Granted Patent B2

US 12,294,989 · App. 17/442,533 · Granted May 6, 2025

Inventors: Aata El Hamss (Laval, CA); Patrick Tooher (Montreal, CA); Faris Alfarhan (Montreal, CA)

Assignee: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.

H04W72/1268H04L1/1812H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (38)

1. A method for a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) for performing configured grant (CG) uplink (UL) transmission, the method comprising:

receiving configuration information indicating a plurality of CG configurations for CG UL transmission;

transmitting a first CG UL transmission, which includes a plurality of code block groups (CBGs), via first CG UL transmission resources included in two or more sub-bands of a first set of available sub-bands based on: (1) a number of the CBGs for transmission, and (2) transmission parameters of a first CG configuration;

receiving CBG-based hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback information associated with the CBGs;

determining second CG UL transmission resources that are entirely within the two or more sub-bands of the first set of available sub-bands based on: (1) the first CG UL transmission resources associated with the CBG-based HARQ-ACK feedback information, (2) a number of one or more of the CBGs for retransmission, and (3) transmission parameters of a second CG configuration; and

transmitting a second CG UL transmission, which includes the one or more of the CBGs for retransmission, via the second CG UL transmission resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting the first or the second CG UL transmission according to any of: (1) an active bandwidth part (BWP) size; (2) a number of CGs selected for transmissions by the WTRU at a slot or transmission opportunity; (3) any of a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs), a number of symbols within a slot, and/or a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the selected CGs; (4) a bandwidth size of an unlicensed channel; (5) a number of any of multi-channel sub-bands or listen before talk (LBT) sub-bands to which the selected CGs map; and/or (6) a buffer size status of a WTRU.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the number of the CBGs included in the first CG UL transmission according to information associated with a plurality of CGs; and

transmitting the first CG UL transmission via the first CG UL transmission resources included in the plurality of CGs.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining the first CG configuration according to any of: a time domain allocation of a plurality of CGs, a frequency domain allocation of the CGs, a logical channel priority or latency requirements, a logical channel group, HARQ feedback, and/or a channel access category.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicates any of: a number of PRBs, a number of symbols, and/or a modulation and coding scheme associated with transmission within a respective CG.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information indicating the plurality of CG configurations for CG UL transmission is received from a network via RRC signaling.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

indicating, to a network, transmission parameters associated with any of the first and the second CG UL transmissions.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein any of the first and the second CG UL transmissions is a CG Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG-PUSCH) transmission including a set of CG uplink transmission information (CG-UCI).

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein any of content of the set of the CG-UCI or a format for transmitting the set of the CG-UCI is determined according to any of: (1) a number of symbols allocated for the CG-PUSCH transmission; (2) any of a number of interlaces allocated to the CG-PUSCH transmission or a size of the interlaces; (3) a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) allocated to the CG-PUSCH transmission; (4) number of aggregate slots of the CG-PUSCH transmission; (5) a number of LBT bandwidths allocated to the CG-PUSCH transmission; (6) a type of LBT used to access the first set of available sub-bands; (7) any of whether a UCI is configured to be transmitted with the CG-PUSCH transmission and/or the size of the UCI; (8) a number of HARQ processes with pending HARQ feedback; and (9) a UCI type.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the format for transmitting the set of the CG-UCI corresponds to the content of the set of CG-UCI.

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

a processor, memory, and a transceiver which are configured to:

receive configuration information indicating a plurality of CG configurations for configured grant (CG) uplink (UL) transmission,

transmit a first CG UL transmission, which includes a plurality of code block groups (CBGs), via first CG UL transmission resources included in two or more sub-bands of a first set of available, sub-bands based on: (1) a number of the CBGs for transmission, and (2) transmission parameters of a first CG configuration,

receive CBG-based hybrid automatic repeat request acknowledgment (HARQ-ACK) feedback information associated with the CBGs,

determine second CG UL transmission resources that are entirely within the two or more sub-bands of the first set of available sub-bands based on: (1) the first CG UL transmission resources associated with the CBG-based HARQ-ACK feedback information, (2) a number of one or more of the CBGs for retransmission, and (3) transmission parameters of a second CG configuration, and

transmit a second CG UL transmission, which includes the one or more of the CBGs for retransmission, via the second CG UL transmission resources.

12. The WTRU of claim 11 , further configured to transmit the first or the second CG UL transmission according to any of: (1) an active bandwidth part (BWP) size; (2) a number of CGs selected for transmissions by the WTRU at a slot or transmission opportunity; (3) any of a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs), a number of symbols within a slot, and/or a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) of the selected CGs; (4) a bandwidth size of an unlicensed channel; (5) a number of any of multi-channel sub-bands or listen before talk (LBT) sub-bands to which the selected CGs map; and (6) a buffer size status of a WTRU.

13. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the processor, memory, and the transceiver are configured to:

determine the number of the CBGs included in the first CG UL transmission according to information associated with a plurality of CGs; and

transmit the first CG UL transmission via the first CG UL transmission resources included in the plurality of CGs.

14. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the processor, memory, and the transceiver are configured to determine the first CG configuration according to any of: a time domain allocation of a plurality of CGs, a frequency domain allocation of the CGs, a logical channel priority or latency requirements, a logical channel group, HARQ feedback, and/or a channel access category.

15. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the configuration information indicates any of: a number of PRBs, a number of symbols, and/or a modulation and coding scheme associated with transmission within a respective CG.

16. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the configuration information indicating the plurality of CG configurations for CG UL transmission is received from a network via RRC signaling.

17. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein the processor, memory, and the transceiver are configured to indicate, to a network, transmission parameters associated with any of the first and the second CG UL transmissions.

18. The WTRU of claim 11 , wherein any of the first and the second CG UL transmissions is a CG Physical Uplink Shared Channel (CG-PUSCH) transmission including a set of CG uplink transmission information (CG-UCI).

19. The WTRU of claim 18 , wherein any of content of the set of the CG-UCI or a format for transmitting the set of the CG-UCI is determined according to any of: (1) a number of symbols allocated for the CG-PUSCH transmission; (2) any of a number of interlaces allocated to the CG-PUSCH transmission or a size of the interlaces; (3) a number of physical resource blocks (PRBs) allocated to the CG-PUSCH transmission; (4) number of aggregate slots of the CG-PUSCH transmission; (5) any of a number of any of multi-channel bandwidths or listen before talk (LBT) bandwidths allocated to the CG-PUSCH transmission; (6) a type of LBT used to access the first set of available sub-bands; (7) any of whether a UCI is configured to be transmitted with the CG-PUSCH transmission and/or the size of the UCI; (8) a number of HARQ processes with pending HARQ feedback; and (9) a UCI type.

20. The WTRU of claim 19 , wherein the format for transmitting the set of the CG-UCI corresponds to the content of the set of CG-UCI.

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