IP Library Granted Patent US 11,533,137
Granted Patent B2
US 11,533,137 · App. 16/764,547 · Granted Dec 20, 2022

Grant-free uplink transmissions

Inventors: Ahmad Reza Hedayat (Aliso Viejo, CA); Shahrokh Nayeb Nazar (San Diego, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: IDAC Holdings, Inc.
H04L1/1887H04L1/1819H04L1/1896H04W74/0816
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,533,137
App. No.
16/764,547
Granted
Dec 20, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) may send a grant free transmission comprising a first and a second part, each of which may be associated with a priority. The first part's priority may be higher than the second part's priority. The WTRU may select a first back of value from a first range of back off values. The WTRU may determine whether the grant free transmission was successful. If the grant free transmission was not successful, the WTRU may send a retransmission of the grant free transmission, which may include the first part and may not include the second part. The retransmission may select a second back off value from a second range of back off values, which may be a larger than the first range of back off values. The second back off value may indicate the number of grant free resource to skip prior to sending the retransmission.

Claims (27)

1. A method for transmitting uplink control information (UCI) comprising:

a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) receiving a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message comprises information indicating physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources for the WTRU, and the RRC message indicates whether or not uplink control information (UCI) can be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources;

the WTRU determining to transmit first UCI during a time period that overlaps with a transmission opportunity associated with the PUSCH resources; and

the WTRU transmitting the first UCI, wherein the WTRU multiplexes the first UCI on the PUSCH resources associated with the transmission opportunity if the RRC message indicates that UCI can be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources, and the WTRU transmits the first UCI on one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources if the RRC message indicates that UCI cannot be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first UCI comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)/acknowledgment (ACK) information.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the WTRU does not transmit the first UCI using the PUSCH resources during the transmission opportunity if the RRC message indicates that UCI cannot be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising the WTRU transmitting a transport block (TB) that was to be transmitted on the PUSCH resources during the transmission opportunity using PUSCH resources associated with a subsequent transmission opportunity associated with the RRC configured PUSCH resources if the RRC message indicates that UCI cannot be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein transmitting the TB using PUSCH resources associated with the subsequent transmission opportunity comprises transmitting the TB a number of times, the number of times being based on a configured value.

6. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first UCI is transmitted on the PUCCH resources before transmitting the TB using PUSCH resources.

7. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first UCI is transmitted in a first slot; and

wherein the TB is transmitted in at least a second slot.

8. A wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a processor configured at least to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the RRC message comprises information indicating physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources for the WTRU, and the RRC message indicates whether or not uplink control information (UCI) can be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources;

determine to transmit first UCI during a time period that overlaps with a transmission opportunity associated with the PUSCH resources; and

transmit the first UCI, wherein the WTRU multiplexes the first UCI on the PUSCH resources associated with the transmission opportunity if the RRC message indicates that UCI can be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources, and the WTRU transmits the first UCI on one or more physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources if the RRC message indicates that UCI cannot be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources.

9. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the first UCI comprises hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ)/acknowledgment (ACK) information.

10. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to not transmit the first UCI using the PUSCH resources during the transmission opportunity if the RRC message indicates that UCI cannot be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources.

11. The WTRU of claim 8 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit a transport block (TB) that was to be transmitted on the PUSCH resources during the transmission opportunity using PUSCH resources associated with a subsequent transmission opportunity associated with the RRC configured PUSCH resources if the RRC message indicates that UCI cannot be multiplexed with data on the PUSCH resources.

12. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to transmit the TB using PUSCH resources associated with the subsequent transmission opportunity a number of times, the number of times being based on a configured value.

13. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the first UCI is transmitted using PUSCH resources.

14. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the first UCI is transmitted in a first slot; and

wherein the TB is transmitted in at least a second slot.

15. The WTRU of claim 12 , wherein the RRC message further includes the configured value.

16. The WTRU of claim 14 , wherein the second slot is an immediately subsequent slot to the first slot.

17. The method of claim 5 , wherein the RRC message further includes the configured value.

18. The method of claim 7 , wherein the second slot is an immediately subsequent slot to the first slot.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2023
From: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062527/0562 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 19, 2022
From: HEDAYAT, AHMAD REZA; NAYEB NAZAR, SHAHROKH; OTERI, OGHENEKOME
To: IDAC HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 061232/0517 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62586473 · Nov 15, 2017
Related Publication 20200389264A1 · Dec 10, 2020
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