IP Library Granted Patent US 12684569
Granted Patent B2
US 12684569 · App. 18/501,938 · Granted Jul 14, 2026

Scheduling procedures for wireless communication

Inventors: Ming Yang (San Diego, CA); Kausik Ray Chaudhuri (San Diego, CA); Juan Montojo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
H04W72/1268H04L5/001H04W72/541
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12684569
App. No.
18/501,938
Granted
Jul 14, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The described techniques relate to various scheduling procedures for wireless communications. In some implementations, a user equipment (UE) may estimate transmission power used over a duration for tracking a specific absorption rate (SAR) and may indicate the estimated transmission power to a network. The network may schedule the UE based on the estimated transmission power. In some implementations, the UE may receive a control message that includes an uplink grant and an indication to skip monitoring of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during a discontinuous reception cycle (DRX) on-duration. The UE may transmit a message to accept, partially accept, or reject the skipping of PDCCH monitoring. In some implementations, the UE may be configured for multiple user, multiple input, multiple output (MU-MIMO) communications with other UEs. The UE may receive a message that indicates parameters of the other UEs.

Claims (14)

1 . A user equipment (UE), comprising: one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

estimate an amount of transmission power used over a duration associated with tracking a specific absorption rate, the amount of transmission power based at least in part on an average transmission power threshold over the duration;

transmit a control message that indicates the estimated amount of transmission power; and

receive an uplink grant that schedules one or more data transmissions by the UE during the duration, wherein one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more data transmissions is based at least in part on the estimated amount of transmission power.

2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: transmit a message indicating a capability of the UE to use a second amount of transmission power different from an average transmission power during one or more portions of the duration.

3 . The UE of claim 2 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive, based at least in part on the message, a second message configuring the UE to use the second amount of transmission power during a portion of the one or more portions of the duration.

4 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: skip at least one data transmission of the one or more data transmissions based at least in part on the one or more transmission parameters satisfying a threshold associated with the duration.

5 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: decrease a transmission power of at least one data transmission of the one or more data transmissions based at least in part on the estimated amount of transmission power satisfying a threshold.

6 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the estimated amount of transmission power indicates a respective estimated amount of transmission power for each component carrier of a plurality of component carriers associated with the one or more data transmissions.

7 . The UE of claim 6 , wherein the uplink grant indicates a first transmission power corresponding to a first subset of component carriers of the plurality of component carriers and a second transmission power corresponding to a second subset of component carriers of the plurality of component carriers based at least in part on the respective amount of transmission power for each component carrier.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the UE is configured to transmit the one or more data transmissions via the first subset of component carriers during a first portion of the duration and transmit the one or more data transmissions via the second subset of component carriers during a second portion of the duration in accordance with an uplink transmission switching configuration.

9 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein, to receive the uplink grant, the one or more processors are individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to: receive an indication to increase a value associated with at least one transmission parameter of the one or more transmission parameters based at least in part on the estimated amount of transmission power.

10 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the one or more transmission parameters comprise a physical resource block, a component carrier, a quantity of layers, a modulation and coding scheme, or a combination thereof.