IP Library Granted Patent US 12,457,628
Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,628 · App. 17/995,631 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Calculation of preconfigured uplink resource occasion start time and periodic timing

Inventors: Emre Yavuz (Stockholm, SE); Andreas Höglund (Solna, SE); Tuomas Tirronen (Helsinki, FI)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W72/535H04W72/0446H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,457,628
App. No.
17/995,631
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method ( 1200 ) by a wireless device ( 110 ) includes transmitting ( 1202 ), to a network node ( 160 ), a request for a preconfigured uplink resource, PUR, configuration. The wireless device 110 receives the PUR configuration from the network node, and the PUR configuration comprising time and/or frequency resources for transmitting on an uplink. The wireless device determines a PUR start time based on a value associated with a hyper system frame number (HSFN), a HSFN cycle, and/or a subframe number. The PUR start time measured relative to a time associated with the PUR configuration.

Claims (46)

1. A method performed by a wireless device, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a network node, a request for a preconfigured uplink resource, PUR, configuration, wherein the request for the PUR configuration indicates at least one of an indication of a current HSFN cycle, an indication of a current HSFN, an indication of a current SFN, or an indication of a current subframe when the request for the PUR configuration is sent;

receiving the PUR configuration from the network node, the PUR configuration comprising time and/or frequency resources for transmitting on an uplink; and

determining a PUR start time based on a value comprising an offset for a hyper system frame number, HSFN, cycle, the PUR start time measured relative to a time associated with the PUR configuration.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time associated with the PUR configuration comprises a time when the PUR configuration is received from the network node.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time associated with the PUR configuration comprises a time when the request for the PUR configuration is sent by the wireless device to the network node.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PUR start time is determined as:

pur-startHSFNcycle=HSFNcycle_config+HSFNcycle_offset

where HSFNcycle_config is a HSFN cycle number at the time of sending the request for the PUR configuration or at the time of receiving the PUR configuration, and HSFNcycle_offset is a configured HSFN cycle offset for the requested pur-StartTime.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the pur-startHSFNcycle is in a range of 0 to 7.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the PUR starting time is an offset within one full HSFN cycle with a configurable or fixed setup.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a first PUR occasion based on the PUR start time and transmitting on the uplink during the first PUR occasion.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising determining at least one additional PUR occasion subsequent to the first PUR occasion based on a PUR periodicity.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining an Nth PUR occasion as follows:

Current H-SFN cycle*number of subframes in one full H-SFN cycle+current H-SFN*number of subframes in one full SFN cycle+current system frame number*10+subframe)=(Configured PUR subframe within PUR periodicity+(N−1)*pur-Periodicity in subframes) modulo (number of subframes in maximum addressable space.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that a Nth PUR uplink grant occurs in a transmission time interval calculated as follows:

(10485760*Number of H-SFN cycle+10240*H-SFN+10*SFN+subframe)=(pur-StartTime+(N−1)*pur-Periodicity*10240) modulo K*10485760

where H-SFN indicates the current H-SFN, SFN indicates the current SFN and subframe is the current subframe in a radio frame. K indicates the maximum H-SFN cycle which can be indexed.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining a periodic subframe where an Nth PUR occasion is started or occurs based on a number, a current H-SFN, a current SFN and the PUR configuration of PUR periodicity and the subframe within one PUR period.

12. A wireless device comprising processing circuitry configured to:

transmit, to a network node, a request for a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration, wherein the request for the PUR configuration indicates at least one of an indication of a current HSFN cycle, an indication of a current HSFN, an indication of a current SFN, or an indication of a current subframe when the request for the PUR configuration is sent;

receive the PUR configuration from the network node, the PUR configuration comprising time and/or frequency resources for transmitting on an uplink; and

determine a PUR start time based on a value comprising an offset for a hyper system frame number (HSFN) cycle, the PUR start time measured relative to a time associated with the PUR configuration.

13. A method performed by a network node, the method comprising:

receiving, from a wireless device, a request for a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration, wherein the request for the PUR configuration indicates at least one of an indication of a current HSFN cycle, an indication of a current HSFN, an indication of a current SFN, or an indication of a current subframe when the request for the PUR configuration is sent;

transmitting the PUR configuration to the wireless device, the PUR configuration comprising time and/or frequency resources for transmitting by the wireless device on an uplink; and

determining a PUR start time based on a value comprising an offset for a hyper system frame number (HSFN) cycle, the PUR start time measured relative to a time associated with the PUR configuration.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the time associated with the PUR configuration comprises a time when the PUR configuration is received from the network node.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein the time associated with the request for the PUR configuration comprises a time of sending by the wireless device the request for the PUR configuration.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the PUR start time is determined as:

pur-startHSFNcycle=HSFNcycle_config+HSFNcycle_offset

where HSFNcycle_config is a HSFN cycle number at the time of sending the request for the PUR configuration or at the time of receiving the PUR configuration, and HSFNcycle_offset is a configured HSFN cycle offset for the requested pur-StartTime.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the pur-startHSFNcycle is in a range of 0 to 7.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the PUR starting time is an offset within one full HSFN cycle or one HSFN with a configurable or fixed setup.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining a first PUR occasion based on the PUR start time and receiving on the uplink during the first PUR occasion.

20. The method of claim 19 , further comprising determining at least one additional PUR occasion subsequent to the first PUR occasion based on a PUR periodicity.

21. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining an Nth PUR occasion as follows:

Current H-SFN cycle*number of subframes in one full H-SFN cycle+current H-SFN*number of subframes in one full SFN cycle+current system frame number*10+subframe)=(Configured PUR subframe within PUR periodicity+(N−1)*pur-Periodicity in subframes) modulo (number of subframes in maximum addressable space.

22. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining that a Nth PUR uplink grant occurs in a transmission time interval calculated as follows:

(10485760*Number of H-SFN cycle+10240*H-SFN+10*SFN+subframe)=(pur-StartTime+(N−1)*pur-Periodicity*10240) modulo K*10485760

where H-SFN indicates the current H-SFN, SFN indicates the current SFN and subframe is the current subframe in a radio frame. K indicates the maximum H-SFN cycle which can be indexed.

23. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining a periodic subframe where an Nth PUR occasion is started or occurs based on a number, a current H-SFN, a current SFN and the PUR configuration of PUR periodicity and the subframe within one PUR period.

24. A network node comprising processing circuitry configured to:

receive, from a wireless device, a request for a preconfigured uplink resource (PUR) configuration, wherein the request for the PUR configuration indicates at least one of an indication of a current HSFN cycle, an indication of a current HSFN, an indication of a current SFN, or an indication of a current subframe when the request for the PUR configuration is sent;

transmit the PUR configuration to the wireless device, the PUR configuration comprising time and/or frequency resources for transmitting by the wireless device on an uplink; and

determine a PUR start time based on a value comprising an offset for a hyper system frame number (HSFN) cycle, the PUR start time measured relative to a time associated with the PUR configuration.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2022
From: TIRRONEN, TUOMAS
To: OY L M ERICSSON AB
Reel/Frame 061337/0180 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2022
From: OY L M ERICSSON AB
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 061337/0312 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2022
From: YAVUZ, EMRE; HOGLUND, ANDREAS
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 061337/0412 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63007263 · Apr 8, 2020
Related Publication 20230217476A1 · Jul 6, 2023
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