted to send signaling on the first resource structure, the signaling including the second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for the mapping of the second information within the first resource structure.

[0006] A method of operating a network node in a wireless communication network is also proposed. The method includes: receiving signaling from a wireless device, the wireless device being triggered to send first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality, and be triggered to send second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality. The first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure. The first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information. Receiving the signaling includes: receiving the signaling using the first resource structure, the signaling including the second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for the mapping of the second information within the first resource structure.

[0007] In addition, a network node for a wireless communication network may be considered. The network node is adapted to receive signaling from a wireless device, the wireless device being triggered to send first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality, and be triggered to send second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality. The first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure. The first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information. Receiving the signaling includes: receiving the signaling using the first resource structure, the signaling including the second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for the mapping of the second information within the first resource structure.

[0008] According to the method described herein, control information (such as HARQ feedback) associated with a transmission quality (e.g., associated with URLLC operation) can be multiplexed or mapped to a first resource structure for communication signaling (especially data signaling) associated with a different transmission quality (e.g., associated with eMBB operation and / or lower priority). Such mapping can be performed based on the relative size of the control information with respect to the size of the first resource structure. In particular, it can be considered that if the relative size is too large, e.g., covering too much of the first resource structure and not allowing the multiplexed first signaling / information to be sent in a meaningful way, or even requiring more resources than available in the first resource structure, then the second information is not mapped to the first resource structure. In such a case, the second information can be sent on the second resource structure, while the first signaling can be discarded or time-shifted. Thus, adverse interference between two overlapping signals is avoided, and higher-priority control information can be safely sent within the required time. According to the method described herein, it will be understood that even for a small control information payload, the size of the resources required to map the second information may be large with respect to the size of the first resource structure, because especially for high-priority transmissions with high reliability requirements (e.g., requiring low BLER), many resources may be needed for coding (e.g., error detection and / or correction coding), and / or a low MCS may have to be used, thus requiring many resources to carry the control information payload / bit.

[0009] Generally speaking, it can be considered that the mapping of the second information depends on the end of the first resource structure in the time domain and / or the expected end of the transmission on the first resource structure being within a predetermined time window and / or before or at the end of the predetermined time window. Thus, delay requirements can be utilized.

[0010] Mapping or multiplexing according to the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure may include multiplexing or not multiplexing. If the second information is not multiplexed or mapped, the first signaling may be discarded (e.g., not sent) or time-shifted for subsequent transmission (delayed), for example. In this case, the second signaling may be sent on the second resource structure. Mapping or multiplexing according to the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure may include mapping the second information to the first resource structure. Sending on the first resource structure may include sending the second information, which is accordingly a signaling corresponding to or representing the second information. In some cases, if the first resource structure is large enough, the first information or multiple parts of the first information or corresponding signaling may also be sent on the first resource structure, for example, multiplexing the second information with the first information or multiple parts of the first information.

[0011] The size of a resource or resource structure may generally indicate or correspond to the number of resource elements and / or PRBs in or of the resource or resource structure and / or indicate the time / frequency space covered by the resource or resource structure (correspondingly, the size of the time / frequency space). Mapping of information to a resource or resource structure may indicate to which / which resources or resource elements or PRBs or modulation symbols the information is mapped and may also indicate, for example, how scrambling and / or spreading and / or modulation are to be considered, such as the modulation and coding scheme, in particular the modulation to be used (e.g., nQAM, such as 16QAM or 8QAM, or BPSK), and / or error coding (such as error detection and / or error correction coding, which may be represented or indicated by the code rate). For example, considering scrambling and / or spreading and / or modulation, error coding may require adding appropriate bits to the information bits, and then these bits may have to be mapped to resource elements.

[0012] It can be considered that the mapping of the second information can be based on a scaling factor. The scaling factor can indicate the number of resource elements and / or modulation symbols to be used to represent the second information. Control signaling (e.g., using DCI signaling that schedules or triggers the second signaling) can be used to configure or indicate the scaling factor. Such DCI can, for example, indicate the second resource structure in the DCI for the scheduling allocation of data signaling to be received as the subject signaling of HARQ feedback by scheduling the data signaling. In other cases, such DCI can be a DCI for scheduling measurement reports, such as an aperiodic report. In some cases, the scaling factor can be associated with the type of control information. It can be considered that a set of scaling factors is configured for the transmission quality and / or associated with the second resource structure, and dynamic control signaling (e.g., DCI as described herein) can be used to indicate the elements of the set of scaling factors. Different scaling factors or sets can be configured for different types of control signaling, such as for HARQ feedback and measurement reports. The scaling factor can be referred to as beta "β". It can be, for example, the HARQ beta.

[0013] In some cases, the second information can be multiplexed onto the first resource structure and / or the first information. The second information can replace a part of the first information, and / or, for example, depending on the payload (number of information bits) of the second information, the second information can be rate-matched or punctured. Thus, for example, if the size of the first resource structure is large enough, both the second information and the first information can be sent. The code rate of the first information can be adapted to accommodate the mapping of the second information, for example, by reducing the number of bits allocated for error coding.

[0014] Generally, the second resource structure can be associated with transmissions on a control channel (e.g., a physical control channel such as PUCCH, especially a high-priority PUCCH such as URLLC PUCCH).

[0015] It can be considered that the second transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the first transmission quality. For example, the second transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission or operation, and / or the first transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission or operation. Alternatively, the second transmission quality can correspond to a URLLC transmission or an eMBB transmission (or corresponding operation or mode) with a higher priority than the first transmission or the associated operation or mode.

[0016] In some cases, if the size of the resource to be used for the second information is lower than the threshold size of the resource and / or lower than the threshold portion of the size of the first resource structure, the second information is mapped onto the first resource structure. The threshold may correspond to an absolute size. The threshold portion may correspond to the following values: 50% or more, or 60% or more, or 70% or more, or 80% or more, or 90% or more, or 100% or more (the latter may indicate that the second information cannot be carried by the resource structure using the mapping). Thus, if there is not enough resource left to meaningfully carry the first information, the mapping can be avoided. Additionally, the second information can be mapped based on the modulation and / or coding rate to be used for the first information. For example, if the modulation scheme is low (few bits can be represented by a modulation symbol) and / or the coding rate requires many error-coded bits, it can be considered that the total number of bits of the first information is too low such that the mapping can be avoided and / or the transmission on the first resource structure can be omitted (or the first information transmission can be postponed or omitted).

[0017] The first information may include a first type of control information and the second information includes a second type of control information. Thus, different scenarios can be managed. The mapping of the second information may depend on the type and / or size of the control information of the first information. For example, if the resources required by the second information only allow the transmission of a few first information bits, but the first information only includes a few bits of control information (such as 1 or 2 or 4 or less than 8), especially HARQ feedback or SR, then this control information can be multiplexed and the transmission on the first resource structure multiplexing the first information and the second information can be performed. However, if the control information of the first information has many bits and / or belongs to a less important type (such as measurement information), then the mapping may not be performed and / or the transmission on the first resource structure can be omitted and / or the transmission of the first information can be postponed or omitted.

[0018] In some cases, depending on the type of control information represented by the second information, the second information can be multiplexed or mapped onto the first resource structure. For example, HARQ or SR can be mapped (if the size allows), but CSI cannot be mapped. If the second control information includes different (simple) types of control information, such as HARQ feedback and / or SR and / or measurement information, the mapping can be selectively used for the type and size. For example, if all the control information is too large (e.g., relative to the threshold or threshold portion), then only the high-priority information (such as HARQ feedback and / or SR) can be mapped, provided that this results in an acceptable size of the mapping (lower than the threshold or threshold portion). Thus, only multiple portions of the second information can be mapped and thus sent on the first resource structure.

[0019] The first information may include control information of a type different from the second information. Based on a relative type priority of the type of the control information, the second information may be multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

[0020] It may be considered that if, according to the size of the first resource structure and the scaling factor, the second information is not mapped to the first resource structure, the triggered transmission on the first resource structure may be omitted or time-shifted, and / or the transmission of the first information may be omitted and / or time-shifted, for example, postponed to a subsequent time slot or sub-time slot.

[0021] Generally, the first resource structure may be associated with a transmission on a data channel (such as a physical data channel like PUSCH). In some cases, the first resource structure may be associated with an eMBB operation or transmission. It may be considered that the second resource structure may be associated with a transmission on a control channel (such as PUCCH). In some cases, the second resource structure may be associated with a URLLC operation or transmission. Generally, the first transmission quality may correspond to a lower priority than the second transmission quality, for example, an eMBB mode compared to a higher priority URLLC mode or eMBB mode. In particular, the first transmission quality may correspond to an eMBB transmission or operation or mode, and / or the second transmission quality may correspond to a URLLC transmission or operation or mode.

[0022] It can be considered that if the first information represents data (user data and / or associated with a higher layer UL-SCH, uplink shared channel) (e.g., only data) and / or does not represent control information, then the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure. Thus, the second information can be regarded as a triggered pure data transmission, which can be changed to also carry control information for another transmission or channel. The first information can include control information of a different type from the second information, and based on the relative type priority of the type of the control information, the second information can be multiplexed onto the first resource structure. The relative priority can, for example, indicate a priority chain according to which, for example, HARQ feedback can be more important (have a higher priority) than measurement information or a scheduling request, the scheduling request can be more important than measurement information, and optionally measurement information can be more important than beam information. Alternatively, separate relative priorities can be implemented, for example, HARQ feedback is more important than measurement information or a scheduling request. And / or the scheduling request is more important than measurement information. And / or non-periodic measurement information can be more important than periodic measurement information. Any type or a specific type (such as HARQ feedback and / or SR) can be more important than no control information. The combined type can be represented by its most important simple type. If the second information includes control information of a control information type more important than the (most important) control information type of the first information, then the second information can be multiplexed.

[0023] In some cases, different transmission qualities can correspond to different service requirements and / or priorities. In particular, the priority of one of the transmission and / or resource structure and / or information can be higher than that of another transmission and / or resource structure and / or information. The transmission quality can generally indicate and / or be indicated by a latency requirement. Different transmissions or different transmission qualities can have different latency requirements. Generally speaking, compared with a low latency requirement, a high latency requirement can indicate a shorter transmission time. The methods disclosed herein facilitate, for example, the efficient use of resources in the context of URLLC while following the latency requirements. In some cases, a high priority is inconsistent with a high latency requirement, for example, this is due to the operator's configuration and / or service settings and / or whether a service representing and / or requiring higher reliability is prioritized. In such cases, it may still be useful to meet the higher latency requirement and, if multiplexing is not possible, omit or transfer the high-priority transmission.

[0024] The first resource structure can be regarded as an example of a common resource structure. In some cases, the reuse of the second information may depend on the first resource structure ending before or at the end of a predetermined time window (which may be a latency window) in time. The end of the time window (in the time domain) may be based on the latency requirements of the first information and / or the first resource structure and / or the second information and / or the second resource structure; a higher latency may correspond to an earlier (e.g., based on the same reference) end of the latency window.

[0025] The duration of the predetermined time window may depend on the type of transmission and / or priority of the information block and / or be associated with the resource structure. In particular, the duration may depend on the latency requirements of a transmission or information or resource structure with higher latency requirements.

[0026] The wireless device may be implemented as a user equipment or a terminal. The wireless device may include and / or be implemented as and / or be adapted to utilize a processing circuit and / or a radio circuit, in particular a transceiver and / or a transmitter and / or a receiver, for sending signaling and / or control information and / or communication signaling and / or data signaling, and / or for receiving the subject signaling and / or control signaling, such as the control information message.

[0027] The network node may be implemented as a radio network node, such as a gNB or an IAB (Integrated Access and Backhaul) node or a relay node or a base station. In some cases, the network node may be implemented as a wireless device or a user equipment, such as in a sidelink scenario. The network node may include and / or be implemented as and / or be adapted to utilize a processing circuit and / or a radio circuit, in particular a transceiver and / or a transmitter and / or a receiver, for sending control information messages and / or other control or data signaling and / or configuration and / or triggering the wireless device, and / or for receiving communication signaling. The wireless communication network may be a radio access network (RAN), in particular a 5G RAN or an NR RAN, or in some scenarios a sidelink or D2D (Device-to-Device) network or an IAB network.

[0028] Also contemplated is a program product including instructions that are adapted to cause a processing circuit to control and / or execute the methods as described herein. Additionally, a carrier medium device carrying and / or storing the program product as described herein may be considered. A system including a network node and a UE as described herein, and an associated information system are also described. Description of the Drawings

[0029] The drawings are provided to illustrate the concepts and methods described herein and are not intended to limit their scope. The drawings include:

[0030] Figure 1An exemplary scenario for multiplexing of signaling is shown;

[0031] Figure 2 Another exemplary scenario for multiplexing of signaling is shown;

[0032] Figure 3 Examples of radio nodes implemented as terminals or UEs are shown; and

[0033] Figure 4 Examples of radio nodes implemented as network nodes, particularly gNBs, are shown. Detailed Description

[0034] In the following, concepts and methods are described in the context of NR technology. However, these concepts and methods can be applied to other RATs. Furthermore, these concepts and methods are discussed in the context of communication between a network node (gNB) and a UE for uplink transmission of communication signaling, but can also be applied to downlink transmission scenarios in certain cases. These concepts and methods can generally be applied to sidelink scenarios, in which case the two radio nodes involved can be UEs, or these concepts and methods can be applied to backhaul or relay scenarios, in which case the two radio nodes can be network nodes.

[0035] Figure 1 An exemplary scenario for multiplexing of signaling is shown. It can be seen that in a time slot (or sub - slot), there are available or triggered transmissions on a first resource structure RS12 and a second resource structure RS10, and the first resource structure RS12 and the second resource structure RS10 overlap in time (the x - axis of the time slot can represent time and the y - axis represents frequency). The first resource structure RS12 can be associated with data transmission on a PUSCH, which has a transmission quality associated with eMBB. The second resource structure RS10 can be associated with a transmission UCI on a PUCCH, but this transmission UCI has a transmission quality associated with URLLC. The second resource structure RS10 can thus be associated with a higher priority (and / or higher latency requirement) than the first resource structure RS12. The transmission of UCI can be triggered by a DCI message, which can be received earlier in the same time slot or an earlier time slot. The PUCCH transmission on RS12 can represent UCI (especially HARQ feedback), or represent any type of UCI. In this case, as shown by the arrow, if the size of the resources required for the mapping of UCI (a specific type of UCI) is lower than a threshold or a threshold portion of the size of the first resource structure RS12, the UCI associated with RS10 is multiplexed onto the PUSCH resource RS12 associated with low - priority eMBB operation.

[0036] Figure 2shows another exemplary scenario. In this case, compared with the scenario of Figure 1 , the size required to map the second information is too large. Therefore, the signaling on the first resource structure is omitted (e.g., postponed or discarded), and when triggered, the second information is sent on the second resource structure RS10.

[0037] The transmission quality can indicate and / or represent and / or correspond to one or more transmission parameters and / or be associated with one or more transmission parameters. One or more transmission parameters relate to and / or involve communication quality or quality requirements and / or objectives, particularly regarding transmission error rates (such as BLER and / or BER) and / or latency and / or transmission type or mode (e.g., URLLC or eMBB) and / or priority and / or quality of service. The transmission quality can be associated with and / or related to the operating mode and / or one or more channels (particularly physical channels and / or logical channels or logical channel groups). Multiple (physical and / or logical) channels can be associated with the transmission quality and / or transmission mode or operating mode, particularly control channels such as PUCCH and / or PDCCH and data channels such as PUSCH and / or PDSCH. Control channels can relate to the associated data channels, for example, for controlling data communication via these data channels. It is possible to consider running different operating modes (e.g., URLLC and eMBB) simultaneously for the same wireless device. The transmission quality can be represented in terms of priority.

[0038] The transmission quality can be indicated explicitly and / or implicitly. The transmission quality can be explicitly indicated using control signaling (e.g., downlink control information message) and / or configured, for example, using higher layer signaling (such as MAC signaling and / or RRC signaling). In some cases, a DCI message (e.g., scheduling grant) can indicate and / or point to and / or index the configured or predefined transmission quality, which can be, for example, one in a set and / or correspond to a table entry. The transmission quality can be implicitly indicated, for example, based on the characteristics of the control information message (e.g., DCI message format (e.g., DCI format 0_n in the NR system, e.g., 0_0 or 0_1)) and / or the resource or resource structure (e.g., indicated or allocated by the DCI message or configured for the transmission quality) and / or the identity indicated in the DCI message (e.g., RNTI, which can be used to scramble the DCI message and / or the associated error coding (such as CRC)). The wireless device can be configured with different RNTIs for URLLC and / or eMBB or other operating modes.

[0039] A predetermined time window (or latency window) may represent the maximum time (e.g., target or required) after a triggering event or time (e.g., the start or end of a received DCI or PDSCH transmission) by which a transmission must occur to meet a latency requirement. This time window may also be referred to as a latency time window. The window may represent latency requirements for transmissions with higher latency, and / or in some cases, latency requirements for transmissions where an earlier transmission is required for the latency requirement. The predetermined time window may start at the start or end of a received transmission (also referred to as a reference signaling or reference transmission), such as a scheduling DCI or a subject transmission, e.g., a data transmission (such as a PDSCH transmission that triggers a HARQ feedback transmission) or a control information transmission (such as a PDCCH transmission (e.g., DCI) that schedules a PDSCH transmission). Thus, the window may be adapted to the triggering transmission, relative to which the time window (which may be referred to as a latency window) and / or the end of the time window in the time domain may be arranged or determined. The predetermined time window may correspond to a predetermined (e.g., configured or configurable or pre-defined) size or duration of the time window, while the exact location (e.g., start) of the time window may depend on the triggering event, such as a reference signaling or transmission.

[0040] A resource structure can represent time / frequency resources and may optionally also include code resource(s). The resource structure may also be referred to as a resource or a transmission resource. The resource structure can be scheduled, for example, by dynamic scheduling (such as using DCI messages (e.g., scheduling grants) and / or DCI format 0_n for NR (e.g., 0_0 or 0_1)) for transmission, particularly on a data channel. In some cases, the resource structure can be configured, for example, as an authorization configured for uplink transmission (of a wireless device) on a data channel (such as PUSCH). The resource structure related to a control channel (such as PUCCH) or another physical channel for control can be configured, for example, by higher layer signaling (such as using RRC and / or MAC signaling). The resource structure for a control channel can be configured, for example, as part of a pool or a set. Multiple sets can be configured, for example, for different payloads and / or different formats and / or different types of control information to be sent for PUCCH transmission. A resource can represent a resource structure and / or include, for example, time resource and / or frequency resource and / or code resource (such as orthogonal cover code or spreading code). A resource or a resource structure can cover one or more symbols or symbol time intervals in the time domain (such as consecutive or adjacent symbols), and / or one or more subcarriers or physical resource blocks or groups of physical resource blocks in the frequency domain (such as consecutive or non - consecutive). If a resource or a resource structure includes a common time interval, for example, at least one symbol is common to overlapping resources (such as at least the end symbol of one resource and the start symbol of another resource), the resource or the resource structure can be considered to be at least partially or partly overlapping in time or the time domain. At least partially or partly overlapping can be considered to include complete overlap, for example, if their time domain extensions are the same (such as covering the same symbols and the same number of symbols), or if one is embedded in the other, for example, such that one resource covers at least all the symbols covered by the other resource (the other resource may cover more symbols, such as starting earlier and / or ending later). In some variants, overlapping resources (in the time domain) can be in the same time slot or, in some cases, in the same sub - time slot. It can generally be assumed that (different) transmissions of control information can be triggered, for example, such that multiple PUCCH transmissions are triggered or scheduled and / or available or valid (such as 2 or more) in a time slot or sub - time slot, for example, provided that the different transmissions are for different types of control information, particularly for different simple types. Similar wording can be used for resources overlapping in the frequency domain. Generally speaking, resources or resource structures that are at least partially or partly overlapping in the time domain may or may not be at least partially overlapping in the frequency domain. The allocated resource structure can be the scheduled resource structure or the configured resource structure.

[0041] If the transmission on a resource or resource structure, or using a resource or resource structure, is dynamically scheduled (e.g., using a scheduling grant), or the configured resource is indicated for transmission (e.g., explicitly or implicitly indicated by a control information message such as a DCI message), then the transmission can be considered triggered. Alternatively or additionally, the transmission can be considered triggered by a higher layer (e.g., of the transmitting device, especially a wireless device) by, for example, providing data for transmission (e.g., for the scheduled PUSCH resource or to be used for the configured grant). The triggered transmission can involve available resources, and / or the triggered resources can be available resources (especially available for the wireless device). It should be noted that the triggered transmission does not necessarily have to be sent, or can be sent on another resource structure different from the triggered transmission. The triggered transmission can represent an intended transmission.

[0042] A common resource structure can be a resource structure that is used for or suitable for multiplexing and / or carrying different transmissions and / or information and / or information blocks, and / or can be the corresponding signaling. A common resource structure can be a scheduled or configured resource. In some cases, a common resource structure can be a resource structure from a pool or one or more sets of configured resources (especially PUCCH resources). A common resource structure can be indicated in a control information message, or determined or selected based on which transmissions are triggered. It can be considered that a common resource structure can be a resource structure from the configuration set to which the indicated PUCCH resource belongs. In some cases, a common resource structure can come from different configured PUCCH resource sets. A common resource structure can generally be large enough (e.g., in terms of resource elements and / or associated transmission parameters (e.g., MCS)) to carry the (multiplexed) transmission. The transmission on a common resource structure can conform to the transmission quality of one of the multiplexed transmissions (especially one of the higher priority transmissions (e.g., regarding coding or code rate or MCS or power)) or a mixture of the multiplexed transmissions, e.g., such that a part follows a higher priority (e.g., regarding coding) and another part follows another priority. A common resource structure can be the resource structure for which the transmission is triggered (e.g., if the resource is large enough to carry the multiplexed information), or can be a different resource structure. Generally, a common resource structure can have an end symbol or end time within a time domain window (delay window), e.g., ending before or at the end of the time domain window (e.g., both having the same end symbol, or the end symbol of the common resource structure ending before or at the end of the window). A common resource structure can be an available or allocated resource structure, e.g., a scheduled resource structure or a configured resource structure.

[0043] The control information sent by a wireless device may be uplink control information UCI and / or physical layer information. The control information (especially UCI) may be one of different types. Example types of control information (such as UCI) may include (as simple types) HARQ feedback, measurement information (such as CSI type I or II), scheduling request (such as single-bit request or multi-bit request or buffer report), or beam tracking information. The types of measurement information may be aperiodic (e.g., triggered by dynamic scheduling) and periodic (e.g., configured to occur regularly). Any two or more of these types may be combined to provide a new (combined) type of control information, such as HARQ feedback with SR and / or measurement information, etc.

[0044] The control information message may be a physical layer message, such as a DCI message or a scheduling grant (such as format 0, 0_n for NR, such as 0_0 or 0_1) or a scheduling assignment (such as format 1, 1_m for NR, such as 1_0 or 1_1). The control information message may be considered to represent control signaling.

[0045] Transmitting first and second information (or different information segments or chunks) on, or using, a resource structure or resource may include and / or represent multiplexing. Multiplexing different information or chunks may include error encoding the chunks either jointly or separately. In some cases, error detection encoding may be performed separately for different chunks, but error correction encoding may be performed jointly for the chunks with error detection encoding, such as polar coding or LPDC. Multiplexing may include rate matching and / or puncturing, particularly for multiplexing control information (associated with PUSCH) onto the resource structure of PUSCH. In rate matching, information bits (and optionally error detection bits, such as CRC bits or parity bits) from the information to be multiplexed may be added to the information bits (and optionally error detection bits, such as CRC bits or parity bits) before encoding, particularly before error correction encoding. The total number of encoded bits (e.g., for error correction encoding) may be adapted to allow additional information and / or bits from the multiplexed information bits to be discarded. Puncturing may correspond to replacing encoded modulation symbols of the multiplexed transmission or information with modulation symbols for the multiplexed information or transmission. Different types of information (particularly control information) may be multiplexed similarly or differently, e.g., depending on the payload size. Resources that can be used to multiplex information onto a resource (which may be intended to carry other information), particularly in the case of multiplexing UCI / PUCCH information onto PUSCH resources or information onto PUSCH, may be indicated and / or may be based on a scaling factor (also referred to as a beta factor). For example, based on configuration, different types of control information may have different betas associated with them. The beta may be considered to indicate resource elements available for UCI, and for other parameters, such as the number of bits to be multiplexed or mapped and / or the MCS to be used and / or the type of control information, the code rate and / or encoding may be indicated, e.g., the number of encoded bits available.

[0046] In the cases described herein, if multiplexing is not performed, one of the transmissions (e.g., a transmission with low priority / transmission quality) or information or chunk may be discarded or omitted or time-shifted, e.g., time-shifted to a subsequent transmission occasion (e.g., a suitable resource) in a subsequent time slot or sub-slot, for example. Other information may be transmitted on the triggered or scheduled resource.

[0047] Generally, information or information blocks may represent, for example, information or data or bits intended for transmission provided by a higher layer of a transmitting device. The information (in particular information blocks) may be provided in and / or arranged in and / or contained in and / or represented by and / or included in and / or corresponding to data elements, such as transport blocks and / or data units (e.g., packet data units PDU, in particular MAC PDU or higher layer PDU). Different information may come from different higher layer units (e.g., MAC entities) and / or may be associated with different channels (e.g., physical or logical, such as PUCCH and PUSCH) and / or bearers and / or channel groups (e.g., logical channel groups) and / or operating modes (e.g., URLLC and eMBB). Information blocks may be represented by corresponding information representations, which may represent the bits of the information blocks, for example, based on scrambling and / or modulation and / or mapping and / or coding and / or compression or decompression. Information blocks may include and / or represent higher layer information.

[0048] The transmission quality and / or resource structure may have one or more transmission parameters associated therewith (e.g., via configuration and / or predefined and / or dynamic scheduling), such as those related to modulation and coding scheme (MCS), the number of retransmission times or transmission times in aggregation and / or parallel (e.g., for one trigger occurrence), the number of layers, transmission power, the coding bits to be used (e.g., for error detection and / or error correction), etc. The parameters may define boundaries (e.g., a lower limit of power or an upper limit of a modulation scheme) or actual values (e.g., target or nominal values).

[0049] If a wireless device knows or has been made to know resources that can potentially be used by the wireless device for transmission or reception or communication (e.g., when the wireless device is allowed or can be allowed or is configured or scheduled to use the resources), then resources such as resource structures or communication resources (e.g., transmission resources or reception resources) can be considered available for the wireless device. Resources can be configured for the wireless device to be available, for example, using higher layer signaling (such as RRC signaling or MAC signaling or broadcast signaling). Resources can be associated with a type of signaling or channel (e.g., by scheduling or configuration), for example, associated with control signaling or data signaling and / or associated with PUCCH or SR or PUSCH. Such an example can be, for example, the configured resources for control signaling (e.g., scheduling requests), or the configured resources for data signaling on, for example, PUSCH or PDSCH (sometimes also referred to as unlicensed resources, especially for the uplink). Control signaling (e.g., DCI signaling and / or control information messages) can be used, for example, to trigger the enabling or disabling of the configured resources for data signaling. Such resources can generally be referred to as configured resources and / or be considered semi-static resources (e.g., until reconfigured using higher layer signaling) or semi-persistent resources (e.g., triggered using control signaling). In some cases, the configured resources can be available resources that do not require the use of control information messages to be activated or triggered or scheduled, or can be semi-persistent resources. In some cases, the configured resources can be considered available within a longer and / or undetermined (e.g., at the time of configuration or scheduling or allocation) time range or time interval, for example, longer than one time slot or longer than M time slots (M>1 and / or configurable), and / or until a setup change occurs or a specific event occurs, such as reconfiguration (at the higher layer, e.g., RRC or MAC) or trigger to turn off (e.g., using control signaling such as DCI or SCI, especially for semi-persistent resources). In some examples, a CORESET (or search space for control signaling) for receiving control signaling such as PDCCH signaling or DCI signaling can be considered a configured resource. Alternatively, the resources available for the wireless device can be resources that are scheduled or allocated using control signaling (especially physical layer signaling such as DCI signaling, e.g., control information messages). Such resources can be referred to as (dynamic) scheduled resources. Scheduled resources can include, for example, dynamic scheduled resources for data signaling on, for example, PUSCH or PDSCH (e.g., according to type A or type B scheduling in NR) or resources for control signaling indicated in control signaling (e.g., DCI or SCI), such as PUCCH resources (e.g., one resource in a resource set or pool indicated in signaling (e.g., PRI (PUCCH resource indicator))).In some cases, scheduling resources can generally be considered as resources that are available or effective within a short (e.g., one time slot or several time slots, e.g., 16 or fewer time slots, or one frame) or specific or determined (e.g., at the time of scheduling or allocation) time range or time interval or duration (e.g., one time slot (or more than one time slot), e.g., aggregation for scheduling). Resources or resource structures that can be used or are scheduled for transmission can be considered as transmission resources or transmission resource structures. Generally, the transmission using a resource or resource structure can cover the resource structure partially or entirely, e.g., using only part or all of the resource elements of the resource structure. It is usually considered that a resource structure can be logically addressed as a unit by control signaling, and / or can be configured jointly or as a unit, and / or represents adjacent and / or consecutive resource elements (e.g., in time and / or frequency space, and / or physically or virtually, e.g., if virtual resource allocation is utilized).

[0050] Receiving on a common resource structure can include monitoring the resource structure and / or associating the signaling received on the resource structure with the transmitting device and / or channel and / or operating mode. Receiving can include, for example, modulation and / or decoding based on information about the (employed) transmitter (e.g., the configuration of the transmitter).

[0051] Communication signaling can be data signaling or control signaling (or in some cases include both, e.g., if control signaling and data signaling are multiplexed, e.g., if UCI is multiplexed onto PUSCH). Communication signaling can have different types and / or priorities, e.g., be associated with URLLC or eMBB, or be associated with a logical channel group. Generally, different resources can be associated with the same type of signaling or different types (e.g., types of control signaling (e.g., URLLC or eMBB, and / or HARQ feedback or SR) or data signaling (e.g., URLLC or eMBB)) of signaling.

[0052] Control signaling can carry and / or represent and / or include control information, which can be in a control information message. Control information such as UCI can generally include one or more types of control information, and these types can include HARQ feedback and / or measurement report information and / or scheduling request and / or beam-related information. Control information such as DCI can include, for example, scheduling information or allocation information (e.g., indicating resource allocation) and / or HARQ process information and / or power control information (e.g., transmit power control command), and / or information indicating the bandwidth part to be used, etc. The structure (e.g., bit field) of a control information message can be predefined, for example, based on a format (e.g., DCI 0_0 or 1_0 for NR), or be configured or configurable (e.g., DCI 0_1 or 1_1 for NR).

[0053] One or each resource can be considered to be associated with a specific type of signaling or transmission type or priority, for example, through configuration or other associations. For example, a resource for PUSCH or PUCCH (such as a first transmission resource) can be associated with URLLC operations, which may have a higher priority than eMBB that can be associated with a second transmission resource. By indicating which resource is to be used, the associated signaling and / or priority can be indicated. The first transmission / communication / reception resource can also be referred to as the first resource, and the second transmission / communication / reception resource can be referred to as the second resource. Different resources may have different extents in terms of time domain and / or frequency domain and / or code and / or associated channel and / or signaling type and / or transmission format (such as PUCCH / UCI format or DCI / PDCCH format). Generally, different types of signaling may differ in terms of control signaling or data signaling and / or the type of control signaling (such as content, such as SR or HARQ feedback or measurement report) and / or transmission format. For example, according to configuration, the signaling type or transmission format can be associated with a resource. For example, for a PUCCH resource or resource set, one or more possible PUCCH formats can be configured. Generally, which PUCCH resource in a set is to be used can be associated with the payload size of the information to be sent. Thus, if control signaling is to be sent, the resource (such as the first resource or the second resource) can depend on the payload size.

[0054] The transmission priority or transmission type or transmission quality can be associated with and / or determined based on the signaling characteristics of a control information message. The signaling characteristics can include one or more characteristics. Example characteristics can include message format (such as 0_1, 0_0, 1_0, 1_1, 0_n or 0_m, etc.), message size (such as in bits and / or resource elements), and / or aggregation level (such as how the message is repeated) and / or the resource in which the message is received (such as CORESET and / or search space) and / or the identity or addressee of the message, which is indicated, for example, by an identifier such as a scrambling code (such as RNTI, and the error detection coding or CRC associated with the message can be scrambled using the RNTI to identify the addressee). For example, the URLLC RNTI can be used to identify that the associated resource is to be used, or similarly the eMBB RNTI. Different formats and / or characteristics can be associated with different resources (such as on a one-to-one basis), such that the format or resource or RNTI can indicate which resource is to be used.

[0055] Alternatively or additionally, the transmission type or transmission priority or transmission quality can be based on the content of a control information message, e.g., based on the bit pattern of a bit field in the control information message and / or an indicator in the control information message, which can represent a priority indicator. The bit field can include one or more bits, e.g., one of one bit, two bits, or three bits.

[0056] In some cases, a resource structure (such as a first resource structure and / or a second resource structure) can be considered to be scheduled for transmission and / or be available to a wireless device by being scheduled or dynamically scheduled, e.g., using a control information message, to the wireless device, and / or can be a scheduled resource. A resource structure (such as a first resource structure and / or a second resource structure) can be considered to be available to a wireless device and / or be scheduled to the wireless device and / or can be a configured resource by being configured to the wireless device. The configured resource can be associated with data signaling or control signaling, particularly SR signaling.

[0057] In some variants, the first resource structure can be a scheduled resource and the second resource structure can be a configured resource, and vice versa. The control information message can indicate a prioritized resource among the resources, e.g., a configured resource (if it is an unauthorized resource for sending data signaling) or a scheduled resource (e.g., if the start or end time of the scheduled resource is earlier than the configured resource, e.g., to reduce latency). However, other use cases can be considered. In some cases, both the first resource structure and the second resource structure can be scheduled or configured.

[0058] Generally, communication signaling can include control signaling and / or data signaling. The type of signaling can be indicated using a control information message (e.g., indicated by the type and / or content and / or format of the control information message), and / or can be associated with a resource determined to be a communication / transmission resource. Thus, these methods can be applied to various use cases.

[0059] In particular, it can be considered that the information or type of signaling sent using communication signaling depends on the transmission resource and / or the received control information message. This information can be associated, e.g., based on the resource and / or configuration it is associated with, with the control plane or user plane and / or (e.g., physical) channel and / or signaling type and / or transmission format and / or logical channel or logical channel group and / or priority or priority level. It can be considered that, by means of a control information message, the priority configuration can be overridden, e.g., such that a resource configured (at a higher layer) to be associated with a low priority level can be prioritized over a high priority level resource. Thus, dynamic re - prioritization or prioritization override is possible.

[0060] It can be considered that the first transmission resource is associated with the transmission of control information and / or the second transmission resource is associated with the transmission of control information. The resources can be associated with different types of control information.

[0061] Generally, the first transmission resource and the second transmission resource can be associated with different types of signaling and / or different types of control signaling or data signaling and / or transmission quality or priority (in particular, with respect to priority or quality of service, such as URLLC or eMBB).

[0062] It can be considered that a control information message (such as a DCI message) indicates the prioritization of the first transmission resource relative to the second transmission resource, which can, for example, override a high-level prioritization (such as a configured priority and / or a quality of service priority (such as URLLC or eMBB)).

[0063] Figure 3 A radio node or wireless device, particularly a terminal 10 or a UE (user equipment), is schematically shown. The radio node 10 includes a processing circuit (which can also be referred to as a control circuit) 20, which can include a controller connected to a memory. Any module of the radio node 10 (such as a communication module or a determination module) can be implemented in the processing circuit 20 and / or executed by the processing circuit 20, particularly as a module in the controller. The radio node 10 also includes a radio circuit 22 that provides a receive and transmit or transceiver function (for example, one or more transmitters and / or receivers and / or transceivers), and the radio circuit 22 is connected to or can be connected to the processing circuit. The antenna circuit 24 of the radio node 10 is connected to or can be connected to the radio circuit 22 to collect or transmit and / or amplify signals. The radio circuit 22 and the processing circuit 20 that controls it are configured for cellular communication with a network of the RAN as described herein, for example, and / or for sidelink communication. The radio node 10 can generally be adapted to perform any method of a radio node such as the terminal or UE disclosed herein; in particular, it can include corresponding circuits, such as a processing circuit and / or modules, such as software modules. It can be considered that the radio node 10 includes and / or is connected to or can be connected to a power source.

[0064] Figure 4A radio node 100 is schematically shown, which can in particular be implemented as a network node 100, such as an eNB or gNB for NR or the like. The radio node 100 includes processing circuitry (which may also be referred to as control circuitry) 120, which may include a controller connected to a memory. Any module such as a transmission module and / or a reception module and / or a configuration module of the node 100 may be implemented in and / or executed by the processing circuitry 120. The processing circuitry 120 is connected to control radio circuitry 122 of the node 100, which provides receiver and transmitter and / or transceiver functionality (e.g., including one or more transmitters and / or receivers and / or transceivers). Antenna circuitry 124 may be connected to or connectable to the radio circuitry 122 for signal reception or transmission and / or amplification. The node 100 may be adapted to perform any method for operating a radio node or network node disclosed herein; in particular, it may include corresponding circuitry, such as processing circuitry and / or modules. The antenna circuitry 124 may be connected to and / or include an antenna array. The node 100 (and accordingly, its circuitry) may be adapted to perform any method for operating a network node or radio node described herein; in particular, it may include corresponding circuitry, such as processing circuitry and / or modules. The radio node 100 may generally include communication circuitry, for example for communicating with another network node (such as a radio node) and / or with a core network and / or the Internet or a local area network (especially with an information system), which may provide information and / or data to be sent to a user equipment.

[0065] The allocated or scheduled resources can be dynamically allocated, for example, using scheduling grants and / or DCI signaling (such as DCI format 0_0 or 0_1 messages) (or if they are downlink resources, using scheduling allocations, such as DCI format 1_0 or 1_1 messages), or semi-statically allocated, for example, using configured grants and / or RRC signaling. The allocated resources can represent a block of resource elements in the time domain / frequency domain, which can be continuous in time and / or frequency, for example, for physical allocation or virtual allocation. The resource allocation for the data channel (especially PUSCH or PSSCH) can be made, for example, based on the format and / or parameterization of the DCI message used for allocation or the RRC parameterization for the configured grant. Generally, the scheduling allocation can schedule the subject signaling (such as the data signaling on PDSCH) involved in the acknowledgment signaling or a part of the acknowledgment signaling, and can also indicate in which time slot the expected acknowledgment information / signaling is. The grant can indicate the allocated resources on which the uplink transmission can occur (especially for PUSCH). If these allocated resources are in the time slot indicated for the acknowledgment signaling, the allocated resources can be used instead of the resources allocated for control signaling (such as PUCCH resources (“UCI on PUSCH” or “HARQ on PUSCH”)) to send the acknowledgment signaling.

[0066] The allocated resources can be resources allocated for the physical uplink shared channel PUSCH or the physical downlink channel PDSCH or the control channel (such as PUCCH). In particular, the resources can be time resources / frequency resources, such as one or more PRBs or groups of PRBs on one or more symbols of a time slot. The allocated resources can correspond to the slot-based allocation (type A) or the mini-slot-based allocation (type B).

[0067] Generally, sending the acknowledgment signaling can be based on the subject transmission and / or in response to the subject transmission and / or in response to the control signaling scheduling the subject transmission. Such control signaling and / or subject signaling can be sent by the signaling radio node and / or a node associated with the signaling radio node (such as in a dual-connection scenario).

[0068] The signaling characteristics can be based on the type or format of the scheduling grant and / or scheduling assignment, and / or the allocation type, and / or the timing of the acknowledgement signaling and / or scheduling grant and / or scheduling assignment, and / or the resources associated with the acknowledgement signaling and / or scheduling grant and / or scheduling assignment. For example, if a specific format is used or detected for the scheduling grant (scheduling or allocating the allocated resources) or scheduling assignment (scheduling the subject transmission for the acknowledgement signaling), then the first communication resource or the second communication resource can be used. The type of allocation can involve dynamic allocation (e.g., using DCI / PDCCH) or semi-static allocation (e.g., for the configured grant). The timing of the acknowledgement signaling can involve the time slot and / or symbol in which the signaling is to be sent. The resources for the acknowledgement signaling can involve the allocated resources. The timing and / or resources associated with the scheduling grant or assignment can represent the search space or CORESET (a set of resources configured for receiving PDCCH transmissions) in which the grant or assignment is received. Thus, which transmission resource to use can be based on implicit conditions, thereby requiring low signaling overhead.

[0069] Scheduling can include, for example, using signaling on a control signaling (such as DCI or SCI signaling) and / or a control channel (such as PDCCH or PSCCH) to indicate one or more scheduling opportunities of a configuration intended to carry data signaling or subject signaling. The configuration can be represented by a table or can be represented by a table, and / or corresponds to a table. The scheduling assignment can, for example, point to an opportunity to receive an allocation configuration, such as indexing a table of scheduling opportunities. In some cases, the received allocation configuration can include 15 or 16 scheduling opportunities. In particular, the configuration can represent the allocation in time. It can be considered that the received allocation configuration involves data signaling especially on a physical data channel such as PDSCH or PSSCH. Generally speaking, the received allocation configuration can involve downlink signaling, or in some scenarios, sidelink signaling. The control signaling for scheduling a subject transmission (such as data signaling) can point to and / or index and / or reference and / or indicate the scheduling opportunities of the received allocation configuration. It can be considered that the received allocation configuration is configured using higher layer signaling (such as RRC or MAC layer signaling) or can be configured using higher layer signaling (such as RRC or MAC layer signaling). The received allocation configuration can be applied to and / or be applicable to multiple transmission timing intervals and / or be effective for multiple transmission timing intervals, for example, such that for each interval, one or more opportunities can be indicated or allocated for data signaling. These methods allow for efficient and flexible scheduling, and the scheduling can be semi-static, but can be updated or reconfigured on a useful time scale in response to changes in operating conditions.

[0070] In this context, control information (e.g., in a control information message) can be specifically implemented as and / or represented by a scheduling assignment, which can indicate a topic transmission for feedback (transmission of acknowledgment signaling) and / or reporting timing and / or frequency resources and / or code resources. The reporting timing can indicate the timing of the scheduled acknowledgment signaling, such as time slots and / or symbols and / or resource sets. The control information can be carried by control signaling.

[0071] The topic transmission can include one or more individual transmissions. The scheduling assignment can include one or more scheduling assignments. It should generally be noted that in a distributed system, the topic transmission, configuration, and / or scheduling can be provided by different nodes or devices or transmission points. Different topic transmissions can be on the same carrier or different carriers (e.g., in carrier aggregation), and / or on the same or different bandwidth parts, and / or on the same or different layers or beams (e.g., in a MIMO scenario), and / or to the same or different ports. Generally, the topic transmission can involve different HARQ processes (or different sub-processes, e.g., in a MIMO with different beams / layers associated with the same process identifier but different sub-process identifiers (such as swapped bits)). The scheduling assignment and / or the HARQ codebook can indicate the target HARQ structure. The target HARQ structure can, for example, indicate the expected HARQ response to the topic transmission, such as the number of bits and / or whether a code block group level response is provided. However, it should be noted that the actual structure used can be different from the target structure, e.g., because the total size of the target structure of the sub-pattern is greater than a predetermined size.

[0072] Transmitting an acknowledgment signaling (also referred to as transmitting acknowledgment information or feedback information or simply HARQ feedback or feedback or reporting feedback) may include and / or be determined based on, for example, error coding and / or a scheduling assignment for a scheduled topic transmission to determine correct or incorrect reception of the topic transmission. The transmitted acknowledgment information may be based on and / or include a structure for the acknowledgment information to be transmitted, such as a structure of one or more sub-patterns (e.g., based on which topic transmission is scheduled for an associated subdivision). The transmitted acknowledgment information may include, for example, transmitting corresponding signaling at an instance and / or in a message and / or a channel (especially a physical channel, which may be a control channel). In some cases, the channel may be, for example, a shared channel or a data channel with rate matching of the acknowledgment information. The acknowledgment information typically may relate to multiple topic transmissions, which may be on different channels and / or carriers, and / or may include data signaling and / or control signaling. The acknowledgment information may be based on a codebook, which may be based on one or more size indications and / or allocation indications (indicating the HARQ structure), and the size indication and / or allocation indication may be received, for example, in the same or different transmission timing structures and / or in the same or different (target) resource sets together with multiple control signaling and / or control messages. Transmitting the acknowledgment information may include, for example, determining the codebook based on control information and / or configuration in one or more control information messages. The codebook may relate to transmitting the acknowledgment information at a single and / or specific moment (e.g., a single PUCCH or PUSCH transmission) and / or in a message or together with jointly coded and / or modulated acknowledgment information. Generally, the acknowledgment information may be transmitted together with other control information (such as a scheduling request and / or measurement information).

[0073] In some cases, the acknowledgment signaling may include other information beside the acknowledgment information, such as control information (especially uplink or sidelink control information, such as a scheduling request and / or measurement information, etc.), and / or error detection and / or correction information, and correspondingly associated bits. The payload size of the acknowledgment signaling may represent the number of bits of the acknowledgment information, and / or in some cases represent the total number of bits carried by the acknowledgment signaling, and / or the number of resource elements required.

[0074] The subject transmission can be data signaling or control signaling. The transmission can be on a shared or dedicated channel. The data signaling can be on a data channel (e.g., on the PDSCH or PSSCH), or on a dedicated data channel for low latency and / or high availability (e.g., on the URLLC channel). The control signaling can be on a control channel (e.g., on a common control channel or PDCCH or PSCCH), and / or include one or more DCI messages or SCI messages. In some cases, the subject transmission can include or represent a reference signaling. For example, it can include DM-RS and / or pilot signaling and / or discovery signaling and / or sounding signaling and / or phase-tracking signaling and / or cell-specific reference signaling and / or user-specific signaling, especially CSI-RS. The subject transmission can involve a scheduling allocation and / or an acknowledgment signaling process (e.g., according to an identifier or sub-identifier) and / or a segment. In some cases, the subject transmission can span the boundary of a segment in time, e.g., due to being scheduled to start in one segment and extend into another segment, or even span multiple segments. In such a case, the subject transmission can be considered associated with the segment in which it ends.

[0075] It can be considered that the acknowledgment information (especially the acknowledgment information for the confirmation information) is determined based on, for example, error coding and / or reception quality to determine whether the subject transmission has been correctly received. The reception quality can be based on, for example, the determined signal quality. Generally, the acknowledgment information can be sent to a signaling radio node and / or a node device and / or a network and / or a network node.

[0076] Bits of the acknowledgement information or sub-pattern structure of such information (e.g., acknowledgement information structure) may represent and / or include one or more bits, particularly bit patterns. Multiple bits related to a data structure or sub-structure or message (such as a control message) may be considered a sub-pattern. The structure or arrangement of the acknowledgement information may indicate the order and / or meaning and / or mapping and / or pattern of the bits (or bit sub-patterns) of the information. In particular, the structure or mapping may indicate one or more data block structures (such as code blocks and / or code block groups and / or transport blocks and / or messages, such as command messages) that the acknowledgement information pertains to, and / or which bits or bit sub-patterns are associated with which data block structure. In some cases, the mapping may involve one or more acknowledgement signaling processes (such as processes with different identifiers) and / or one or more different data streams. The configuration or structure or codebook may indicate which process(es) and / or which data stream(s) the information pertains to. Generally, the acknowledgement information may include one or more sub-patterns, and each sub-pattern may pertain to a data block structure, such as a code block or code block group or transport block. The sub-pattern may be arranged to indicate the acknowledgement or non-acknowledgement of the associated data block structure, or another retransmission status (such as non-scheduled or non-received). A sub-pattern may be considered to include one bit, or in some cases multiple bits. It should be noted that the acknowledgement information may undergo substantial processing before being sent together with the acknowledgement signaling. Different configurations may indicate different sizes and / or mappings and / or structures and / or patterns.

[0077] The acknowledgement signaling process (providing the acknowledgement information) may be a HARQ process, and / or be identified by a process identifier (such as a HARQ process identifier or sub-identifier). The acknowledgement signaling and / or the associated acknowledgement information may be referred to as feedback or acknowledgement feedback. It should be noted that the data block or structure that the sub-pattern may pertain to may be intended to carry data (such as information and / or system bits and / or coded bits). However, depending on the transmission conditions, such data may be received or not received (or not received correctly), which may be indicated accordingly in the feedback. In some cases, the sub-pattern of the acknowledgement signaling may include padding bits, for example if the number of bits required for the acknowledgement information for a data block is less than the number of bits indicated as the sub-pattern size. For example, this may occur if the size is indicated by a unit size larger than what is required for the feedback.

[0078] Generally, the acknowledgement information may at least indicate ACK or NACK (such as pertaining to an acknowledgement signaling process), or an element of a data block structure (such as a data block, sub-block group or sub-block), or a message (particularly a control message). Generally, an acknowledgement signaling process may be associated with a specific sub-pattern and / or data block structure, and acknowledgement information may be provided for that specific sub-pattern and / or data block structure. The acknowledgement information may include multiple pieces of information represented in multiple HARQ structures.

[0079] The acknowledgment signaling process can determine the correct or incorrect reception and / or corresponding acknowledgment information of a data block (such as a transport block) and / or its sub-structure based on the coded bits associated with the data block, and / or based on the coded bits associated with one or more data blocks and / or sub-blocks and / or groups of sub-blocks. The acknowledgment information (determined by the acknowledgment signaling process) can relate to the entire data block and / or one or more sub-blocks or groups of sub-blocks. Code blocks can be considered as examples of sub-blocks, and code block groups can be considered as examples of groups of sub-blocks. Thus, the associated sub-pattern can include one or more bits indicating the reception status or feedback of the data block, and / or one or more bits indicating the reception status or feedback of one or more sub-blocks or groups of sub-blocks. Each bit of the sub-pattern or sub-patterns can be associated and / or mapped to a specific data block or sub-block or group of sub-blocks. In some variants, if all the sub-blocks or groups of sub-blocks are correctly identified, the correct reception of the data block can be indicated. In such a case, the sub-pattern can represent the acknowledgment information for the entire data block, thus reducing the overhead compared to providing acknowledgment information for sub-blocks or groups of sub-blocks. The smallest structure for which the sub-pattern provides acknowledgment information and / or with which it is associated (such as a sub-block / group of sub-blocks / data block) can be considered its (highest) resolution. In some variants, the sub-pattern can provide acknowledgment information about several elements of the data block structure and / or provide acknowledgment information at different resolutions, for example to allow more specific error detection. For example, even if the sub-pattern indicates acknowledgment signaling related to the entire data block, in some variants, the sub-pattern can also provide a higher resolution (such as sub-block or group of sub-blocks resolution). Generally, the sub-pattern can include one or more bits indicating ACK / NACK for the data block, and / or one or more bits indicating ACK / NACK for one sub-block or group of sub-blocks or multiple sub-blocks or groups of sub-blocks.

[0080] A sub - block and / or a sub - block group may include information bits (representing data to be transmitted, such as user data and / or downlink / sidelink data or uplink data). It can be considered that the data block and / or sub - block and / or sub - block group also includes one or more parity bits, and the parity bits can relate to the information bits and / or be determined based on the information bits (for a sub - block group, the parity bits can be determined based on the information bits and / or parity bits and / or error - correction bits of the sub - blocks of the sub - block group). A data block or a sub - structure (such as a sub - block or a sub - block group) may include error - correction bits, and the error - correction bits can be determined, in particular, for example, by using an error - correction coding scheme (such as LDPC or polar coding) based on the information bits and parity bits of the block or sub - structure. Generally, the error - correction coding of a data - block structure (and / or associated bits) can cover and / or relate to the information bits and parity bits of the structure. A sub - block group may represent a combination of one or more code blocks (respectively, the corresponding bits). A data block may represent a code block or a group of code blocks, or a combination of multiple groups of code blocks. For example, based on the bit - size of the information bits of a higher - layer data structure provided, for example, according to size requirements or preferences for error coding and / or error coding (especially error - correction coding), a transport block may be divided into code blocks and / or groups of code blocks. Such a higher - layer data structure is sometimes also referred to as a transport block, and in this context, the transport block represents the information bits without the error - coding bits described herein, but may include higher - layer error - handling information, such as for an Internet protocol like TCP. However, such error - handling information represents information bits in the context of the present disclosure because the described acknowledgment signaling process processes it accordingly.

[0081] In some variations, sub-blocks such as code blocks may include error correction bits, which may be determined based on the information bits and / or parity bits of the sub-block. Error correction coding schemes may be used to determine the error correction bits, for example, based on LDPC or polar coding or Reed-Mueller coding. In some cases, a sub-block or code block may be considered to be defined as the following block or bit pattern: it includes information bits, parity bits determined based on the information bits, and error correction bits determined based on the information bits and / or parity bits. It may be considered that in a sub-block (such as a code block), the information bits (and possibly the error correction bits) are protected and / or covered by an error correction scheme or corresponding error correction bits. A code block group may include one or more code blocks. In some variations, no additional parity bits and / or error correction bits are applied, but the application of one or both of them may be considered. A transport block may include one or more code block groups. It may be considered not to apply additional parity bits and / or error correction bits to the transport block, but the application of one or both of them may be considered. In some specific variations, the code block group does not include an additional error detection or error correction coding layer, and the transport block may include only additional error detection coding bits and not additional error correction coding. This is especially the case if the transport block size is greater than the code block size and / or the maximum size of the error correction coding. A sub-pattern of the acknowledgment signaling (specifically indicating ACK or NACK) may relate to a code block, for example, indicating whether the code block has been correctly received. It may be considered that the sub-pattern relates to a subgroup such as a code block group or a data block such as a transport block. In this case, if all sub-blocks or code blocks of the group or data / transport block are correctly received (e.g., based on a logical 'AND' operation), the sub-pattern may indicate ACK; if at least one sub-block or code block is not correctly received, the sub-pattern may indicate NACK or another incorrect reception state. It should be noted that a code block may be considered to be correctly received if not only has the code block actually been correctly received, but also if it can be correctly reconstructed based on soft combining and / or error correction coding.

[0082] The sub - pattern / HARQ structure can involve an acknowledgement signaling process and / or a carrier (such as a component carrier) and / or a data block structure or data block. In particular, it can be considered that a (e.g., specific and / or single) sub - pattern involves (e.g., mapped by a codebook to) a (e.g., specific and / or single) acknowledgement signaling process, such as a specific and / or single HARQ process. It can be considered that in a bit pattern, the sub - pattern is mapped to the acknowledgement signaling process and / or data block or data block structure in a one - to - one manner. In some variants, for example, if multiple data streams transmitted on a carrier undergo an acknowledgement signaling process, there can be multiple sub - patterns (and / or associated acknowledgement signaling processes) associated with the same component carrier. The sub - pattern can include one or more bits, and the number of bits can be considered to represent the size or bit - size of the sub - pattern. Different bit n - tuples (where n is 1 or greater) of the sub - pattern can be associated with different elements of the data block structure (such as a data block or sub - block or group of sub - blocks), and / or represent different resolutions. The following variant can be considered: where only one resolution is represented by a bit pattern (such as a data block). The bit n - tuple can represent acknowledgement information (also known as feedback), particularly ACK or NACK, and optionally (if n>1) can represent DTX / DRX or other reception states. The ACK / NACK can be represented by one bit or multiple bits, for example, to improve the disambiguation of the bit sequence representing ACK or NACK and / or improve transmission reliability.

[0083] The acknowledgement information or feedback information can involve multiple different transmissions, which can be associated with a data block structure (correspondingly, the associated data block or data signaling) and / or represented by a data block structure (correspondingly, the associated data block or data signaling). Data block structures and / or corresponding blocks and / or signaling can be scheduled for simultaneous transmission, for example, for the same transmission timing structure, particularly within the same time slot or sub - frame and / or on the same symbol. However, alternatives with scheduling for non - simultaneous transmission can be considered. For example, the acknowledgement information can involve data blocks scheduled for different transmission timing structures (such as different time slots (or mini - slots, or time slots and mini - slots)), etc., which can be received (or not received or mis - received) accordingly. Generally, the scheduling signaling can include an indication of resources (such as time and / or frequency resources), for example, for receiving or transmitting the scheduled signaling.

[0084] References to a specific resource structure such as a transmission timing structure and / or symbols and / or time slots and / or mini - time slots and / or sub - carriers and / or carriers can relate to a specific parameter set, which can be predefined and / or configured or configurable. A transmission timing structure can represent a time interval that can cover one or more symbols. Some examples of transmission timing structures are transmission time intervals (TTIs), sub - frames, time slots, sub - time slots, and mini - time slots. A time slot can include a predefined (e.g., predefined and / or configured or configurable) number of symbols, such as 6, 7, 12, or 14. A sub - time slot can be a (e.g., configurable or configured or predefined) sub - unit or division of a time slot, which can include a subset of the symbols in the time slot, such as consecutive and / or adjacent symbols. A mini - time slot can include a number of symbols (which can in particular be configurable or configured) that is less than the number of symbols in a time slot, in particular 1, 2, 3, or 4 symbols. A transmission timing structure can cover a time interval of a specific length, which can depend on the symbol time length used and / or the cyclic prefix. A transmission timing structure can relate to and / or cover a specific time interval in the time stream, e.g., be synchronized for communication. The timing structure (e.g., time slot and / or mini - time slot) used for and / or scheduled for transmission can be scheduled relative to or synchronized to the timing structure provided and / or defined by other transmission timing structures. Such a transmission timing structure can define a timing grid, e.g., the symbol time intervals within an individual structure represent the smallest timing unit. Such a timing grid can be defined, for example, by a time slot or a sub - frame (where in some cases, a sub - frame can be considered a specific variant of a time slot). Possibly in addition to the cyclic prefix used, a transmission timing structure can have a duration (length of time) determined based on the duration of its symbols (possibly plus the cyclic prefix used). The symbols in a transmission timing structure can have the same duration, or in some variants can have different durations. The number of symbols in a transmission timing structure can be predefined and / or configured or configurable, and / or depend on the parameter set. The timing of a mini - time slot can generally be configured or configurable, in particular by a network and / or a network node. The timing can be configurable to start and / or end at any symbol of a transmission timing structure (in particular one or more time slots).

[0085] Generally, a program product including instructions is considered, which instructions are adapted to cause a processing circuit and / or a control circuit to perform and / or control any of the methods described herein, particularly when executed on the processing circuit and / or the control circuit. Similarly, a carrier medium device carrying and / or storing the program product as described herein is considered.

[0086] A carrier medium device may include one or more carrier media. Generally, the carrier media may be accessed and / or read and / or received by processing circuitry or control circuitry. Storage of data and / or program products and / or code may be regarded as part of carrying the data and / or program products and / or code. Carrier media generally may include boot / transmission media and / or storage media. Boot / transmission media may be adapted to carry and / or bear and / or store signals, in particular electromagnetic signals and / or electrical signals and / or magnetic signals and / or optical signals. Carrier media (in particular boot / transmission media) may be adapted to guide such signals to carry them. Carrier media (in particular boot / transmission media) may include electromagnetic fields (such as radio waves or microwaves) and / or light-transmissive materials (such as glass fibers) and / or cables. Storage media may include at least one of the following: memories (which may be volatile or non-volatile), buffers, caches, optical disks, magnetic memories, flash memories, and the like.

[0087] A system is described that includes one or more radio nodes as described herein, in particular network nodes and user equipment. The system may be a wireless communication system and / or provide and / or represent a radio access network.

[0088] Moreover, a method of operating an information system can generally be considered, which includes providing information. Alternatively or additionally, an information system adapted to provide information can be considered. Providing information can include providing information for and / or to a target system, which can include and / or be implemented as a radio access network and / or a radio node, particularly a network node or a user equipment or a terminal. Providing information can include transmitting and / or streaming and / or sending and / or delivering information, and / or providing information for this and / or for downloading, and / or triggering such a provision, for example by triggering different systems or nodes to stream and / or transmit and / or send and / or deliver information. The information system can include a target and / or be connected to or connectable to the target via one or more intermediate systems (such as a core network and / or the Internet and / or a private or local network). Information can be provided using and / or via such intermediate systems. As described herein, providing information can be for radio transmission and / or for transmission via an air interface and / or using a RAN or a radio node. Connecting the information system to the target and / or providing information can be based on a target indication and / or adapting a target indication. The target indication can indicate the target and / or one or more parameters of a transmission involving the target and / or the path or connection on which information is provided to the target. Such parameters can particularly relate to the air interface and / or the radio access network and / or the radio node and / or the network node. Example parameters can indicate, for example, the type and / or nature and / or transmission capacity (e.g., data rate) and / or latency and / or reliability and / or cost (correspondingly, one or more estimates thereof) of the target. The target indication can be provided by the target, or determined by the information system, for example based on information received from the target and / or historical information, and / or provided by a user (e.g., an operator of the target or a user of a device that communicates with the target via a RAN and / or an air interface). For example, a user can indicate on a user equipment communicating with the information system that information is to be provided via a RAN by, for example, making a selection from options provided by the information system in a user application or a user interface (which can be a web interface). The information system can include one or more information nodes. An information node can generally include a processing circuit and / or a communication circuit. In particular, the information system and / or the information node can be implemented as a computer and / or a computer device, such as a host computer or a host computer device and / or a server or a server device. In some variants, an interaction server (e.g., a web server) of the information system can provide a user interface and can trigger, based on a user input, sending and / or streaming an information supply from another server (which can be connected to or connectable to the interaction server and / or can be part of or connected or connectable to a part of the information system) to the user (and / or the target).The information can be any kind of data, in particular data intended for use by a user on a terminal, such as, for example, video data and / or audio data and / or location data and / or interaction data and / or game-related data and / or environmental data and / or technical data and / or business data and / or vehicle data and / or environmental data and / or operation data. The information provided by the information system can be mapped to and / or be mappable to and / or be intended to be mapped to the communication or data signaling and / or one or more data channels described herein (which can be signaling or channels of an air interface and / or used in the RAN and / or for radio transmission). It can be considered that the information is formatted based on a target indication and / or a target, for example, regarding the data volume and / or data rate and / or data structure and / or timing, which can particularly relate to the mapping of the communication or data signaling and / or the data channels. Mapping the information to the data signaling and / or the data channels can be considered to mean, for example, using signaling / channels at a higher communication layer to carry data, where the signaling / channels are at the underlying layer of the transmission. The target indication typically can include different components, which can have different sources and / or can indicate different characteristics of the target and / or the communication path to the target. The format of the information can be specifically selected, for example, from a set of different formats, for the information to be sent on the air interface and / or by the RAN as described herein. This can be particularly relevant because the air interface may be limited in capacity and / or predictability, and / or potentially cost-sensitive. The format can be selected to be suitable for a transmission indication, which can particularly indicate the path of the information between the RAN or radio node and the information system as described herein (which can be the indicated and / or planned and / or expected path). The (communication) path of the information can represent the interface (e.g., air and / or cable interface) between the information system and / or the node providing or transmitting the information and the target on which the information is being passed or will be passed, and / or an intermediate system (if any). When a target indication is provided, and / or the information is provided / transmitted by the information system, for example, if the Internet is involved (which may include multiple dynamically selected paths), the path may be (at least partially) indeterminate. The information and / or the format for the information can be packet-based, and / or be mapped to and / or be mappable to and / or be intended to be mapped to packets. Alternatively or additionally, a method for operating a target device can be considered, which includes providing a target indication to the information system. Alternatively or additionally, a target device can be considered, which is adapted to provide a target indication to the information system. In another method, a target indication tool can be considered, which is adapted to and / or includes an indication module for providing a target indication to the information system. The target device can typically be the target as described above. The target indication tool can include and / or be implemented as software and / or an application and / or a web interface or user interface, and / or can include one or more modules for implementing the actions performed and / or controlled by the tool.The tool and / or the target device may be adapted to and / or the method may include: receiving user input, and based on the user input, determining and / or providing a target indication. Alternatively or additionally, the tool and / or the target device may be adapted to and / or the method may include: receiving information and / or communication signaling carrying information, and / or operating on the information and / or presenting the information (e.g., on a screen and / or as audio or in other forms of indication). The information may be based on the received information and / or communication signaling carrying information. Presenting the information may include processing the received information, such as decoding and / or transforming, especially between different formats, and / or for use by hardware for presentation. Operating on the information may be independent of presentation or without presentation and / or with or successful presentation and / or may be without user interaction or even user reception, such as for an automated process, or for a target device without (e.g., normal) user interaction, such as an MTC device for automotive or transportation or industrial use. The information or communication signaling may be anticipated and / or received based on the target indication. Presenting and / or operating on the information generally may include one or more processing steps, especially decoding and / or executing and / or interpreting and / or transforming the information. Operating on the information generally may include, for example, relaying and / or transmitting the information over an air interface, which may include mapping the information onto signaling (such mapping generally may involve one or more layers, such as one or more layers of the air interface, such as the RLC (Radio Link Control) layer and / or MAC layer and / or physical layer). The information may be imprinted (or mapped) onto the communication signaling based on the target indication, which may make it particularly suitable for use in the RAN (e.g., for a target device such as a network node or especially a UE or terminal). The tool generally may be adapted to be used on a target device such as a UE or terminal. Generally, the tool may provide multiple functions, such as for providing and / or selecting a target indication and / or presenting, for example, video and / or audio and / or operating on and / or storing the received information. Providing the target indication may include, for example, when the target device is a UE or a tool for a UE, sending or transmitting the indication as signaling in the RAN, and / or carrying the indication on the signaling. It should be noted that the information thus provided may be transmitted to an information system via one or more additional communication interfaces and / or paths and / or connections. The target indication may be a high-layer indication, and / or the information provided by the information system may be high-layer information, such as application layer or user layer, especially above the radio layers (e.g., transport layer and physical layer). The target indication may be mapped onto the physical layer radio signaling, such as related to or on the user plane, and / or the information may be mapped onto the physical layer radio communication signaling, such as related to or on the user plane (especially in the reverse communication direction). The described method allows for providing a target indication, thereby facilitating the information to be provided in a particular format that is particularly suitable and / or adapted for efficient use of the air interface.The user input can represent, for example, a selection from among multiple possible transmission modes or formats and / or paths (e.g., in terms of the data rate and / or encapsulation and / or size of the information to be provided by the information system).

[0089] Generally, a parameter set and / or a subcarrier spacing can indicate the bandwidth of the subcarriers of a carrier (in the frequency domain) and / or the number of subcarriers in a carrier and / or the numbering of the subcarriers in a carrier. In particular, different parameter sets can be different in terms of the bandwidth of the subcarriers. In some variations, all of the subcarriers in a carrier have the same bandwidth associated therewith. The parameter set and / or the subcarrier spacing can be different between carriers, particularly in terms of the subcarrier bandwidth. The symbol time length and / or the time length related to the timing structure of a carrier can depend on the carrier frequency and / or the subcarrier spacing and / or the parameter set. In particular, different parameter sets can have different symbol time lengths.

[0090] Signaling can generally include one or more symbols and / or signals and / or messages. A signal can include or represent one or more bits. An indication can represent signaling, and / or can be implemented as one signal or multiple signals. One or more signals can be included in a message and / or represented by a message. Signaling, particularly control signaling, can include multiple signals and / or messages, which can be sent on different carriers and / or be associated with different signaling procedures, e.g., representing and / or relating to one or more such procedures and / or corresponding information. An indication can include signaling and / or multiple signals and / or messages, and / or can be included therein, and the indication can be sent on different carriers and / or be associated with different acknowledgment signaling procedures, e.g., representing and / or relating to one or more such procedures. Signaling associated with a channel can be sent to represent the signaling and / or information for that channel, and / or the signaling is interpreted by a transmitter and / or a receiver as belonging to that channel. Such signaling can generally conform to the transmission parameters and / or format for that channel.

[0091] A reference signaling can be a signaling that includes one or more reference symbols and / or structures. The reference signaling can be suitable for measuring and / or estimating and / or representing transmission conditions, such as channel conditions and / or transmission path conditions and / or channel (or signal or transmission) quality. It can be considered that the transmission characteristics of the reference signaling (e.g., signal strength and / or form and / or modulation and / or timing) can be used by both the transmitter and the receiver of the signaling (e.g., due to being predefined and / or configured or configurable and / or being transmitted). Different types of reference signaling can be considered, such as those related to uplink, downlink or sidelink, specific to a cell (especially the whole cell, e.g., CRS) or specific to a device or user (addressed to a specific target or user equipment, e.g., CSI-RS), demodulation related (e.g., DMRS) and / or signal strength related, such as power related or energy related or amplitude related (e.g., SRS or pilot signaling) and / or phase related, etc.

[0092] An antenna device may include one or more antenna elements (radiating elements), which may be combined in an antenna array. The antenna array or sub-array may include one or more antenna elements, which may be arranged, for example, two-dimensionally (e.g., in a panel) or three-dimensionally. It can be considered that each antenna array or sub-array or element is controllable individually, and accordingly, different antenna arrays can be controlled independently of each other. A single antenna element / radiator can be considered as the smallest example of a sub-array. Examples of antenna arrays include one or more multi-antenna panels or one or more independently controllable antenna elements. The antenna device may include a plurality of antenna arrays. It can be considered that the antenna device is associated with (a specific and / or single) radio node (e.g., configuring or notifying or scheduling the radio node), for example, in order to be controlled by the radio node or be controllable by the radio node. An antenna device associated with a UE or terminal may be smaller (e.g., in terms of the size and / or number of antenna elements or arrays) than an antenna device associated with a network node. The antenna elements of the antenna device may be configured for different arrays, for example, to change beamforming characteristics. In particular, an antenna array may be formed by combining one or more independently or separately controllable antenna elements or sub-arrays. The beam may be provided by analog beamforming or, in some variants, by digital beamforming. The notifying radio node may be configured with the manner of beam transmission, for example, by sending a corresponding indicator or indication (e.g., as a beam identification indication). However, the following situation may be considered: the notifying radio node is not configured with such information and / or operates transparently without knowing the beamforming manner used. It can be considered that the antenna device is controllable individually in terms of the phase and / or amplitude / power and / or gain of the signal fed to it for transmission, and / or the individually controllable antenna device may include independent or separate transmit and / or receive units and / or ADC (analog-to-digital converter, or ADC chain) to convert digital control information into the analog antenna feed of the entire antenna device (the ADC can be considered as part of the antenna circuit and / or be connected or connectable to the antenna circuit). The scenario where each antenna element is controllable individually can be referred to as digital beamforming, while the scenario where a larger array / sub-array is controllable individually can be considered as an example of analog beamforming. A hybrid form can be considered.

[0093] Uplink or sidelink signaling may be OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access) or SC-FDMA (Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiple Access) signaling. Downlink signaling may particularly be OFDMA signaling. However, the signaling is not limited thereto (filter bank-based signaling can be considered as an alternative).

[0094] A radio node is generally considered to be a device or node suitable for wireless and / or radio (and / or microwave) frequency communication, for example, according to a communication standard and / or for communicating using an air interface.

[0095] A radio node can be a network node or a user equipment or terminal. A network node can be any radio node of a wireless communication network, such as a base station and / or a gNodeB (gNB) and / or an eNodeB (eNB) and / or a relay node and / or a micro / nano / pico / femto node and / or a transmission point (TP) and / or an access point (AP) and / or other nodes, especially for the RAN described herein.

[0096] In the context of the present disclosure, the terms user equipment (UE) and terminal can be considered interchangeable. A wireless device, user equipment or terminal can represent a terminal device that communicates using a wireless communication network, and / or is implemented as a user equipment according to a standard. Examples of user equipment can include a telephone such as a smart phone, a personal communication device, a mobile phone or terminal, a computer (especially a laptop), a sensor or machine with radio capabilities (and / or suitable for an air interface) (especially for MTC (Machine-Type Communication, sometimes also referred to as M2M (Machine-to-Machine))), or a vehicle suitable for wireless communication. The user equipment or terminal can be mobile or fixed. A wireless device typically can include and / or be implemented as a processing circuit and / or a radio circuit, which can include one or more chips or chip sets. One and / or more circuits can be, for example, encapsulated in a chip housing, and / or can have one or more physical interfaces to interact with other circuits and / or for power supply. Such a wireless device can be intended for a user equipment or terminal.

[0097] A radio node typically can include a processing circuit and / or a radio circuit. In some cases, a radio node (especially a network node) can include a cable circuit and / or a communication circuit through which the radio node can be connected or connectable to another radio node and / or a core network.

[0098] The circuit can include an integrated circuit. The processing circuit can include one or more processors and / or controllers (such as a microcontroller) and / or an ASIC (Application-Specific Integrated Circuit) and / or an FPGA (Field-Programmable Gate Array) or the like. The processing circuit can be considered to include and / or (operably) be connected to or connectable to one or more memories or storage devices. The storage device can include one or more memories. The memory can be suitable for storing digital information. Examples of memories include volatile and non-volatile memories and / or random access memory (RAM) and / or read-only memory (ROM) and / or magnetic and / or optical memories and / or flash memory and / or hard disk memory and / or EPROM or EEPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM or Electrically Erasable Programmable ROM).

[0099] A radio circuit may include one or more transmitters and / or receivers and / or transceivers (a transceiver may operate or be operable as a transmitter and a receiver, and / or may include, for example, combined or separate circuits for receiving and transmitting in one package or housing) and / or may include one or more amplifiers and / or oscillators and / or filters and / or may include and / or be connected or connectable to an antenna circuit and / or one or more antennas and / or an antenna array. An antenna array may include one or more antennas (which may be arranged in a dimensional array such as a 2D or 3D array) and / or an antenna panel. A remote radio head (RRH) may be regarded as an example of an antenna array. However, in some variants, depending on the kind of circuits and / or functions implemented therein, the RRH may also be implemented as a network node.

[0100] A communication circuit may include a radio circuit and / or a cable circuit. A communication circuit may generally include one or more interfaces, which may be an air interface and / or a cable interface and / or an optical interface, such as laser-based. The interface may particularly be packet-based. A cable circuit and / or a cable interface may include and / or be connected or connectable to one or more cables (e.g., fiber-optic-based and / or wire-based), which may be directly or indirectly (e.g., via one or more intermediate systems and / or interfaces) connected or connectable to a target, for example, controlled by the communication circuit and / or the processing circuit.

[0101] Any one or all of the modules disclosed herein may be implemented in software and / or firmware and / or hardware. Different modules may be associated with different components of a radio node (e.g., different circuits or different parts of a circuit). The modules may be considered to be distributed over different components and / or circuits. A program product described herein may include modules related to a device (e.g., a user equipment or a network node) on which the program product is intended to be executed (the execution may be executed on and / or controlled by the associated circuit).

[0102] A radio access network may be a wireless communication network and / or a radio access network (RAN) particularly according to a communication standard. The communication standard may particularly be a standard according to 3GPP and / or 5G (e.g., according to NR or LTE, particularly LTE evolution).

[0103] A wireless communication network can be and / or include a radio access network (RAN), which can be and / or include any kind of cellular and / or wireless radio network that can be connected to or is connectable to a core network. The methods described herein are particularly applicable to 5G networks, such as LTE evolution and / or NR (New Radio), and accordingly applicable to their successors. The RAN can include one or more network nodes, and / or one or more terminals, and / or one or more radio nodes. A network node can in particular be a radio node adapted to communicate radio and / or wireless and / or cellularly with one or more terminals. A terminal can be any device adapted to communicate radio and / or wireless and / or cellularly with the RAN or within the RAN, such as a user equipment (UE) or a mobile phone or a smart phone or a computing device or a vehicle communication device or a device for machine-type communication (MTC), etc. A terminal can be mobile or in some cases fixed. The RAN or the wireless communication network can include at least one network node and a UE, or at least two radio nodes. Generally, a wireless communication network or system, such as a RAN or a RAN system, can be considered that includes at least one radio node, and / or at least one network node and at least one terminal.

[0104] Transmission in the downlink can involve transmission from a network or a network node to a terminal. Transmission in the uplink can involve transmission from a terminal to a network or a network node. Transmission in the sidelink can involve (direct) transmission from one terminal to another terminal. Uplink, downlink, and sidelink (e.g., sidelink transmission and reception) can be considered as communication directions. In some variants, the uplink and the downlink can also be used to describe wireless communication between network nodes, such as for wireless backhaul and / or relay communication and / or (wireless) network communication between base stations or similar network nodes, particularly communication terminated herein. It can be considered that backhaul and / or relay communication and / or network communication are implemented as a form of sidelink communication or a form similar thereto.

[0105] Control information or a control information message or corresponding signaling (control signaling) can be sent on a control channel (e.g., a physical control channel), which can be a downlink channel (or in some cases a sidelink channel, e.g., one UE scheduling another UE). For example, control information / assignment information can be signaled by a network node on the PDCCH (Physical Downlink Control Channel) and / or PDSCH (Physical Downlink Shared Channel) and / or a HARQ-specific channel. Acknowledgment signaling (e.g., as a form of uplink control information or signaling such as uplink control information / signaling) can be sent by a terminal on the PUCCH (Physical Uplink Control Channel) and / or PUSCH (Physical Uplink Shared Channel) and / or a HARQ-specific channel. Multiple channels can be applicable for multi-component / multi-carrier indication or signaling.

[0106] Signaling can generally be regarded as representing an electromagnetic wave structure (e.g., in terms of time intervals and frequency intervals), which is intended to convey information to at least one specific or general (e.g., anyone who might pick up the signaling) target. The signaling process can include sending the signaling. Sending the signaling (especially control signaling or communication signaling, e.g., including or representing acknowledgment signaling and / or resource request information) can include encoding and / or modulation. Encoding and / or modulation can include error detection coding and / or forward error correction coding and / or scrambling. Receiving control signaling can include corresponding decoding and / or demodulation. Error detection coding can include and / or be based on parity check or checksum methods, e.g., CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check). Forward error correction coding can include and / or be based on, for example, turbo coding and / or Reed-Muller coding and / or polar coding and / or LDPC coding (Low-Density Parity Check). The type of coding used can be based on the channel (e.g., physical channel) associated with the coded signal. Considering that coding adds coding bits for error detection coding and forward error correction, the code rate can represent the ratio of the number of information bits before coding to the number of coded bits after coding. The coded bits can refer to the information bits (also called systematic bits) plus the coding bits.

[0107] Communication signaling can include and / or represent and / or be implemented as data signaling and / or user plane signaling. Communication signaling can be associated with a data channel (e.g., a physical downlink channel or a physical uplink channel or a physical sidelink channel, especially the Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) or the Physical Sidelink Shared Channel (PSSCH)). Generally, a data channel can be a shared channel or a dedicated channel. Data signaling can be signaling associated with and / or on a data channel.

[0108] An indication can typically indicate the information it represents and / or indicates explicitly and / or implicitly. An implicit indication can be based, for example, on the location and / or resources used for transmission. An explicit indication can be based, for example, on parameterization with one or more parameters and / or one or more indices and / or one or more bit patterns representing information. In particular, it can be considered that the control signaling as described herein implicitly indicates the control signaling type based on the resource sequence utilized.

[0109] A resource element can typically describe the smallest individually available and / or encodable and / or decodable and / or modifiable and / or demodifiable time-frequency resource, and / or can describe a time-frequency resource that covers the symbol time length in time and the subcarriers in frequency. A signal can be assignable to and / or be assigned to a resource element. A subcarrier can be, for example, a sub-band of a carrier as defined by a standard. A carrier can define the frequency and / or frequency band for transmission and / or reception. In some variants, a signal (jointly encoded / modulated) can cover multiple resource elements. A resource element can typically be as defined by the corresponding standard (e.g., NR or LTE). Since the symbol time length and / or subcarrier spacing (and / or parameter set) can be different between different symbols and / or subcarriers, different resource elements can have different extents (length / width) in the time domain and / or frequency domain, especially those involving different carriers.

[0110] A resource can typically represent a time-frequency and / or code resource on which signaling according to a specific format can be transmitted (e.g., sent and / or received) and / or be intended for transmission and / or reception.

[0111] A boundary symbol can typically represent a start symbol or an end symbol for transmission and / or reception. The start symbol can in particular be the start symbol of an uplink or sidelink signaling (e.g., control signaling or data signaling). Such signaling can be on a data channel or a control channel (e.g., a physical channel, especially a physical uplink shared channel (e.g., PUSCH) or a sidelink data or shared channel, or a physical uplink control channel (e.g., PUCCH) or a sidelink control channel). If the start symbol is associated with control signaling (e.g., on a control channel), the control signaling can be in response to the received signaling (on the sidelink or downlink), e.g., representing an acknowledgment signaling associated with the control signaling, which can be HARQ or ARQ signaling. The end symbol can represent the end symbol (in time) of a downlink or sidelink transmission or signaling, which can be intended for or scheduled for a radio node or a user equipment. Such downlink signaling can in particular be, for example, data signaling on a physical downlink channel such as a shared channel (e.g., physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH)). The start symbol can be determined based on and / or relative to such an end symbol.

[0112] Configuring a radio node (especially a terminal or user equipment) can mean that the radio node is adapted, caused to be set up and / or instructed to operate according to the configuration. The configuration can be done by another device (such as a network node (e.g., a radio node of a network such as a base station or eNodeB)) or the network. In this case, it can include sending configuration data to the radio node to be configured. Such configuration data can represent the configuration to be configured and / or include one or more instructions related to the configuration (e.g., for transmitting and / or receiving on allocated resources especially frequency resources). The radio node can configure itself, for example, based on the configuration data received from the network or a network node. The network node can utilize and / or be adapted to utilize its circuitry for configuration. The allocation information can be considered a form of configuration data. The configuration data can include configuration information and / or one or more corresponding indications and / or messages and / or be represented by the configuration information and / or one or more corresponding indications and / or messages.

[0113] Generally, configuring can include determining the configuration data representing the configuration and providing it, for example, sending it to one or more other nodes (in parallel and / or sequentially), and one or more other nodes can further send it to the radio node (or another node, which can be repeated until it reaches the wireless device). Alternatively or additionally, configuring the radio node, for example, by a network node or other device can include, for example, receiving configuration data and / or data related to the configuration data from another node such as a network node (which can be a higher-level node of the network), and / or sending the received configuration data to the radio node. Thus, determining the configuration and sending the configuration data to the radio node can be performed by different network nodes or entities that are able to communicate via a suitable interface (e.g., the X2 interface in the case of LTE or the corresponding interface for NR). Configuring a terminal can include scheduling the downlink and / or uplink transmissions of the terminal (e.g., downlink data and / or downlink control signaling and / or DCI and / or uplink control or data or communication signaling, especially acknowledgment signaling) and / or configuring resources and / or resource pools for this purpose.

[0114] If a resource structure shares a common boundary frequency with another resource structure, e.g., one as an upper limit frequency boundary and the other as a lower limit frequency boundary, then the one resource structure can be considered adjacent to the other resource structure in the frequency domain. Such a boundary can be represented, for example, by the upper limit of the bandwidth assigned to subcarrier n, which also represents the lower limit of the bandwidth assigned to subcarrier n+1. If a resource structure shares a common boundary time with another resource structure, e.g., one as an upper limit (or the right side in a figure) boundary and the other as a lower limit (or the left side in a figure) boundary, then the one resource structure can be considered adjacent to the other resource structure in the time domain. Such a boundary can be represented, for example, by the end of the symbol time interval assigned to symbol n, which also represents the start of the symbol time interval assigned to symbol n+1.

[0115] Generally, a resource structure adjacent to another resource structure in a domain can also be referred to as adjacent and / or contiguous to the other resource structure in the domain.

[0116] A resource structure can generally represent a structure in the time domain and / or the frequency domain, particularly representing a time interval and a frequency interval. A resource structure can include resource elements and / or be composed of resource elements, and / or the time interval of a resource structure can include symbol time intervals and / or be composed of symbol time intervals, and / or the frequency interval of a resource structure can include subcarriers and / or be composed of subcarriers. A resource element can be considered an example of a resource structure, and a time slot or a mini-slot or a physical resource block (PRB) or a part thereof can be considered other resource structures. A resource structure can be associated with a specific channel (e.g., PUSCH or PUCCH, particularly a resource structure smaller than a time slot or a PRB).

[0117] Examples of resource structures in the frequency domain include bandwidth or frequency band or a portion of bandwidth. A portion of bandwidth can be a part of the bandwidth available for a radio node to communicate (e.g., due to circuitry and / or configuration and / or regulation and / or standard). A portion of bandwidth can be configured or configurable to a radio node. In some variants, a portion of bandwidth can be a part of the bandwidth used for a radio node to communicate (e.g., transmit and / or receive). A portion of bandwidth can be smaller than the bandwidth (which can be the device bandwidth defined by the device's circuitry / configuration and / or, for example, the system bandwidth available for the RAN). A portion of bandwidth can be considered to include one or more resource blocks or groups of resource blocks, particularly one or more PRBs or groups of PRBs. A portion of bandwidth can relate to and / or include one or more carriers.

[0118] A carrier can generally represent a frequency range or band and / or relate to a center frequency and an associated frequency spacing. A carrier can be considered to include a plurality of sub-carriers. A carrier can have a center frequency or center frequency spacing assigned to it, represented by, for example, one or more sub-carriers (a frequency bandwidth or spacing can generally be assigned to each sub-carrier). Different carriers can be non-overlapping and / or can be adjacent in the frequency domain.

[0119] It should be noted that the term "radio" in the present disclosure can generally be considered to relate to wireless communication and can also include wireless communication using microwaves and / or millimeters and / or other frequencies (especially between 100 MHz or 1 GHz and 100 GHz or 20 or 10 GHz). Such communication can utilize one or more carriers.

[0120] A radio node (especially a network node or a terminal) can generally be any device adapted to transmit and / or receive radio and / or wireless signals and / or data (especially communication data) particularly on at least one carrier. At least one carrier can include a carrier accessed based on an LBT process (which can be called an LBT carrier), such as an unlicensed carrier. A carrier can be considered to be part of a carrier aggregation.

[0121] Receiving or transmitting on a cell or a carrier can refer to receiving or transmitting using the frequency (frequency band) or spectrum associated with that cell or carrier. A cell can generally include one or more carriers and / or be defined by one or more carriers, particularly at least one carrier for UL communication / transmission (called a UL carrier) and at least one carrier for DL communication / transmission (called a DL carrier). A cell can be considered to include different numbers of UL carriers and DL carriers. Alternatively or additionally, a cell can include at least one carrier for UL communication / transmission and DL communication / transmission, for example, in a TDD-based method.

[0122] A channel can generally be a logical, transmission, or physical channel. A channel can include and / or be arranged on one or more carriers, particularly a plurality of sub-carriers. A channel carrying and / or used for carrying control signaling / control information can be considered a control channel, especially if it is a physical layer channel and / or if it carries control plane information. Similarly, a channel carrying and / or used for carrying data signaling / user information can be considered a data channel, especially if it is a physical layer channel and / or if it carries user plane information. A channel can be defined for a specific communication direction or two complementary communication directions (e.g., UL and DL, or sidelink in both directions), in which case it can be considered to have two component channels, one for each direction. Examples of channels include channels for low-latency and / or high-reliability transmission, particularly channels for ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC), which can be used for control and / or data.

[0123] Generally, a symbol can represent a symbol time length and / or be associated with a symbol time length, which can depend on a carrier and / or subcarrier spacing and / or a parameter set of an associated carrier. Thus, a symbol can be considered to indicate a time interval having a symbol time length with respect to the frequency domain. The symbol time length can depend on the carrier frequency and / or bandwidth and / or parameter set and / or subcarrier spacing of the symbol or associated with the symbol. Thus, different symbols can have different symbol time lengths. In particular, parameter sets with different subcarrier spacings can have different symbol time lengths. Generally, the symbol time length can be based on and / or include a guard time interval or cyclic extension (e.g., prefix or suffix).

[0124] A sidelink can generally represent a communication channel (or channel structure) between two UEs and / or terminals, where data is sent between the participants (UEs and / or terminals) via the communication channel, e.g., sent directly and / or relayed without passing through a network node. A sidelink can be established only via and / or directly via the air interfaces of the participants, which can be directly linked via the sidelink communication channel. In some variants, sidelink communication can be performed without the interaction of a network node, e.g., on resources defined in a fixed manner and / or resources negotiated between the participants. Alternatively or additionally, a network node can be considered to provide some control functions, e.g., by configuring resources (in particular one or more resource pools), for sidelink communication and / or monitoring the sidelink, e.g., for billing purposes.

[0125] Sidelink communication can also be referred to as device-to-device (D2D) communication, and / or in certain cases (e.g., in the context of LTE) as ProSe (Proximity Services) communication. A sidelink can be implemented in the context of V2x communication (vehicle communication), e.g., V2V (vehicle-to-vehicle), V2I (vehicle-to-infrastructure), and / or V2P (vehicle-to-person). Any device suitable for sidelink communication can be regarded as a user equipment or a terminal.

[0126] The sidelink communication channel (or structure) may include one or more (e.g., physical or logical) channels, such as the PSCCH (Physical Sidelink Control Channel, which may carry control information such as an acknowledgment location indication, for example) and / or the PSSCH (Physical Sidelink Shared Channel, which may carry data and / or acknowledgment signaling, for example). The sidelink communication channel (or structure) may be considered to involve and / or use one or more carriers and / or frequency ranges, for example, according to a particular license and / or standard, which are associated with and / or used by cellular communication. Participants may share (physical) channels and / or resources, particularly in the frequency domain and / or related to the frequency resources (such as carriers) of the sidelink, such that two or more participants can transmit thereon, for example, simultaneously and / or with a time shift, and / or may have specific channels and / or resources associated with a particular participant, such that, for example, only one participant can transmit on a specific channel in the frequency domain and / or related to one or more carriers or subcarriers or on one or more specific resources.

[0127] The sidelink may conform to a particular standard (e.g., an LTE-based standard and / or NR) and / or be implemented according to that particular standard. The sidelink may utilize TDD (Time Division Duplex) and / or FDD (Frequency Division Duplex) techniques, for example, as configured by a network node and / or preconfigured and / or negotiated between participants. A user equipment may be considered suitable for sidelink communication if, in particular, according to a particular standard, the user equipment and / or its radio circuitry and / or processing circuitry are suitable for utilizing the sidelink on one or more frequency ranges and / or carriers and / or in one or more formats. Generally, the radio access network may be considered to be defined by two participants in sidelink communication. Alternatively or additionally, the radio access network may be represented and / or defined using a network node and / or communication with such a node, and / or related to the network node and / or communication with such a node.

[0128] Communication or transmission generally may include sending and / or receiving signaling. Communication (or sidelink signaling) on the sidelink may include communicating (correspondingly, for signaling) using the sidelink. Sidelink transmission and / or transmission on the sidelink may be considered to include transmission using the sidelink (e.g., associated resources and / or transmission format and / or circuitry and / or air interface). Sidelink reception and / or reception on the sidelink may be considered to include reception using the sidelink (e.g., associated resources and / or transmission format and / or circuitry and / or air interface). Sidelink control information (e.g., SCI) generally may be considered to include control information transmitted using the sidelink. Communication or signaling may be based on TDD operation in some cases and on FDD operation in other cases.

[0129] Generally, carrier aggregation (CA) can refer to the concept of a radio connection and / or communication link between a wireless and / or cellular communication network and / or network node and a terminal, and / or on a sidelink (which includes multiple carriers for at least one transmission direction (e.g., DL and / or UL)), and refers to an aggregate of carriers. The corresponding communication link can be referred to as a carrier aggregation communication link or a CA communication link; the carriers in the carrier aggregate can be referred to as component carriers (CCs). In such a link, data can be transmitted on multiple carriers and / or all carriers of the carrier aggregation (the carrier aggregate). Carrier aggregation can include one (or more) dedicated control carriers and / or a primary carrier (which can be referred to, for example, as a primary component carrier or PCC), on which control information can be transmitted, where the control information can relate to the primary carrier and other carriers, and the other carriers can be referred to as secondary carriers (or secondary component carriers SCCs). However, in some methods, control information can be transmitted on multiple carriers of the aggregate (e.g., one or more PCCs and one PCC and one or more SCCs).

[0130] Transmission generally can involve a specific channel and / or specific resources, particularly having a start symbol and an end symbol in time, thereby covering the interval between them. A scheduled transmission can be a transmission that is scheduled and / or expected and / or for which resources are scheduled or provided or reserved. However, it is not necessary for every scheduled transmission to be realized. For example, due to power limitations or other effects (e.g., the channel on an unlicensed carrier is occupied), a scheduled downlink transmission may not be received, or a scheduled uplink transmission may not be sent. A transmission can be scheduled for a transmission timing sub-structure (e.g., a mini-slot, and / or only covering a part of the transmission timing structure) within a transmission timing structure such as a time slot. A boundary symbol can indicate the symbol at which the transmission starts or ends in the transmission timing structure.

[0131] In the context of the present disclosure, predefined can refer to, for example, relevant information defined by a standard, and / or relevant information that is available without specific configuration from a network or network node (e.g., stored in a memory independently of being configured). Configured or configurable can be considered to relate to, for example, corresponding information set / configured by a network or network node.

[0132] Configurations or scheduling, such as micro-slot configurations and / or structural configurations, can schedule transmissions, for example, it is effective for time / transmission, and / or the transmissions can be scheduled by separate signaling or separate configurations (such as separate RRC signaling and / or downlink control information signaling). The scheduled transmissions can represent signaling to be sent by a device (the signaling is scheduled for this device) or signaling to be received by a device (the signaling is scheduled for this device), depending on which side of the communication the device is on. It should be noted that compared with higher-layer signaling such as media access control (MAC) signaling or RRC layer signaling, downlink control information or specifically DCI signaling can be considered physical layer signaling. The higher the signaling layer, the lower its frequency / time / resource consumption can be considered, at least in part because the information contained in such signaling must be passed through several layers, and each layer requires processing and handling.

[0133] The scheduled transmissions and / or transmission timing structures such as micro-slots or time slots can involve specific channels, especially the physical uplink shared channel, physical uplink control channel, or physical downlink shared channel, such as PUSCH, PUCCH, or PDSCH, and / or can involve specific cells and / or carrier aggregation. The corresponding configurations (such as scheduling configurations or symbol configurations) can involve such channels, cells, and / or carrier aggregation. The scheduled transmissions can be considered to represent transmissions on physical channels (especially shared physical channels, such as the physical uplink shared channel or physical downlink shared channel). For such channels, semi-persistent configurations can be particularly suitable.

[0134] Generally, the configuration can be a configuration indicating timing and / or represented or configured by corresponding configuration data. The configuration can be embedded and / or included in a message or configuration or corresponding data, which can especially semi-persistently and / or semi-statically indicate and / or schedule resources.

[0135] The control region of the transmission timing structure can be an interval of time reserved for control signaling (especially downlink control signaling) and / or for a specific control channel (e.g., the physical downlink control channel, such as PDCCH). This interval can include multiple symbols in time and / or be composed of multiple symbols in time, and the multiple symbols in time can be configured or configurable through, for example, (UE-specific) dedicated signaling on the PDCCH (which can be unicast, e.g., addressed to or intended for a specific UE), or RRC signaling, or on a multicast or broadcast channel. Generally, the transmission timing structure can include a control region covering a configurable number of symbols. It can be considered that generally, the boundary symbols are configured to be after the control region in time.

[0136] The duration (symbol time length or interval) of a symbol of the transmission timing structure can generally depend on the parameter set and / or the carrier, where the parameter set and / or the carrier can be configurable. The parameter set can be the parameter set to be used for the scheduled transmission.

[0137] The scheduling device or scheduling for the device and / or the associated transmission or signaling can be considered to include configuring resources for the device and / or indicating resources to the device, or a form of configuring resources for the device and / or indicating resources to the device, such as for communication. Scheduling can in particular relate to the transmission timing structure or a sub-structure thereof (e.g., a time slot or a mini-slot, which can be considered a sub-structure of a time slot). It can be considered that even for the scheduled sub-structure, for example if the underlying timing grid is defined based on the transmission timing structure, the boundary symbols can be identified and / or determined relative to the transmission timing structure. The signaling indicating the scheduling can include the corresponding scheduling information and / or be considered to represent or contain configuration data indicating the scheduled transmission and / or including the scheduling information. Such configuration data or signaling can be considered a resource configuration or a scheduling configuration. It should be noted that if there is no other configuration data (e.g., configured by other signaling such as higher layer signaling), such a configuration (especially as a single message) may not be complete in some cases. In particular, in addition to the scheduling / resource configuration, symbol configuration can also be provided to accurately identify which symbols are allocated to the scheduled transmission. The scheduling (or resource) configuration can indicate the transmission timing structure and / or the amount of resources (e.g., in terms of the number of symbols or the time length) for the scheduled transmission.

[0138] The scheduled transmission can be, for example, a transmission scheduled by a network or a network node. In this case, the transmission can be an uplink (UL) or downlink (DL) or sidelink (SL) transmission. The device (such as a user equipment) for which the scheduled transmission is scheduled can be scheduled accordingly to receive (e.g., in DL or SL) or transmit (e.g., in UL or SL) the scheduled transmission. Scheduling a transmission can particularly be considered to include configuring resources for the scheduled device for this transmission, and / or notifying the device that the transmission is intended and / or scheduled for certain resources. The transmission can be scheduled to cover a time interval (particularly a consecutive number of symbols), which can form a consecutive time interval between a start symbol and an end symbol (and including the start symbol and the end symbol). The start symbol and the end symbol of the (e.g., scheduled) transmission can be within the same transmission timing structure (such as the same time slot). However, in some cases, the end symbol can be in a transmission timing structure later (particularly in a structure later in time) than the start symbol. For a scheduled transmission, a duration can be associated therewith, and / or the duration can be indicated, for example, by the number of symbols or associated time intervals. In some variants, different transmissions can be scheduled within the same transmission timing structure. The scheduled transmission can be considered to be associated with a specific channel (e.g., a shared channel such as PUSCH or PDSCH).

[0139] In the context of the present disclosure, a distinction can be made between dynamically scheduled or aperiodic transmissions and / or configurations and semi-static or semi-persistent or periodic transmissions and / or configurations. The term "dynamic" or a similar term can generally relate to a configuration / transmission that is valid and / or scheduled and / or configured for a (relatively) short timescale and / or (e.g., predefined and / or configured and / or restricted and / or determined) number of occurrences and / or transmission timing structures, such as one or more transmission timing structures (such as time slots or slot aggregations) and / or one or more (e.g., a specific number) of transmissions / occurrences. A dynamic configuration can be based on low-level signaling, e.g., control signaling on the physical layer and / or MAC layer, specifically in the form of DCI or SCI. Periodic / semi-static can relate to a longer timescale, such as several time slots and / or more than one frame and / or an undefined number of occurrences, e.g., until a dynamic configuration contradicts or until a new periodic configuration arrives. A periodic or semi-static configuration can be based on high-level signaling and / or be configured with high-level signaling, particularly RCL layer signaling and / or RRC signaling and / or MAC signaling.

[0140] A transmission timing structure may include a plurality of symbols, and / or define an interval (and correspondingly, their associated time intervals) that includes a plurality of symbols. In the context of the present disclosure, it should be noted that for ease of reference, a reference to a symbol may be interpreted as referring to the time-domain projection or time interval or time component or duration or time length of the symbol, unless it is clear from the context that frequency-domain components must also be considered. Examples of transmission timing structures include time slots, subframes, mini-slots (which may also be considered sub-structures of time slots), slot aggregations (which may include a plurality of time slots and may be considered super-structures of time slots), and correspondingly their time-domain components. A transmission timing structure typically may include a plurality of symbols that define the time-domain extension (e.g., interval or length or duration) of the transmission timing structure and are arranged adjacent to each other in a numbered order. A timing structure (which may also be considered or implemented as a synchronization structure) may be defined by a series of such transmission timing structures, which may, for example, define a timing grid with symbols representing a minimum grid structure. A transmission timing structure and / or a boundary symbol or a scheduled transmission may be determined or scheduled relative to such a timing grid. A received transmission timing structure may be one in which, for example, scheduling control signaling is received relative to the timing grid. A transmission timing structure may particularly be a time slot or a subframe, or in some cases a mini-slot.

[0141] Feedback signaling may be considered a form of control signaling, such as uplink or sidelink control signaling, such as UCI (Uplink Control Information) signaling or SCI (Sidelink Control Information) signaling. Feedback signaling may particularly include and / or represent acknowledgment signaling and / or acknowledgment information and / or measurement reports.

[0142] Acknowledgment information may include an indication of a specific value or state for an acknowledgment signaling process, such as ACK or NACK or DTX. Such an indication may, for example, represent a bit or a bit value or a bit pattern or an information toggle. Different levels of acknowledgment information (e.g., providing differentiated information about the reception quality and / or error location in the received data elements) may be considered control signaling and / or represented by control signaling. Acknowledgment information typically may indicate acknowledgment or non-acknowledgment or non-reception or different levels thereof, such as representing ACK or NACK or DTX. Acknowledgment information may pertain to one acknowledgment signaling process. Acknowledgment signaling may include acknowledgment information pertaining to one or more acknowledgment signaling processes (particularly one or more HARQ or ARQ processes). It may be considered that for each acknowledgment signaling process to which the acknowledgment information pertains, a specific number of bits of the information size of the control signaling is allocated. Measurement report signaling may include measurement information.

[0143] Signaling generally may include one or more symbols and / or signals and / or messages. A signal may include and / or represent one or more bits, and the bits may be modulated into a common modulation signal. An indication may represent signaling and / or may be implemented as one signal or multiple signals. One or more signals may be included in a message and / or represented by a message. Signaling (especially control signaling) may include multiple signals and / or messages, and the multiple signals and / or messages may be sent on different carriers and / or associated with different acknowledgment signaling procedures, such as representing and / or involving one or more such procedures. An indication may include signaling and / or multiple signals and / or messages, and / or may be included in signaling and / or multiple signals and / or messages, and the signaling and / or multiple signals and / or messages may be sent on different carriers and / or associated with different acknowledgment signaling procedures, such as representing and / or involving one or more such procedures.

[0144] Signaling utilizing a resource or resource structure and / or on or associated with a resource or resource structure may be signaling covering the resource or structure, signaling on an associated frequency and / or within an associated time interval. It can be considered that a signaling resource structure includes and / or encompasses one or more sub-structures, which may be associated with one or more different channels and / or signaling types and / or include one or more holes (resource elements not scheduled for transmission or reception of transmission). A resource sub-structure (such as a feedback resource structure) generally may be continuous in time and / or frequency within an associated interval. It can be considered that a sub-structure (especially a feedback resource structure) represents a rectangle filled with one or more resource elements in time / frequency space. However, in some cases, a resource structure or sub-structure (especially a frequency resource range) may represent a discontinuous pattern of resources in one or more domains (e.g., time and / or frequency). Resource elements of a sub-structure may be scheduled for associated signaling.

[0145] Generally, it should be noted that the number of bits or bit rate associated with a specific signaling that can be carried on a resource element may be based on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS). Thus, bits or bit rate may be regarded as a form of resource representing a resource structure or a frequency and / or time range, which specifically depends on the MCS, for example. The MCS may be configured or configurable by control signaling (such as DCI or MAC (Media Access Control) or RRC (Radio Resource Control) signaling), for example.

[0146] Different formats for controlling information can be considered, for example different formats for controlling channels (such as the Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)). The PUCCH can carry control information or corresponding control signaling, such as Uplink Control Information (UCI). The UCI can include feedback signaling and / or acknowledgment signaling (such as HARQ feedback (ACK / NACK)) and / or measurement information signaling (for example including Channel Quality Information (CQI)) and / or Scheduling Request (SR) signaling. One of the supported PUCCH formats may be very short, and may for example occur at the end of a slot interval and / or be multiplexed with the PUSCH and / or be adjacent. Similar control information can be provided on a sidelink (especially on the (Physical) Sidelink Control Channel (such as (P)SCCH)), for example as Sidelink Control Information (SCI).

[0147] A code block can be considered as a sub - element of a data element similar to a transport block, for example a transport block can include one or more code blocks, and these code blocks can be arranged or grouped in a code block group.

[0148] A scheduling assignment can be configured with control signaling, such as downlink control signaling or sidelink control signaling. Such control signaling can be considered to represent and / or include scheduling signaling, and the scheduling signaling can indicate scheduling information. A scheduling assignment can be considered as scheduling information that indicates the scheduling / transmission of signaling, especially with respect to the signaling received or to be received by a device configured with the scheduling assignment. It can be considered that a scheduling assignment can indicate data (for example, data blocks or elements and / or channels and / or data streams) and / or the (associated) acknowledgment signaling process and / or the resources on which the data (or in some cases reference signaling) will be received, and / or indicate the resources for the associated feedback signaling and / or the range of feedback resources on which the associated feedback signaling will be sent. The transmission and / or the associated resources or resource structure associated with the acknowledgment signaling process can be configured and / or scheduled, for example, by the scheduling assignment. Different scheduling assignments can be associated with different acknowledgment signaling processes. A scheduling assignment can be considered as an example of downlink control information or signaling, for example if the scheduling assignment is sent by a network node and / or is provided on the downlink (or sidelink control information if sent using the sidelink and / or by the user equipment).

[0149] A scheduling authorization (e.g., an uplink authorization) may represent control signaling (e.g., downlink control information / signaling). It can be considered that the scheduling authorization configures a signaling resource range and / or resources for uplink (or sidelink) signaling, particularly uplink control signaling and / or feedback signaling, such as acknowledgment signaling. Configuring the signaling resource range and / or resources may include configuring or scheduling them for transmission by the configured radio node. The scheduling authorization may indicate the channel and / or possible channels to be used / available for feedback signaling, particularly whether a shared channel such as a PUSCH can be used / will be used. The scheduling authorization may generally indicate one or more uplink resources and / or uplink channels and / or formats for control information related to an associated scheduling allocation. Both the authorization and the allocation can be regarded as (downlink or sidelink) control information, and / or be associated with different messages and / or be transmitted together with different messages.

[0150] The resource structure in the frequency domain (which can be referred to as a frequency spacing and / or range) can be represented by a subcarrier grouping. The subcarrier grouping can include one or more subcarriers, and each subcarrier can represent a specific frequency spacing and / or bandwidth. The bandwidth of the subcarrier and the length of the spacing in the frequency domain can be determined by the subcarrier spacing and / or the parameter set. The subcarriers can be arranged such that each subcarrier is adjacent to at least one other subcarrier in the group in the frequency space (for a group size greater than 1). The subcarriers of the group can be associated with the same carrier, e.g., configurable or configured or predefined. A physical resource block can be considered to represent the grouping (in the frequency domain). The subcarrier grouping can be considered to be associated with a specific channel and / or signaling type, for which the transmission is scheduled and / or sent and / or intended and / or configured for at least one, several, or all subcarriers in the group. Such an association can be time-related, e.g., configured or configurable or predefined, and / or dynamic or semi-static. The association can be different for different devices, e.g., configured or configurable or predefined, and / or dynamic or semi-static. A pattern of subcarrier groupings can be considered, which can include one or more subcarrier groupings (one or more subcarrier groupings can be associated with the same or different signaling / channel), and / or include one or more groupings without associated signaling (e.g., as seen from a specific device). An example of a pattern is a comb, for which one or more groupings associated with one or more different channels and / or signaling types are arranged between pairs of groupings associated with the same signaling / channel, and / or one or more groupings without an associated channel / signaling. It should be noted that during the signaling path propagation time between a transmitter and a receiver, the resource structure or resources utilized may experience a time shift between the transmitter and the receiver. However, from the perspective of each transmitter and receiver, the use of resources is well-defined, as it can be assumed that they know this delay.

[0151] Example types of signaling include signaling for a specific communication direction, in particular uplink signaling, downlink signaling, sidelink signaling, and reference signaling (e.g., SRS or CRS or CSI-RS), communication signaling, control signaling, and / or signaling associated with a specific channel (e.g., PUSCH, PDSCH, PUCCH, PDCCH, PSCCH, PSSCH, etc.).

[0152] URLLC can represent a quality requirement for signaling, e.g., regarding latency and / or reliability (e.g., in terms of BLER or BER), which can be higher or more stringent than that of eMBB, which can be for less time-critical / less reliable signaling (compared to URLLC signaling).

[0153] In this disclosure, for purposes of explanation and not limitation, specific details (such as specific network functions, procedures, and signaling steps) are set forth to provide a thorough understanding of the technologies presented herein. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts and aspects may be practiced in other variations and deviations from these specific details.

[0154] For example, the concepts and variations are described in part in the context of Long Term Evolution (LTE) or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) or New Radio mobile or wireless communication technologies; however, this does not exclude the use of these concepts and aspects in combination with additional or alternative mobile communication technologies such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). Although the described variations may relate to certain Technical Specifications (TS) of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), it should be understood that these methods, concepts, and aspects may also be implemented in combination with different Performance Management (PM) specifications.

[0155] Furthermore, those skilled in the art will understand that the services, functions, and steps illustrated herein may be implemented using software working in conjunction with a programmed microprocessor or using an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC), a Digital Signal Processor (DSP), a Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), or a general-purpose computer. It should also be understood that although the variations described herein are set forth in the context of methods and devices, the concepts and aspects presented herein may also be embodied in a program product and in a system including, for example, a computer processor and a memory coupled to the processor, where the memory is encoded with one or more programs or program products that execute the services, functions, and steps disclosed herein.

[0156] It is believed that the advantages of the aspects and variations presented herein will be fully understood from the foregoing description, and it will be apparent that various changes may be made to the form, construction, and arrangement of the exemplary aspects thereof without departing from the scope of the concepts and aspects described herein or sacrificing all of their advantageous effects. The aspects presented herein may be varied in many ways.

[0157] Some useful abbreviations include:

[0158] Abbreviation Description

[0159] ACK / NACK Acknowledgment / Negative Acknowledgment

[0160] ARQ Automatic Repeat reQuest

[0161] BER Bit Error Rate

[0162] BLER Block Error Rate

[0163] CAZAC Constant Amplitude Zero Auto-Correlation

[0164] CB code block

[0165] CBG code block group

[0166] CDM code division multiplexing

[0167] CM cubic metric

[0168] CQI channel quality information

[0169] CRC cyclic redundancy check

[0170] CRS common reference signal

[0171] CSI channel state information

[0172] CSI-RS channel state information reference signal

[0173] DAI downlink allocation indicator

[0174] DCI downlink control information

[0175] DFT discrete Fourier transform

[0176] DM(-)RS demodulation reference signal (signaling)

[0177] eMBB enhanced mobile broadband

[0178] FDD frequency division duplexing

[0179] FDM frequency division multiplexing

[0180] HARQ hybrid automatic repeat request

[0181] IFFT inverse fast Fourier transform

[0182] MAC media access control

[0183] MBB mobile broadband

[0184] MCS modulation and coding scheme

[0185] MIMO multiple input multiple output

[0186] MRC maximum ratio combining

[0187] MRT maximum ratio transmission

[0188] MU-MIMO multi-user multiple input multiple output

[0189] OFDM / A orthogonal frequency division multiplexing / multiple access

[0190] PAPR peak-to-average power ratio

[0191] Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH)

[0192] Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH)

[0193] Physical Random Access Channel (PRACH)

[0194] Physical Resource Block (PRB)

[0195] Physical Uplink Control Channel (PUCCH)

[0196] Physical Uplink Shared Channel (PUSCH)

[0197] (Physical) Sidelink Control Channel ((P)SCCH)

[0198] (Physical) Sidelink Shared Channel ((P)SSCH)

[0199] Radio Access Network (RAN)

[0200] Radio Access Technology (RAT)

[0201] Resource Block (RB)

[0202] Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI)

[0203] Radio Resource Control (RRC)

[0204] Scheduling Assignment (SA)

[0205] Single Carrier Frequency Division Multiplexing / Access (SC-FDM / A)

[0206] Sidelink Control Information (SCI)

[0207] Signal-to-Interference-plus-Noise Ratio (SINR)

[0208] Signal-to-Interference Ratio (SIR)

[0209] Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)

[0210] Scheduling Request (SR)

[0211] Sounding Reference Signal (Signaling) (SRS)

[0212] Singular Value Decomposition (SVD)

[0213] Transport Block (TB)

[0214] Time Division Duplex (TDD)

[0215] Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)

[0216] Uplink Control Information (UCI)

[0217] User Equipment (UE)

[0218] The uplink shared channel where UL-SCH is mapped to PUSCH

[0219] URLLC Ultra-Reliable Low-Latency Communication

[0220] VL-MIMO Very Large MIMO

[0221] ZF Zero Forcing

[0222] If applicable, abbreviations can be considered to follow 3GPP usage.

Claims

1. A method of operating a wireless device (10) in a wireless communication network, the wireless device (10) being triggered to send a first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality, and being triggered to send a second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality, wherein the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure; the first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information; The method includes: signaling is sent on the first resource structure, the signaling including second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure, characterized in that if the size of the resources to be used for the second information is lower than a threshold size of the resources and / or lower than a threshold portion of the size of the first resource structure, the second information is mapped to the first resource structure.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, The mapping of the second information is based on a scaling factor.

3. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure and / or the first information.

4. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The second resource structure is associated with transmission on a control channel.

5. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein, The second transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the first transmission quality, wherein the second transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission or operation, and / or the first transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission or operation.

6. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The first information includes a first type of control information, and the second information includes a second type of control information.

7. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure according to the type of control information represented by the second information.

8. The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein The first information includes control information of a different type from the second information, wherein the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure based on the relative type priority of the type of control information.

9. The method according to claim 2, wherein If the second information is not mapped to the first resource structure according to the size of the first resource structure and the scaling factor, the triggered transmission on the first resource structure is omitted or time-shifted.

10. A wireless device (10) for a wireless communication network, the wireless device (10) being adapted to: be triggered to send a first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality, and be triggered to send a second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality, wherein the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure; the first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information; the wireless device (10) is adapted to send signaling on the first resource structure, the signaling including second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure, It is characterized in that If the size of the resources to be used for the second information is lower than the threshold size of the resources and / or lower than the threshold portion of the size of the first resource structure, then the second information is mapped onto the first resource structure.

11. The wireless device according to claim 10, wherein, The mapping of the second information is based on a scaling factor.

12. The wireless device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure and / or the first information.

13. The wireless device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The second resource structure is associated with transmissions on a control channel.

14. The wireless device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The second transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the first transmission quality, wherein the second transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission or operation, and / or the first transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission or operation.

15. The wireless device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The first information includes a first type of control information, and the second information includes a second type of control information.

16. The wireless device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, Based on the type of control information represented by the second information, the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

17. The wireless device according to claim 10 or 11, wherein, The first information includes control information of a different type from the second information, wherein, based on the relative type priority of the type of control information, the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

18. The wireless device according to claim 11, wherein, If, based on the size of the first resource structure and the scaling factor, the second information is not mapped onto the first resource structure, then the triggered transmission on the first resource structure is omitted or time-shifted.

19. A method of operating a network node (100) in a wireless communication network, the method comprising: Receiving signaling from a wireless device (10), the wireless device (10) being triggered to transmit first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality and being triggered to transmit second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality, The first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure; The first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information as control information; wherein receiving the signaling includes: receiving the signaling using the first resource structure, the signaling including the second information mapped onto the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure, Characterized in that if the size of the resources to be used for the second information is lower than the threshold size of the resources and / or lower than the threshold portion of the size of the first resource structure, then the second information is mapped onto the first resource structure.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein, The mapping of the second information is based on a scaling factor.

21. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure and / or the first information.

22. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The second resource structure is associated with transmissions on a control channel.

23. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The second transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the first transmission quality, wherein the second transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission or operation, and / or the first transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission or operation.

24. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The first information includes a first type of control information, and the second information includes a second type of control information.

25. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein Based on the type of control information represented by the second information, the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

26. The method according to claim 19 or 20, wherein The first information includes control information of a type different from that of the second information, wherein, based on the relative type priority of the type of the control information, the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

27. The method according to claim 20, wherein If, according to the size of the first resource structure and the scaling factor, the second information is not mapped to the first resource structure, the triggered transmission on the first resource structure is omitted or time-shifted.

28. A network node (100) for a wireless communication network, the network node being adapted to receive signaling from a wireless device (10), the wireless device (10) being triggered to send first signaling on a first resource structure associated with a first transmission quality and being triggered to send second signaling on a second resource structure associated with a second transmission quality, wherein the first resource structure and the second resource structure at least partially overlap in time and / or are in the same transmission timing structure; the first signaling is communication signaling and represents first information, and the second signaling is control signaling representing second information that is control information; Among them, Receiving the signaling includes: receiving the signaling using the first resource structure, the signaling including the second information mapped to the first resource structure, the mapping being based on the size of the first resource structure and the size of the resources required for mapping the second information within the first resource structure, characterized in that if the size of the resources to be used for the second information is lower than a threshold size of the resources and / or lower than a threshold portion of the size of the first resource structure, the second information is mapped to the first resource structure.

29. The network node according to claim 28, wherein, The mapping of the second information is based on a scaling factor.

30. The network node according to claim 28 or 29, wherein, The second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure and / or the first information.

31. The network node according to claim 28 or 29, wherein, The second resource structure is associated with transmission on a control channel.

32. The network node according to claim 28 or 29, wherein, The second transmission quality corresponds to a higher priority than the first transmission quality, wherein the second transmission quality corresponds to URLLC transmission or operation, and / or the first transmission quality corresponds to eMBB transmission or operation.

33. The network node according to claim 28 or 29, wherein, The first information includes control information of a first type, and the second information includes control information of a second type.

34. The network node according to claim 28 or 29, wherein, According to the type of control information represented by the second information, the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

35. The network node according to claim 28 or 29, wherein, The first information includes control information of a type different from that of the second information, wherein, based on the relative type priority of the type of the control information, the second information is multiplexed onto the first resource structure.

36. The network node according to claim 29, wherein, If, according to the size of the first resource structure and the scaling factor, the second information is not mapped to the first resource structure, the triggered transmission on the first resource structure is omitted or time-shifted.

37. A carrier medium device carrying and / or storing instructions adapted to cause a processing circuit to control and / or execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 9 or 19 to 27.

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