Multi-Cell HARQ Feedback Timing Under Unified Scheduling

The patent segments the HARQ feedback timing determination by introducing cell-specific or carrier-specific time domain configuration information for each scheduled cell or carrier within the multi-cell/multi-carrier scheduling instruction. This allows each cell/carrier to have independent HARQ feedback timing parameters (such as K1 values indicating uplink slot offsets), ensuring that while resources are efficiently consolidated under one scheduling instruction, the HARQ feedback timing for each cell/carrier remains distinct and consistent, thereby resolving the contradiction between resource utilization efficiency and HARQ feedback consistency.

The patent applies local quality by introducing cell-specific or carrier-specific time domain configuration information within the scheduling instruction, allowing each cell or carrier to have customized HARQ feedback timing parameters tailored to its specific requirements. This means that while the overall system maintains a unified scheduling mechanism, each cell/carrier can have locally optimized HARQ timing configurations (such as different K1 values), thereby improving data transmission reliability without requiring complex centralized control for each cell, thus balancing device complexity and transmission reliability.