Patent ID: 10841068

Abstract:
Systems and methods for determining and utilizing downlink Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) timing for reduced processing time are disclosed. In some embodiments, a method of operation of a wireless device in a cellular communications network comprises determining, based on a Time Division Duplexing (TDD) uplink/downlink configuration, a downlink HARQ timing value k for transmission of downlink HARQ feedback for a downlink transmission received in a downlink Transmission Time Interval (TTI) nDL. The method further comprises transmitting, in an uplink TTI nUL=nDL+k, the downlink HARQ feedback for the downlink transmission received in the downlink TTI nDL. For at least some combinations of values for nUL and TDD uplink/downlink configurations, k<4. In this manner, HARQ timing is provided for reduced processing time.