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Granted Patent B2
US 11,690,086 · App. 16/926,164 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Preconfigured uplink resource techniques in wireless communications

Inventors: Umesh Phuyal (San Diego, CA); Mungal Singh Dhanda (Slough, GB); Ayan Sengupta (San Diego, CA); Alberto Rico Alvarino (San Diego, CA); Le Liu (Fremont, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/53H04W72/21H04W72/23H04W76/27H04W76/36
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Patent No.
US 11,690,086
App. No.
16/926,164
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. that support preconfigured uplink resources (PUR) in wireless communications. A base station may communicate that support for PUR is available, and may allocate PUR resources to a user equipment (UE) based on requests from the UE. The UE may receive an indication that the base station supports PUR, such as via a system information block (SIB), determine to request PUR, and transmit a PUR request message to the base station. A PUR response from the base station may indicate configuration, or reconfiguration of PUR allocation for the UE that may be used for uplink transmissions, or release of the PUR allocation.

Claims (68)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) request message to an access network entity based at least in part on determining that the access network entity supports preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR request message includes a number of instances of PUR grants requested by the UE; and

receiving a message from the access network entity indicating a PUR configuration, wherein the PUR configuration comprises a delta configuration that indicates at least one difference over a configuration of the UE.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of instances of PUR grants provides an explicit number of PUR grants or an indication of an infinite number of PUR grants.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of instances of PUR grants requested by the UE indicate a one-shot PUR configuration is requested or a multi-shot PUR configuration is requested.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration is a prior PUR configuration of the UE.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration is a default PUR configuration.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, after receiving the PUR configuration, a PUR reconfiguration failure indication to the access network entity; and

releasing the PUR configuration.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based at least in part on the message from the access network entity, a set of control channel resources to monitor for an uplink grant; and

monitoring the set of control channel resources for the uplink grant, wherein the uplink grant indicates an uplink resource for transmission of a PUR configuration response message to the access network entity.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the PUR configuration is de-configured based at least in part on receiving a broadcast system information transmission from the access network entity that indicates PUR is unsupported; and

releasing the PUR configuration.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PUR request message is transmitted to the access network entity in an uplink message of an early data transmission (EDT) procedure.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

formatting the PUR request message to be transmitted in the uplink message of the EDT procedure, wherein the PUR request message indicates a requested PUR configuration or release of a PUR configuration.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the PUR request message is transmitted in a message three (MSG3) transmission of the EDT procedure.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message from the access network entity indicating the PUR configuration is received in an early data transmission (EDT) downlink message 4 that provides a radio resource control (RRC) connection release message or an RRC early data complete message.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the message from the access network entity explicitly or implicitly provides one or more of an indication to de-configure and release a prior or default PUR configuration, a new resource for a new PUR configuration to use as the configuration, or any combination thereof.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more processors,

one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and

one or more instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors individually or collectively to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) request message to an access network entity based at least in part on determining that the access network entity supports preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR request message includes a number of instances of PUR grants requested by the UE; and

receive a message from the access network entity indicating a PUR configuration, wherein the PUR configuration comprises a delta configuration that indicates at least one difference over a configuration of the UE.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the number of instances of PUR grants provides an explicit number of PUR grants or an indication of an infinite number of PUR grants.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the configuration is a prior PUR configuration of the UE or a default PUR configuration.

17. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the one or more processors individually or collectively to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, after receiving the PUR configuration, a PUR reconfiguration failure indication to the access network entity; and

release the PUR configuration.

18. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the one or more processors individually or collectively to cause the apparatus to:

determine, based at least in part on the message from the access network entity, a set of control channel resources to monitor for an uplink grant; and

monitor the set of control channel resources for the uplink grant, wherein the uplink grant indicates an uplink resource for transmission of a PUR response message to the access network entity.

19. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the one or more processors individually or collectively to cause the apparatus to:

determine that the PUR configuration is de-configured based at least in part on receiving a broadcast system information transmission from the access network entity that indicates PUR is unsupported; and

release the PUR configuration.

20. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the PUR request message is transmitted to the access network entity in an uplink message of an early data transmission (EDT) procedure.

21. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the one or more instructions are further executable by the one or more processors individually or collectively to cause the apparatus to:

format the PUR request message to be transmitted in the uplink message of the EDT procedure, wherein the PUR request message indicates a requested configuration, reconfiguration, or release of a preconfigured uplink resource configuration.

22. The apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the PUR request message is transmitted in a message three (MSG3) transmission of the EDT procedure.

23. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the message from the access network entity indicating the PUR configuration is received in an early data transmission (EDT) downlink message 4 that provides a radio resource control (RRC) connection release message or an RRC early data complete message.

24. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for transmitting a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) request message to an access network entity based at least in part on determining that the access network entity supports preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR request message includes a number of instances of PUR grants requested by the UE; and

means for receiving a message from the access network entity indicating a PUR configuration, wherein the PUR configuration comprises a delta configuration that indicates at least one difference over a configuration of the UE.

25. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the number of instances of PUR grants provides an explicit number of PUR grants or an indication of an infinite number of PUR grants.

26. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the number of instances of PUR grants requested by the UE indicate a one-shot PUR configuration is requested or a multi-shot PUR configuration is requested.

27. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the configuration is a prior PUR configuration of the UE.

28. The apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the configuration is a default PUR configuration.

29. The apparatus of claim 24 , further comprising:

means for transmitting, after receiving the PUR configuration, a PUR reconfiguration failure indication to the access network entity; and

means for releasing the PUR configuration.

30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors individually or collectively to:

transmit a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) request message to an access network entity based at least in part on determining that the access network entity supports preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR request message includes a number of instances of PUR grants requested by the UE; and

receive a message from the access network entity indicating a PUR configuration, wherein the PUR configuration comprises a delta configuration that indicates at least one difference over a configuration of the UE.

31. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

transmitting a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) request message to an access network entity based at least in part on determining that the access network entity supports preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR request message includes an indication that one PUR grant instance is requested by the UE or an infinite number of PUR grant instances are requested by the UE; and

receiving a message from the access network entity indicating a PUR configuration or PUR reconfiguration or release of preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR configuration comprises a delta configuration that indicates at least one difference over a prior PUR configuration of the UE.

32. The method of claim 31 , wherein the prior PUR configuration comprises a default PUR configuration.

33. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more processors,

one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and

one or more instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors individually or collectively to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) request message to an access network entity based at least in part on determining that the access network entity supports preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR request message includes an indication that one PUR grant instance is requested by the UE or an infinite number of PUR grant instances are requested by the UE; and

receive a message from the access network entity indicating a PUR configuration or PUR reconfiguration or release of preconfigured uplink resources, wherein the PUR configuration comprises a delta configuration that indicates at least one difference over a prior PUR configuration of the UE.

34. The apparatus of claim 33 , wherein the prior PUR configuration comprises a default PUR configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: PHUYAL, UMESH; DHANDA, MUNGAL SINGH; SENGUPTA, AYAN; RICO ALVARINO, ALBERTO; LIU, LE
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 055796/0535 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62873836 · Jul 12, 2019
Related Publication 20210014864A1 · Jan 14, 2021
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