IP Library Granted Patent US 12,323,362
Granted Patent B2
US 12,323,362 · App. 17/835,067 · Granted Jun 3, 2025

Multi-subframe uplink grant in a wireless device

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Peninsula Technologies, LLC
H04L5/0053H04L1/0026H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,323,362
App. No.
17/835,067
Granted
Jun 3, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station sends, to a wireless device, one or more RRC messages comprising configuration parameters for a LAA cell, the configuration parameters comprising one or more CSI parameters. The base station sends, to the wireless device, a DCI indicating uplink resources in a number of one or more consecutive uplink subframes of the LAA cell, the DCI comprising a first field, a second field, and one or more third fields. The base station determines a position of a first subframe in the one or more consecutive uplink subframes employing the first field, and receives, in the first subframe, one or more CSI fields of the LAA cell, when the second field is set to trigger a CSI report, and the wireless device is allowed to transmit in the first subframe according to a LBT procedure based, at least, on the one or more third fields.

Claims (32)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, a downlink control information (DCI), for an uplink multi-subframe grant (MSFG), scheduling physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources in a plurality of consecutive PUSCH subframes, the DCI comprising a first field and a second field;

determining a position, indicated by the first field, of a first PUSCH subframe in which to receive one or more channel state information (CSI) fields, wherein the first PUSCH subframe is among the plurality of consecutive PUSCH subframes; and

receiving, from the wireless device in the first PUSCH subframe, the one or more CSI fields in response to the second field triggering a CSI report.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI indicates a number of the plurality of consecutive PUSCH subframes.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more CSI fields are associated with one or more CSI processes identified based, at least in part, on the second field.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more CSI fields comprise a channel quality index, a precoding matrix indicator, and a rank indicator.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the DCI further comprises a third field; and

the wireless device performs a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure based, at least, on the third field, the LBT procedure indicating a channel is available for transmission in the first PUSCH subframe.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the third field indicates one or more parameters for the LBT procedure, which are used in the LBT procedure to determine a duration of time that a channel is sensed to be idle before transmitting.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters for a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell comprising the PUSCH resources, the configuration parameters comprising one or more CSI parameters.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate a subframe pattern configuration for performing measurements in one or more second subframes.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further comprises a fourth field indicating a resource block assignment for transmitting the one or more CSI fields.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further comprises a transmit power control (TPC) employed for calculating a transmit power for transmission of the one or more CSI fields.

11. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to perform operations comprising:

sending, by a base station to a wireless device, a downlink control information (DCI), for an uplink multi-subframe grant (MSFG), scheduling physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resources in a plurality of consecutive PUSCH subframes, the DCI comprising a first field and a second field;

determining, by the base station and based on the first field, a position of a first PUSCH subframe in which to receive one or more channel state information (CSI) fields, wherein the first PUSCH subframe is among the plurality of consecutive PUSCH subframes; and

receiving, from the wireless device in the first PUSCH subframe, the one or more CSI fields in response to the second field triggering a CSI report.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the DCI indicates a number of the plurality of consecutive PUSCH subframes.

13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the one or more CSI fields are associated with one or more CSI processes identified based, at least in part, on the second field.

14. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the one or more CSI fields comprise a channel quality index, a precoding matrix indicator, and a rank indicator.

15. The base station of claim 11 , wherein:

the DCI further comprises a third field; and

the wireless device performs a listen-before-talk (LBT) procedure based, at least, on the third field, the LBT procedure indicating a channel is available for transmission in the first PUSCH subframe.

16. The base station of claim 15 , wherein the third field indicates one or more parameters for the LBT procedure, which are used in the LBT procedure to determine a duration of time that a channel is sensed to be idle before transmitting.

17. The base station of claim 11 , further comprising sending, by the base station, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising configuration parameters for a licensed assisted access (LAA) cell comprising the PUSCH resources, the configuration parameters comprising one or more CSI parameters.

18. The base station of claim 17 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate a subframe pattern configuration for performing measurements in one or more second subframes.

19. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the DCI further comprises a fourth field indicating a resource block assignment for transmitting the one or more CSI fields.

20. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the DCI further comprises a transmit power control (TPC) employed for calculating a transmit power for transmission of the one or more CSI fields.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: PENINSULA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069849/0289 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 18, 2022
From: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 060535/0076 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE RECEIVING PARTY NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 060137 FRAME: 0887. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Jun 17, 2022
From: DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI
To: OFINNO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 060512/0869 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2022
From: DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 060137/0887 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 16407592 · May 9, 2019
Continuation 15426449 · Feb 7, 2017
Provisional Application 62313771 · Mar 27, 2016
Related Publication 20220303098A1 · Sep 22, 2022
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