IP Library Granted Patent US 12,335,022
Granted Patent B2
US 12,335,022 · App. 17/936,776 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Uplink transmission scheduling in non-terrestrial network

Inventor: Hao Lin (Neuilly sur Seine, FR)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04B7/18513H04L5/0048H04W72/1268H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,335,022
App. No.
17/936,776
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for performing an uplink transmission by a user equipment in a non-terrestrial network, a method for scheduling uplink transmission in a non-terrestrial network, a user equipment and a base station are provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station, a first information for indicating uplink transmission resources, and a second information, wherein the second information comprises a first parameter for indicating the uplink transmission resources; performing, based on the first information and the second information, an uplink transmission on the uplink transmission resources.

Claims (35)

1. A method for performing an uplink transmission by a user equipment (UE) in a non-terrestrial network, the method comprising

receiving, from a base station, a first information for indicating uplink transmission resources, wherein the first information comprises one or more parameters indicating an initial time domain location of initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission;

receiving, from the base station, a second information, wherein the second information comprises a first parameter for indicating the uplink transmission resources, the first parameter indicates at least one time domain location offset indication, wherein the at least one time domain location offset indication is to shift by one or more offset values the initial time domain location of the initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission; and

performing, based on the first information and the second information, an uplink transmission on the uplink transmission resources.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises system information, and the system information comprises first system information block (SIB1), and the SIB 1 comprises the first parameter.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises random access response (RAR), and the RAR comprises the first parameter.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU), that is transmitted in Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) with UE contention resolution identity, and the MAC PDU comprises the first parameter.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises a first radio resource control (RRC).

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first RRC comprises bandwidth part (BWP) configuration, and the BWP configuration comprises the first parameter.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the BWP configuration comprises BWP-Uplink information element.

8. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first RRC comprises a first configuration for the uplink transmission, and the first configuration comprises the first parameter.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first configuration comprises physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) configuration.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first configuration comprises physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) configuration.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first configuration comprises sounding reference signal (SRS) configuration.

12. The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first RRC comprises a second configuration, and the second configuration corresponds to a first beam identifier, and the second configuration comprises the first parameter.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first beam identifier corresponds to synchronization signal block (SSB) index and/or footprint identifier.

14. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the second information comprises a first downlink control indicator (DCI), and the first DCI comprises the first parameter, wherein the first DCI is of a first DCI format.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first information comprises a second DCI, the second DCI is used for indicating the uplink transmission resources, wherein the second DCI is of a second DCI format, and the second DCI format is different from the first DCI format.

16. A method for scheduling uplink transmission in a non-terrestrial network, the method comprising

sending, by a base station to one or more user equipments, a first information for indicating uplink transmission resources, wherein the first information comprises one or more parameters indicating an initial time domain location of initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission; and

sending, by the base station to one or more user equipments, a second information, wherein the second information comprises a first parameter for indicating the uplink transmission resources, the first parameter indicates at least one time domain location offset indication, wherein the at least one time domain location offset indication is to shift by one or more offset values the initial time domain location of the initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission.

17. A user equipment, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory configured to store instructions,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

control the transceiver to receive, from a base station, a first information for indicating uplink transmission resources, wherein the first information comprises one or more parameters indicating an initial time domain location of initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission, and receive, from the base station, a second information, wherein the second information comprises a first parameter for indicating the uplink transmission resources, the first parameter indicates at least one time domain location offset indication, wherein the at least one time domain location offset indication is to shift by one or more offset values the initial time domain location of the initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission; and

perform, based on the first information and the second information, an uplink transmission on the uplink transmission resources.

18. A base station, comprising:

a processor;

a transceiver; and

a memory configured to store instructions,

wherein the processor is configured to execute the instructions to:

control the transceiver to send, to one or more user equipments, a first information for indicating uplink transmission resources, wherein the first information comprises one or more parameters indicating an initial time domain location of initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission;

control the transceiver to send, to one or more user equipments, a second information, wherein the second information comprises a first parameter for indicating the uplink transmission resources, the first parameter indicates at least one time domain location offset indication, wherein the at least one time domain location offset indication is to shift by one or more offset values the initial time domain location of the initial time domain resources allocated for the uplink transmission.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2024
From: OROPE FRANCE SARL
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066217/0741 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 29, 2022
From: LIN, HAO
To: OROPE FRANCE SARL
Reel/Frame 061261/0226 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTIB2020000486 · Apr 3, 2020
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