IP Library Granted Patent US 11,076,388
Granted Patent B2
US 11,076,388 · App. 15/868,529 · Granted Jul 27, 2021

Configurable common uplink burst length

Inventors: Wei Zeng (Cupertino, CA); Tingfang Ji (San Diego, CA); Joseph Binamira Soriaga (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/0413H04L5/0053H04L5/0092H04L5/0094H04W72/0446H04W76/27H04W88/02H04W88/08
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Patent No.
US 11,076,388
App. No.
15/868,529
Granted
Jul 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects are provided for dynamic configuration of common uplink bursts. For example, the described apparatus and methods include receiving, at a user equipment (UE), an indicator of a length of a common uplink burst from a gNB, configuring the common uplink burst having the length as identified by the indicator, and transmitting, from the UE, the common uplink burst to the gNB.

Claims (49)

1. A method of communication in a wireless communication device, comprising:

receiving, at a user equipment (UE), an indicator of a length of a common uplink burst from a base station;

configuring, at the UE, the common uplink burst having the length as identified by the indicator received from the base station; and

transmitting, from the UE, the common uplink burst to the base station.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indicator of the length of the common uplink burst comprises receiving via one or more of a downlink control information (DCI), an uplink control information (UCI), a slot format indicator, a control format indicator channel, or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common uplink burst includes a longer common uplink burst, which further includes one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources corresponding to one or more UEs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the common uplink burst comprises transmitting a single one of the common uplink burst with aggregated slots.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the common uplink burst comprises aggregating downlink-centric slots to make room for the common uplink burst of the length corresponding to the indicator.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the common uplink burst comprises aggregating uplink-centric slots to make room for the common uplink burst of the length corresponding to the indicator.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the common uplink burst comprises transmitting the common uplink burst having a short format.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the common uplink burst comprises transmitting the common uplink burst having a long format.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the common uplink burst comprises at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK), a negative acknowledgement (NACK), a scheduling request, a channel state information (CSI) or a channel quality information (CQI).

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator comprises the length of the common uplink burst and a starting symbol for the common uplink burst.

11. A method of communication in a wireless communication device, comprising:

transmitting, from a base station, an indicator of a length of a common uplink burst to a user equipment (UE); and

receiving, at the base station, the common uplink burst from the UE, wherein the common uplink burst has the length identified by the indicator transmitted from the base station.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein transmitting the indicator of the length of the common uplink burst comprises transmitting via one or more of a downlink control information (DCI), an uplink control information (UCI), a slot format indicator, a control format indicator channel, or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the common uplink burst includes a longer common uplink burst, which further includes one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources corresponding to one or more UEs.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the common uplink burst comprises receiving a single one of the common uplink burst with aggregated slots.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the common uplink burst comprises receiving the common uplink burst having a short format.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein receiving the common uplink burst comprises receiving the common uplink burst having a long format.

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the common uplink burst comprises at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK), a negative acknowledgement (NACK), a scheduling request, a channel state information (CSI) or a channel quality information (CQI).

18. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to:

receive an indicator of a length of the common uplink burst from a base station; and

configure the common uplink burst having the length as identified by the indicator received from the base station; and

transmit the common uplink burst to the base station.

19. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the transceiver is configured to receive the indicator of the length of the common uplink burst via one or more of a downlink control information (DCI), an uplink control information (UCI), a slot format indicator, a control format indicator channel, or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

20. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the common uplink burst includes a longer common uplink burst, which further includes one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources corresponding to one or more UEs.

21. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a single one of the common uplink burst with aggregated slots.

22. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to aggregate downlink-centric slots to make room for the common uplink burst of the length corresponding to the indicator.

23. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to aggregate uplink-centric slots to make room for the common uplink burst of the length corresponding to the indicator.

24. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the common uplink burst having a short format.

25. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the common uplink burst having a long format.

26. The UE of claim 18 , wherein the common uplink burst comprises at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK), a negative acknowledgement (NACK), a scheduling request, a channel state information (CSI) or a channel quality information (CQI).

27. A base station for wireless communications, comprising:

a transceiver;

a memory;

a processor coupled to the transceiver and the memory and configured to:

transmit an indicator of a length of a common uplink burst to a user equipment (UE); and

receive the common uplink burst from the UE, wherein the common uplink burst has the length identified by the indicator transmitted from the base station.

28. The base station of claim 27 , wherein the processor is configured to transmit the indicator of the length of the common uplink burst via one or more of a downlink control information (DCI), an uplink control information (UCI), a slot format indicator channel, a control format indicator channel, or a radio resource control (RRC) reconfiguration message.

29. The base station of claim 27 , wherein the common uplink burst includes a longer common uplink burst, which further includes one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources corresponding to one or more UEs.

30. The base station of claim 27 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive a single one of the common uplink burst with aggregated slots.

31. The base station of claim 27 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the common uplink burst having a short format.

32. The base station of claim of claim 27 , wherein the processor is further configured to receive the common uplink burst having a long format.

33. The base station of claim 27 , wherein the common uplink burst comprises at least one of an acknowledgement (ACK), a negative acknowledgement (NACK), a scheduling request, a channel state information (CSI) or a channel quality information (CQI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2018
From: ZENG, WEI; JI, TINGFANG; SORIAGA, JOSEPH BINAMIRA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62446307 · Jan 13, 2017
Related Publication 20180206226A1 · Jul 19, 2018