Patent ID: 11936599
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving control signaling indicating a resource element block configuration that indicates a number of resource elements per resource element block;
receiving a grant indicating a resource allocation comprising a plurality of resource element blocks;
monitoring, within each of the plurality of resource element blocks of the resource allocation and based at least in part on the resource element block configuration, for at least one empty resource element and an index modulated downlink transmission within a data or control resource element;
receiving, from a transmitter and based at least in part on the monitoring, the index modulated downlink transmission; and
transmitting, to the transmitter, feedback corresponding to the at least one empty resource element.