IP Library Granted Patent US 11,626,957
Granted Patent B2
US 11,626,957 · App. 17/149,283 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Logical channel management in a wireless communication network

Inventor: Paul Marinier (Brossard, CA)
Assignee: InterDigital Technology Corporation
H04L5/0053H04L47/10H04L47/266H04W8/04H04W28/0278H04W72/0406H04W72/1252H04W72/1263H04W72/1278H04W72/14
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Patent No.
US 11,626,957
App. No.
17/149,283
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) is configured to, on a condition that a serving grant having a non-zero value is too small for transmission of a single protocol data unit (PDU) from any scheduled medium access control-d (MAC-d) flow, transmit scheduling information (SI). The WTRU is further configured to produce a trigger on the condition that the serving grant is too small and the transmission of the SI is based on the produced trigger.

Claims (32)

1. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor, wherein:

the transmitter and the processor are configured to transmit, on a condition that a serving grant having a non-zero value is too small for transmission of a single protocol data unit (PDU) from any scheduled medium access control-d (MAC-d) flow, scheduling information (SI).

2. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to produce a trigger on the condition that the serving grant is too small and the transmission of the SI is based on the produced trigger.

3. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the single PDU is a radio link control (RLC) PDU.

4. The WTRU of claim 1 , further comprising a receiver, wherein the receiver is configured to receive a relative grant and the processor is further configured to determine that the relative grant indicates a decrease in power, wherein the serving grant being too small is based on the received relative grant.

5. The WTRU of claim 4 , wherein the relative grant is a non-serving relative grant.

6. The WTRU of claim 4 , wherein the relative grant received is a serving relative grant and the serving relative grant is erroneously processed by the WTRU.

7. The WTRU of claim 4 , wherein the relative grant is received from a base station.

8. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein a PDU of a first PDU of scheduled MAC-d flow is a first size and a second PDU of the scheduled MAC-d flow is a second size larger than the first size and the serving grant is too small based on the second size of the second PDU.

9. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to not segment PDUs at a medium access control (MAC) layer.

10. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the transmission of the SI is further based on a buffer having data for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmission.

11. The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the SI is transmitted to a base station.

12. A method implemented by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising:

transmitting scheduling information (SI) on a condition that a serving grant having a non-zero value is too small for transmission of a single protocol data unit (PDU) from any scheduled medium access control-d (MAC-d) flow.

13. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: producing a trigger on the condition that the serving grant is too small and the transmission of the SI is based on the produced trigger.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the single PDU is a radio link control (RLC) PDU.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising: receiving a relative grant; and determining that the relative grant indicates a decrease in power, wherein the serving grant being too small is based on the received relative grant.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the relative grant is a non-serving relative grant.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the relative grant is a serving relative grant and the serving relative grant is erroneously processed by the WTRU.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the relative grant is received from a base station.

19. The method of claim 12 , wherein a PDU of a first PDU of scheduled MAC-d flow is a first size and a second PDU of the scheduled MAC-d flow is a second size larger than the first size and the serving grant is too small based on the second size of the second PDU.

20. The method of claim 12 , wherein the WTRU is configured to not segment PDUs at a MAC layer.

21. The method of claim 12 , wherein the transmission of the SI is further based on a buffer having data for enhanced dedicated channel (E-DCH) transmission.

22. The method of claim 12 , wherein the SI is transmitted to a base station.

23. A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:

a transmitter; and

a processor, wherein

the transmitter and the processor are configured to:

compare a non-zero serving grant value to a size of a single protocol data unit (PDU) of a scheduled medium access control-d (MAC-d) flow;

based on the comparison, determine whether to transmit scheduling information (SI); and based on the determination being to transmit the SI, transmit the SI.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 14, 2025
From: INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
To: INTERDIGITAL PATENT HOLDINGS, INC.
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Continuity (8)
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