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Granted Patent B2
US 11,191,101 · App. 16/408,227 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Group control channel update for SPS grant

Inventors: Piyush Gupta (Bridgewater, NJ); Mehmet Yavuz (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ); Rajat Prakash (San Diego, CA); Farhad Meshkati (San Diego, CA); Chong Li (Weehawken, NJ); Mostafa Khoshnevisan (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/14H04W72/042H04W72/121H04W72/1231H04W72/1273
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Patent No.
US 11,191,101
App. No.
16/408,227
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication are described. A wireless device may receive a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant of initial resources for receiving a transmission, receive, in a group control channel, a resource allocation for additional resources for receiving the transmission, determine resources for receiving the transmission based on the resource allocation and the SPS grant, and receive the transmission on the determined resources. A base station may transmit a SPS grant for scheduling a transmission on a set of resources, receive a feedback report from a user equipment (UE) indicating the UE requires additional resources for receiving the transmission, generate, based at least on the UE requiring the additional resources, a resource allocation for scheduling the additional resources for the UE, transmit the resource allocation in a group control channel, and transmit the transmission on the set of resources and the additional resources.

Claims (61)

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

receiving a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant of initial resources for receiving a transmission at the UE;

receiving, in a group control channel, a resource allocation for additional resources for receiving the transmission at the UE, wherein the resource allocation includes information regarding UEs in a group and an indicator of resource blocks used for additional resource assignment, and wherein the information regarding the UEs in the group includes a bitmap of the UEs in the group;

determining resources for receiving the transmission based on the resource allocation and the SPS grant; and

receiving the transmission on the determined resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial resources and the additional resources are in a same scheduled traffic window.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial resources and the additional resources are in a same subframe, and wherein the determined resources include the initial resources and the additional resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting a feedback report prior to or during a scheduled traffic window in which the transmission is received at the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the resource allocation indicates which of the UEs in the group are allocated resources in addition to resources allocated by a prior SPS grant.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the resource allocation further includes resource allocation for each of the UEs in the group that are allocated the resources in addition to resources allocated by the prior SPS grant.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the additional resources for the UE based at least on equal distribution of the resource blocks for one or more UEs, of the UEs in the group, that are allocated additional resources.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the additional resources for the UE based at least on a proportion of initial resources assigned to the UEs in the group by the SPS grant.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein each UE, of the UEs, corresponds to a unique position in the bitmap based on an index or other identification.

10. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:

receive a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant of initial resources for receiving a transmission at the apparatus;

receive, in a group control channel, a resource allocation for additional resources for receiving the transmission at the apparatus, wherein the resource allocation includes information regarding UEs in a group and an indicator of resource blocks used for additional resource assignment, and wherein the information regarding the UEs in the group includes a bitmap of the UEs in the group;

determine resources for receiving the transmission based on the resource allocation and the SPS grant; and

receive the transmission on the determined resources.

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the initial resources and the additional resources are in a same scheduled traffic window.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the initial resources and the additional resources are in a same subframe, and wherein the determined resources include the initial resources and the additional resources.

13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit a feedback report prior to or during a scheduled traffic window in which the transmission is received at the apparatus.

14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the resource allocation indicates which of the UEs in the group are allocated resources in addition to resources allocated by a prior SPS grant.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the resource allocation further includes resource allocation for each of the UEs in the group that are allocated the resources in addition to resources allocated by the prior SPS grant.

16. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine the additional resources for the apparatus based at least on equal distribution of the resource blocks for one or more UEs, of the UEs in the group, that are allocated additional resources.

17. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine the additional resources for the apparatus based at least on a proportion of initial resources assigned to the UEs in the group by the SPS grant.

18. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein each UE, of the UEs, corresponds to a unique position in the bitmap based on an index or other identification.

19. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

transmitting a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant for scheduling a transmission on a set of resources;

receiving a feedback report from a user equipment (UE) indicating the UE requires additional resources for receiving the transmission;

generating, based at least on the UE requiring the additional resources, a resource allocation for scheduling the additional resources for the UE, wherein the resource allocation includes information regarding UEs in a group and an indicator of resource blocks used for additional resource assignment, and wherein the information regarding the UEs in the group includes a bitmap of the UEs in the group;

transmitting the resource allocation in a group control channel; and

transmitting the transmission on the set of resources and the additional resources.

20. The method of claim 19 , wherein the feedback report is received prior to or during a scheduled traffic window in which the transmission is to be transmitted.

21. The method of claim 19 , wherein the resource allocation indicates which of the UEs in the group are allocated resources in addition to resources scheduled by a prior SPS grant.

22. The method of claim 19 , further comprising transmitting the transmission on the additional resources based at least on equal distribution of resource blocks for one or more UEs, of the UEs in the group, that are allocated additional resources.

23. The method of claim 19 , further comprising transmitting the transmission on the additional resources based at least on a proportion of resources assigned to the UEs in the group by the SPS grant.

24. The method of claim 19 , further comprising determining the UE requires additional resources for receiving the transmission based on channel conditions for the UE indicated in the feedback report.

25. The method of claim 19 , wherein the set of resources and the additional resources are in a same subframe.

26. The method of claim 19 , wherein each UE, of the UEs, corresponds to a unique position in the bitmap based on an index or other identification.

27. An apparatus for wireless communications, comprising:

a memory; and

one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:

transmit a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant for scheduling a transmission on a set of resources;

receive a feedback report from a user equipment (UE) indicating the UE requires additional resources for receiving the transmission;

generate, based at least on the UE requiring the additional resources, a resource allocation for scheduling the additional resources for the UE, wherein the resource allocation includes information regarding UEs in a group and an indicator of resource blocks used for additional resource assignment, and wherein the information regarding the UEs in the group includes a bitmap of the UEs in the group;

transmit the resource allocation in a group control channel; and

transmit the transmission on the set of resources and the additional resources.

28. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the resource allocation indicates which of the UEs in the group are allocated resources in addition to resources scheduled by a prior SPS grant.

29. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit the transmission on the additional resources based at least on equal distribution of resource blocks for one or more UEs, of the UEs in the group, that are allocated additional resources.

30. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

transmit the transmission on the additional resources based at least on a proportion of resources assigned to UEs in the group by the SPS grant.

31. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the memory and the one or more processors are further configured to:

determine the UE requires additional resources for receiving the transmission based on channel conditions for the UE indicated in the feedback report.

32. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the set of resources and the additional resources are in a same subframe.

33. The apparatus of claim 27 , wherein each UE, of the UEs, corresponds to a unique position in the bitmap based on an index or other identification.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 15, 2019
From: GUPTA, PIYUSH; YAVUZ, MEHMET; LI, JUNYI; PRAKASH, RAJAT; MESHKATI, FARHAD; LI, CHONG; KHOSHNEVISAN, MOSTAFA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 050063/0384 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62677479 · May 29, 2018
Related Publication 20190373630A1 · Dec 5, 2019