Unified Pre-Emption Indication for Full-Duplex Resource Control

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communications systems face inefficiencies and high overhead signaling costs due to separate downlink and uplink pre-emption indications for full duplex communications, which can cause interference and resource wastage in full duplex wireless devices.

Innovation Solution

A common pre-emption indication is introduced for full duplex communications, allowing simultaneous downlink and uplink resource management, reducing signaling overhead and improving resource utilization efficiency.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If separate downlink and uplink pre-emption indications are used, then resource management can be performed for downlink and uplink independently, but signaling overhead increases and communication efficiency decreases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource management flexibilityVSAvoidsignaling overhead
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSLoss of information

Solution Approach 1:

The patent combines separate downlink pre-emption indication and uplink pre-emption indication into a single unified pre-emption indication message. This unified indication contains both downlink and uplink resource pre-emption information, reducing signaling overhead while maintaining the ability to manage downlink and uplink resources independently through the same indication mechanism.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

2Productivity

If full duplex communication is implemented, then spectrum efficiency improves, but self-interference occurs between transmission and reception

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvespectrum efficiencyVSAvoidself-interference
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSObject-generated harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary anti-action by providing pre-emption indications that inform user equipment in advance about upcoming downlink or uplink transmissions that may cause self-interference. This allows the receiving device to prepare for potential interference by adjusting reception parameters or temporarily suspending vulnerable transmissions, thereby mitigating the harmful effects of self-interference in full duplex communication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #9Preliminary anti-action

3Productivity

If separate pre-emption indications are transmitted for downlink and uplink, then resource allocation can be optimized independently, but communication latency increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource allocation efficiencyVSAvoidcommunication latency
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent merges downlink and uplink pre-emption indications into a single unified indication message that is transmitted simultaneously or in close succession. This reduces the total transmission time compared to sending separate indications, thereby reducing communication latency while still enabling independent resource allocation optimization for both downlink and uplink through the unified indication structure.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #5Merging (Combining)

Data Source

PatentEP4101241B1Pre-emption indication for full duplex communications
Publication Date: 2025.10.01 QUALCOMM INC
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AI summary

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A receiving device (such as a user equipment (UE)) may receive from a transmitting device (such as a base station), a configuration of full duplex communication resources for a set of slots. The receiving device may receive a pre-emption indication identifying that at least a portion of the full duplex communication resources in one or more slots of the set of slots is unavailable for communication, and may determine a remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources in the one or more slots based on the received pre-emption indication. The receiving device may then communicate with the transmitting device using the remaining portion of the full duplex communication resources.