IP Library Granted Patent US 12,426,014
Granted Patent B2
US 12,426,014 · App. 17/693,562 · Granted Sep 23, 2025

Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving uplink signal

Inventors: Guorong Li (Beijing, CN); Lei Zhang (Beijing, CN); Meiyi Jia (Beijing, CN); Yang Lu (Beijing, CN); Xin Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITED
H04W72/044
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Patent No.
US 12,426,014
App. No.
17/693,562
Granted
Sep 23, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for transmitting and receiving an uplink signal. The method includes: from a media access control layer, instructing a physical layer by a terminal equipment to transmit a first uplink signal on a first time-frequency resource; in the media access control layer, determining that a second time-frequency resource at least partially overlaps the first time-frequency resource in a time domain or a time-frequency domain; and in the media access control layer, comparing first information related to the first uplink signal and second information related to the second time-frequency resource.

Claims (25)

1. An apparatus for transmitting an uplink signal, comprising:

determining circuitry configured to, in a media access control layer, determine that a first time-frequency resource at least partially overlaps a second time-frequency resource in a time domain or a time-frequency domain;

comparing circuitry configured to, in the media access control layer, compare a first uplink grant related to the first time-frequency resource and a second uplink grant related to the second time-frequency resource; and

instructing circuitry configured to, from the media access control layer, instruct a physical layer to transmit a first uplink signal related to the first uplink grant on the first time-frequency resource and/or transmit a second uplink signal related to the second uplink grant on the second time-frequency resource,

wherein, in a case that a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) is not generated/obtained, a highest priority in priorities of one or more logical channels that have data available for transmission and meet logical channel processing (LCP) mapping restrictions of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant is taken as a priority of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first uplink signal or the second uplink signal comprises at least one of a physical random access channel (PRACH), a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH), or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH).

3. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the determining circuitry is further configured to respectively determine a first priority or preferential order of the first uplink grant and a second priority or preferential order of the second uplink grant, according to a priority of a logical channel; and

the comparing circuitry is further configured to compare the first priority of the first uplink grant and the second priority of the second uplink grant to determine a preferential order of the first uplink grant or the first scheduling request and the second uplink grant or the second scheduling request.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in case that the first uplink grant is prioritized than the second uplink grant and a MAC PDU corresponding to the first uplink grant has been generated, the instructing circuitry is further configured to instruct the physical layer to transmit the first uplink signal related to the first uplink grant.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein, in case that the first uplink grant is prioritized than the second uplink grant and a MAC PDU corresponding to the first uplink grant has not been generated, the instructing circuitry is further configured to generate a MAC PDU corresponding to the first uplink grant and instruct the physical layer to transmit the first uplink signal related to the first uplink grant.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the comparing circuitry is further configured to, in case that the second uplink grant is prioritized than the first uplink grant, generate a MAC PDU corresponding to the second uplink grant; and

the instructing circuitry is further configured to instruct the physical layer to transmit the second uplink signal related to the second uplink grant on a second PUSCH resource.

7. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the instructing circuitry is further configured to indicate a priority or preferential order of an uplink grant to the physical layer.

8. The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein a priority is configured for the first time-frequency resource and/or the second time-frequency resource, and the priority is used for physical layer handling.

9. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the priority is a priority of the time-frequency resource, or a priority of PUSCH carried or to be carried in the time-frequency resource, or a priority of PRACH carried or to be carried in the time-frequency resource, or the processing capability of terminal that the time-frequency resource corresponds to.

10. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the priority is indicated by downlink control information (DCI) or is configured by radio resource control (RRC).

11. The apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein, in a case that the priority of the second time-frequency resource is lower than or is equal to the priority of the first time-frequency resource, the MAC layer does not instruct the physical layer to transmit the second information related to the second time-frequency resource.

12. An apparatus for receiving an uplink signal, comprising:

transmitting circuitry configured to transmit configuration information or indication information to a terminal equipment, the configuration information or the indication information being at least used by the terminal equipment to compare a first uplink grant related to a first uplink signal with a second uplink grant related to a second time-frequency resource, or compare first related to a first time-frequency resource with second related to a second time-frequency resource; and

receiving circuitry configured to receive the first uplink signal and/or a second uplink signal related to the second uplink grant, or a third uplink signal related to the first uplink grant and the second uplink grant, transmitted by the terminal equipment,

wherein, in a case that a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) is not generated/obtained, a highest priority in priorities of one or more logical channels that have data available for transmission and meet logical channel processing (LCP) mapping restrictions of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant is taken as a priority of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant.

13. A communication system, comprising:

a base station configured to transmit configuration information or indication information; and receive a first uplink signal related to a first uplink grant and/or a second uplink signal related to a second uplink grant, or a third uplink signal related to the first uplink grant and the second uplink grant; and

a terminal device configured to, in a media access control layer, determine that a first time-frequency resource at least partially overlaps a second time-frequency resource in a time domain or a time-frequency domain; in the media access control layer, compare the first uplink grant related to the first time-frequency resource and the second uplink grant related to the second time-frequency resource; and from the media access control layer, instruct a physical layer to transmit the first uplink signal related to the first uplink grant on the first time-frequency resource and/or transmit the second uplink signal related to the second uplink grant on the second time-frequency resource,

wherein, in a case that a media access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) is not generated/obtained, a highest priority in priorities of one or more logical channels that have data available for transmission and meet logical channel processing (LCP) mapping restrictions of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant is taken as a priority of the first uplink grant or the second uplink grant.

Assignments (3)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE APPLICATION NUMBER 19345640 TO CHANGE IT TO 19346640 AND TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION 19317078 TO CHANGE IT TO 19319078. PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 73477 FRAME 351. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jan 20, 2026
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 075265/0471 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: 1FINITY INC.
Reel/Frame 073477/0351 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 14, 2022
From: LI, GUORONG; ZHANG, LEI; JIA, MEIYI; LU, YANG; WANG, XIN
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
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Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2019/109230 · Sep 29, 2019 · international
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116345 · Nov 7, 2019
Related Publication 20220210777A1 · Jun 30, 2022
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