IP Library Granted Patent US 8,755,340
Granted Patent B2
US 8,755,340 · App. 12/942,007 · Granted Jun 17, 2014

Releasing wireless resources

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Patent No.
US 8,755,340
App. No.
12/942,007
Granted
Jun 17, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless network, such as an LTE (“Long-Term Evolution”) network, may be configured to a receive an identifier associated with resource configurations in a wireless network. The identifier is mapped to a resource configuration in a plurality of resource configurations. The user equipment applies the resource configuration.

Claims (40)

1. A method performed at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, from a wireless network, by the UE, a mapping for a plurality of resource identifiers, each resource identifier mapped to an uplink resource configuration for each of a plurality of uplink control information (UCI) types;

receiving a message including an assigned resource identifier;

determining, by the UE, an uplink resource configuration for a UCI type mapped to the assigned resource identifier based on the received mapping, wherein the UCI type includes at least one of: channel quality indication (CQI), precoding matrix indication (PMI), rank indication (RI), dedicated scheduling request (DSR), or sounding reference signal (SRS); and

transmitting, by the UE, UCI corresponding to the UCI type using an uplink resource configuration corresponding to the determined uplink resource configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the uplink resource configurations correspond to a plurality of resource attributes.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uplink resource configurations are configured in the UE by receiving system information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uplink resource configurations are implicitly released, at the user equipment.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the uplink resource configurations are released based on a data transmission inactivity.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the uplink resource configurations are released based on change of DRX pattern.

7. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor configured to:

receive, from a wireless network, by the UE, a mapping for a plurality of resource identifiers, each resource identifier mapped to an uplink resource configuration for each of a plurality of uplink control information (UCI) types;

receive a message including an assigned resource identifier;

determine by the UE an uplink resource configuration for a UCI type mapped to the assigned resource identifier based on the received mapping, wherein the UCI type includes at least one of: channel quality indication (CQI), precoding matrix indication (PMI), rank indication (RI), dedicated scheduling request (DSR), or sounding reference signal (SRS); and

transmit, by the UE, UCI corresponding to the UCI type using an uplink resource configuration corresponding to the determined uplink resource configuration.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the uplink resource configurations correspond to a plurality of resource attributes.

9. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to configure the plurality of uplink resource configurations by receiving system information.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to implicitly release the plurality of uplink resource configurations.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to release the uplink resource configurations based on a data transmission inactivity associated with the UE.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to release the uplink resource configurations based on change of DRX pattern.

13. A method at a wireless network, comprising:

transmitting a mapping to a user equipment (UE), the mapping for a plurality of resource identifiers, each resource identifier mapped to an uplink resource configuration for each of a plurality of uplink control information (UCI) types;

transmitting a message including an assigned resource identifier; and

receiving, from the UE, UCI corresponding to the UCI type using an uplink resource configuration corresponding to the determined uplink resource configuration, wherein the UCI type includes at least one of: channel quality indication (CQI), precoding matrix information (PMI), rank indication (RI), dedicated scheduling request (DSR), or sounding reference signal (SRS).

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the uplink resource configurations correspond to a plurality of resource attributes.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the uplink resource configurations are implicitly released.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the uplink resource configurations are released based on a data transmission inactivity.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the uplink resource configurations are released based on change of DRX pattern of the UE.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of uplink resource configurations are configured in the UE by using system information.

19. A wireless network node comprising at least one processor configured to:

transmit a mapping to a user equipment (UE), the mapping for a plurality of resource identifiers, each resource identifier mapped to an uplink resource configuration for each of a plurality of uplink control information (UCI) types;

transmit a message including an assigned resource identifier; and

receive, from the UE, UCI corresponding to the UCI type using an uplink resource configuration corresponding to the determined uplink resource configuration, wherein the UCI type includes at least one of: channel quality indication (CQI), precoding matrix information (PMI), rank indication (RI), dedicated scheduling request (DSR), or sounding reference signal (SRS).

20. The wireless network node of claim 19 , wherein the uplink resource configurations correspond to a plurality of resource attributes.

21. The wireless network node of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to implicitly release the plurality of uplink resource configurations.

22. The wireless network node of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to release the uplink resource configurations based on a data transmission inactivity.

23. The wireless network node of claim 21 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to release the uplink resource configurations based on change of DRX pattern.

24. The wireless network node of claim 19 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to configure the plurality of resource configurations in the UE by using system information.

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