IP Library Granted Patent US 10,805,941
Granted Patent B2
US 10,805,941 · App. 15/928,991 · Granted Oct 13, 2020

Radio resource control (RRC) messages for enhanced scheduling request

Inventors: Kamel M. Shaheen (Camas, WA); Tatsushi Aiba (Vancouver, WA)
Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
H04W72/1205H04W72/042H04W72/0413
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Patent No.
US 10,805,941
App. No.
15/928,991
Granted
Oct 13, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) is described. The UE includes receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, a radio resource control (RRC) message(s) comprising one or more scheduling request (SR) configurations. Each SR configuration is associated with one or more PUCCH resources. The SR configuration is corresponding to any one or more of the following: one or more logical channels (LCH), one or more logical channel groups (LCG), one or more priority, one or more numerology, one or more services, and/or one or more bandwidth part (BWP).

Claims (28)

1. A user equipment comprising:

receiving circuitry configured to receive, from a base station apparatus, a radio resource control (RRC) message(s) comprising scheduling request (SR) configurations each of which indicates PUCCH resources for scheduling request (SR); and

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus, a first SR on a frequency with a first bandwidth which is one of more than one bandwidth, wherein

the transmitting circuitry is further configured to transmit, to the base station apparatus, a second SR on a frequency with a second bandwidth which is another one of the more than one bandwidth,

each of the SR configurations is associated with corresponding one of the more than one bandwidth,

the first SR is transmitted (a) on the basis of a first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of first PUCCH resources indicated by a first SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the first bandwidth, the first SR configuration being used to configure periodicity, an offset, and a position(s) by at least two levels, one of the at least two levels being a symbol level, another one of the at least two levels being a slot level, the first PUCCH resources being configured on the basis of the periodicity, the offset, and the position(s), and

the second SR is transmitted (a) on the basis of a second subcarrier spacing configured independently from the first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of second PUCCH resources indicated by a second SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the second bandwidth.

2. A base station apparatus comprising:

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit, to a user equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) message(s) comprising scheduling request (SR) configurations each of which indicates PUCCH resources for scheduling request (SR); and

receiving circuitry configured to receive, from the user equipment, a first SR on a frequency with a first bandwidth which is one of more than one bandwidth, wherein

the receiving circuitry is further configured to receive, from the user equipment, a second SR on a frequency with a second bandwidth which is another one of the more than one bandwidth,

each of the SR configurations is associated with corresponding one of the more than one bandwidth,

the first SR is received (a) on the basis of a first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of first PUCCH resources indicated by a first SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the first bandwidth, the first SR configuration being used to configure periodicity, an offset, and a position(s) by at least two levels, one of the at least two levels being a symbol level, another one of the at least two levels being a slot level, the first PUCCH resources being configured on the basis of the periodicity, the offset, and the position(s), and

the second SR is received (a) on the basis of a second subcarrier spacing configured independently from the first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of second PUCCH resources indicated by a second SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the second bandwidth.

3. A communication method of a user equipment, comprising:

receiving, from a base station apparatus, a radio resource control (RRC) message(s) comprising scheduling request (SR) configurations each of which indicates PUCCH resources for scheduling request (SR);

transmitting, to the base station apparatus, a first SR on a frequency with a first bandwidth which is one of more than one bandwidth; and

transmitting, to the base station apparatus, a second SR on a frequency with a second bandwidth which is another one of the more than one bandwidth, wherein

each of the SR configurations is associated with corresponding one of the more than one bandwidth,

the first SR is transmitted (a) on the basis of a first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of first PUCCH resources indicated by a first SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the first bandwidth, the first SR configuration being used to configure periodicity, an offset, and a position(s) by at least two levels, one of the at least two levels being a symbol level, another one of the at least two levels being a slot level, the first PUCCH resources being configured on the basis of the periodicity, the offset, and the position(s), and

the second SR is transmitted (a) on the basis of a second subcarrier spacing configured independently from the first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of second PUCCH resources indicated by a second SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the second bandwidth.

4. A communication method of a base station apparatus comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment, a radio resource control (RRC) message(s) comprising scheduling request (SR) configurations each of which indicates PUCCH resources for scheduling request (SR);

receiving, from the user equipment, a first SR on a frequency with a first bandwidth which is one of more than one bandwidth; and

receiving, from the user equipment, a second SR on a frequency with a second bandwidth which is another one of the more than one bandwidth, wherein

each of the SR configurations is associated with corresponding one of the more than one bandwidth,

the first SR is received (a) on the basis of a first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of first PUCCH resources indicated by a first SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the first bandwidth, the first SR configuration being used to configure periodicity, an offset, and a position(s) by at least two levels, one of the at least two levels being a symbol level, another one of the at least two levels being a slot level, the first PUCCH resources being configured on the basis of the periodicity, the offset, and the position(s), and

the second SR is received (a) on the basis of a second subcarrier spacing configured independently from the first subcarrier spacing and (b) with use of one of second PUCCH resources indicated by a second SR configuration which is one of the SR configurations and corresponds to the second bandwidth.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2019
From: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051086/0338 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 048716 FRAME: 0086. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded May 17, 2019
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA; FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 049218/0383 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 27, 2019
From: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
To: FG INNOVATION COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 048716/0086 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 10, 2018
From: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 047120/0436 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2018
From: SHAHEEN, KAMEL M.; AIBA, TATSUSHI
To: SHARP LABORATORIES OF AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 045440/0277 →