Granted Patent B2

US 12,389,403 · App. 15/733,421 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Inventors: Klaus Pedersen (Aalborg, DK); István Zsolt Kovácks (Aalborg, DK); Zexian Li (Espoo, FI); Gilberto Berardinelli (Aalborg, DK); Renato Barbosa Abreu (Aalborg, DK); Thomas Jacobsen (Aalborg Øst, DK)

Assignee: Nokia Technologies Oy

H04W72/21H04L1/1812H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (55)

1. A method performed by a processor, the method comprising:

receiving, by the processor, information providing an initial configuration for a first subset of a set of physical resource blocks and a second subset of the set of physical resource blocks, the set of physical resource blocks being divided into a plurality of levels, a number of subsets in a level of the plurality of levels depending on a resource grid configuration of the set of physical resource blocks, the first subset being associated with a first level in the plurality of levels and having a first transmission scheme and the second subset being associated with a second level in the plurality of levels and having a second transmission scheme, the first transmission scheme having at least one of a different modulation and coding scheme or a different transmit power control setting than the second transmission scheme;

causing, by the processor, a first grant free uplink data transmission from a device to a single base station via the first subset;

receiving, by the processor from an access point, a signal to transmit a second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset; and

based on the signal to transmit the second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset, causing, by the processor, the second grant free uplink data transmission from the device to the single base station using the second subset.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

causing, by the processor, information about transmitting the second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset to be provided to the single base station.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first subset is associated with a different number of physical resource blocks than the second subset.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said set of physical resource blocks comprises a positive integer of physical resource blocks divided by a number of the plurality of levels.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein a first number of subsets in a level of the plurality of levels is two to a power of a second number associated with the level.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein:

the positive integer is a first positive integer; and

a third number of physical resource blocks of the first subset or the second subset is a second positive integer divided by the first number of subsets in the level.

7. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the transmission scheme of the first subset or the second subset is dependent on a level within the plurality of levels.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first subset is a default subset, said default subset being initially used in the first grant free uplink transmission.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first subset has a larger bandwidth than the second subset.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein said second grant free uplink transmission comprises a hybrid automatic repeat request retransmission.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the first level in the plurality of levels have the first transmission scheme; and

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the second level in the plurality of levels have the second transmission scheme.

12. A method comprising:

sending, by an access point, information to a device, said information providing an initial configuration for a first subset of a set of physical resource blocks and a second subset of the set of physical resource blocks, the set of physical resource blocks being divided into a plurality of levels, a number of subsets in a level of the plurality of levels depending on a resource grid configuration of the set of physical resource blocks, the first subset being associated with a first level in the plurality of levels and having a first transmission scheme and the second subset being associated with a second level in the plurality of levels and having a second transmission scheme, the first transmission scheme having at least one of a different modulation and coding scheme or a different transmit power control setting than the second transmission scheme;

causing, by the access point, the device to send a first grant free data transmission from the device to a single base station via the first subset;

determining, by the access point, for the device to transmit a second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset; and

causing, by the access point, the device to transmit the second grant free uplink data transmission to the single base station using the second subset.

13. The method according to claim 12 , comprising:

receiving, by the access point, information from the device indicating that said device proposes to transmit via said first subset for the first grant free uplink transmission.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein determining for the device to transmit via said second subset for the second grant free uplink transmission is based on the information received by the access point from the device.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein:

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the first level in the plurality of levels have the first transmission scheme; and

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the second level in the plurality of levels have the second transmission scheme.

16. A method comprising:

causing, by an access point, information to be provided to a device, said information providing an initial configuration for a first subset of a set of physical resource blocks for a first grant free uplink data transmission to a single base station and a second subset of the set of physical resource blocks for a second grant free uplink data transmission to the single base station, the set of physical resource blocks being divided into a plurality of levels, a number of subsets in a level of the plurality of levels depending on a resource grid configuration of the set of physical resource blocks, the first subset being associated with a first level in the plurality of levels and having a first transmission scheme and the second subset being associated with a second level in the plurality of levels and having a second transmission scheme, the first transmission scheme having at least one of a different modulation and coding scheme or a different transmit power control setting than the second transmission scheme;

causing, by the access point, information to be provided to the device, the information configuring the device to transmit the first subset for the first grant free uplink data transmission to the single base station; and

causing, by the access point, the device to transmit the second grant free uplink data transmission to the single base station using the second subset.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising causing, by the access point, further information to be provided to said device, said further information indicating that said device will transmit via said second subset for the second grant free uplink transmission.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the first level in the plurality of levels have the first transmission scheme; and

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the second level in the plurality of levels have the second transmission scheme.

19. An apparatus, comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus at least to:

receive, by the apparatus, information providing an initial configuration for a first subset of a set of physical resource blocks and a second subset of the set of physical resource blocks, the set of physical resource blocks being divided into a plurality of levels, a number of subsets in a level of the plurality of levels depending on a resource grid configuration of the set of physical resource blocks, the first subset being associated with a first level in the plurality of levels and having a first transmission scheme and the second subset being associated with a second level in the plurality of levels and having a second transmission scheme, the first transmission scheme having at least one of a different modulation and coding scheme or a different transmit power control setting than the second transmission scheme;

cause, by the apparatus, a first grant free uplink data transmission from a device to a single base station via the first subset;

receive, by the apparatus from an access point, a signal to transmit a second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset; and

based on the signal to transmit the second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset, cause, by the processor, the second grant free uplink data transmission from the device to the single base station using the second subset.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein:

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the first level in the plurality of levels have the first transmission scheme; and

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the second level in the plurality of levels have the second transmission scheme.

21. An apparatus-readable non-transitory data storage medium comprising computer executable code which when run on at least one processor is configured to cause an apparatus to perform:

receiving, by the apparatus, information providing an initial configuration for a first subset of a set of physical resource blocks and a second subset of the set of physical resource blocks, the set of physical resource blocks being divided into a plurality of levels, a number of subsets in a level of the plurality of levels depending on a resource grid configuration of the set of physical resource blocks, the first subset being associated with a first level in the plurality of levels and having a first transmission scheme and a second subset being associated with a second level in the plurality of levels and having a second transmission scheme, the first transmission scheme having at least one of a different modulation and coding scheme or a different transmit power control setting than the second transmission scheme;

causing, by the apparatus, a first grant free uplink data transmission from a device to a single base station via the first subset;

receiving, by the apparatus from an access point, a signal to transmit a second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset; and

based on the signal to transmit the second grant free uplink transmission using the second subset, causing, by the apparatus, the second grant free uplink data transmission from the device to the single base station using the second subset.

22. The apparatus-readable non-transitory data storage medium of claim 21 , wherein:

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the first level in the plurality of levels have the first transmission scheme; and

all subsets of the set of physical resource blocks that are associated with the second level in the plurality of levels have the second transmission scheme.

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