CRC Layout for Common and Private Transport Blocks in Rate Splitting

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Solution Overview

Problem

Wireless communication systems face challenges in accurately transmitting and decoding messages with rate splitting transmissions due to the lack of CRC parity bit computation and attachment procedures, leading to reduced accuracy and increased errors.

Innovation Solution

A method for generating and attaching CRC parity bits to code blocks and transport blocks associated with common and private portions of messages in rate splitting transmissions, using specific polynomials for error detection and correction, and transmitting these bits alongside the messages to ensure accurate decoding.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Productivity

If rate splitting transmissions are performed without CRC parity bit computation and attachment, then device complexity is reduced and transmission speed is improved, but error detectability deteriorates and message accuracy is reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission speedVSAvoiderror detectability
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSReliability

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the message into common and private portions, and further divides CRC generation into separate procedures for common transport blocks and private transport blocks. This segmentation allows parallel processing of CRC bits for different message portions, improving transmission speed while maintaining comprehensive error detection coverage for the entire message.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

The patent performs preliminary action by generating and attaching CRC parity bits to transport blocks before transmission. The common CRC bits are generated based on the common portion, and private CRC bits are generated based on the private portion, ensuring error detection capability is established in advance before the actual data transmission occurs.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Measurement precision

If CRC parity bits are generated and attached to each transport block, then error detection accuracy is improved, but device complexity and processing overhead increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveerror detection accuracyVSAvoidprocessing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges the CRC generation process by utilizing the common portion of the message to generate common CRC bits that apply to both common and private transport blocks. This merging approach reduces redundant computations and processing complexity while maintaining accurate error detection for the entire message through the combined use of common and private CRC bits.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Solution Approach 2:

The common CRC bits serve a universal function by being applicable to both common and private transport blocks. This multi-functionality reduces the total number of CRC operations needed, as the same common CRC bits can verify errors in multiple different transport blocks, thereby reducing processing complexity while maintaining comprehensive error detection.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

3Productivity

If common portions from multiple messages are combined into a single common transport block, then transmission efficiency is improved, but error detection complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvetransmission efficiencyVSAvoidCRC generation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent segments the error detection process into distinct common CRC generation and private CRC generation stages. By segmenting the CRC generation complexity into these separate, well-defined stages, the system can efficiently combine common portions from multiple messages into a single common transport block while managing the complexity through structured, modular processing steps.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS12021620B2Cyclic redundancy check design for common and private transport blocks in rate splitting transmissions
Publication Date: 2024.06.25 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A device may perform rate splitting on a first message for a first user equipment (UE) and a second message for a second UE, the first message comprising a first private portion and a first common portion, and the second message comprising a second private portion and a second common portion. The device may combine the first common portion and the second common portion into a third common portion. The device may generate cyclic redundancy check (CRC) parity bits associated with at least one of the first private portion and the third common portion and attach the generated CRC parity bits to one or more blocks associated with the transmission. The device may transmit the first private portion and the third common portion to the first UE, and the second private portion and the third common portion to the second UE.