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Granted Patent B2
US 12,232,140 · App. 18/359,318 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Techniques for shared channel backoff procedures in wireless communications systems

Inventors: Mahbod Ghelichi (San Diego, CA); James Francis Geekie (Carlsbad, CA); Arnaud Meylan (San Diego, CA); Sivaram Srivenkata Palakodety (San Diego, CA); Bao Vinh Nguyen (San Diego, CA); Michel Evan Chauvin (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/23H04L1/0008H04W24/08H04W28/0278H04W74/0816
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Patent No.
US 12,232,140
App. No.
18/359,318
Granted
Feb 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) may receive, via a first carrier associated with a first radio access technology, at least a first uplink grant from a base station. The UE may implement one or more backoff schemes. For example, the UE may transmit, using resources indicated by at least the first uplink grant, an uplink message based on a temperature of one or more components of the UE satisfying a threshold, the uplink message including a transport block (TB) indicating data, a buffer status report (BSR) associated with the data, one or more padding bytes different from the data, or any combination thereof. The UE may monitor for at least a second uplink grant from the base station during a first time period based on transmitting the uplink message.

Claims (69)

1. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving, via a first carrier associated with a first radio access technology, at least a first uplink grant from a network entity; and

transmitting, using resources indicated by at least the first uplink grant, an uplink transmission based at least in part on a temperature of one or more components of the UE satisfying a threshold, the uplink transmission including a buffer status report having a value of zero, one or more data bytes, and one or more padding bytes different from the one or more data bytes, wherein the one or more data bytes include one or more bytes of application data from a buffer at the UE, the buffer includes a different quantity of data than indicated in the buffer status report.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

monitoring for at least a second uplink grant from the network entity during a first time period based at least in part on transmitting the uplink transmission.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, from the network entity, at least the second uplink grant during the first time period based at least in part on the monitoring;

transmitting, using resources indicated by at least the second uplink grant, a second uplink transmission in response to receiving at least the second uplink grant, wherein the second uplink transmission includes the buffer status report, one or more data bytes, and a plurality of padding bytes different from the one or more data bytes, or any combination thereof; and

monitoring for at least a third uplink grant from the network entity during a second time period based at least in part on transmitting the second uplink transmission.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

receiving, from the network entity, at least the third uplink grant during the second time period based at least in part on the monitoring.

5. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving, from the network entity, at least the second uplink grant during the first time period based at least in part on the monitoring for at least the second uplink grant.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a configuration for transmitting one or more reference signals in response to the first uplink grant, the configuration indicating a first power for transmitting the one or more reference signals; and

transmitting the one or more reference signals using a second power based at least in part on the temperature of the one or more components satisfying the threshold.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a value of the second power is less than a value of the first power.

8. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

communicating with the network entity via a second carrier different from the first carrier in response to the transmitted one or more reference signals.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting signaling to the network entity based at least in part on the temperature of the one or more components of the UE satisfying the threshold.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the signaling indicates a measurement associated with the first radio access technology, further comprising:

communicating with the network entity via a second radio access technology different from the first radio access technology based at least in part on transmitting the signaling.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the signaling comprises a detach request for the first radio access technology or an indication of a secondary cell group failure, further comprising:

operating in an idle mode based at least in part on transmitting the signaling.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the UE is operating in a standalone mode and the signaling comprises the detach request.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the UE is operating in a non-standalone mode and the signaling comprises the indication of the secondary cell group failure.

14. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying a first value of the buffer status report based at least in part on an amount of the application data, wherein the buffer status report is a second value different from the first value based at least in part on the temperature of the one or more components of the UE satisfying the threshold.

15. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

operating in a first mode prior to receiving at least the first uplink grant; and

operating in a second mode based at least in part on the temperature of the one or more components of the UE satisfying the threshold, the second mode comprising one or more cooling period states.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein operating in the second mode comprises:

refraining from transmitting first data to the network entity in accordance with the second mode, the first data comprising at least a portion of application data; and

communicating second data with the network entity in accordance with the second mode, the second data comprising control information, data associated with a higher priority than the first data, or a combination thereof.

17. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

operating in the first mode upon expiration of a first time period based at least in part on failing to receive at least a second uplink grant from the network entity.

18. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

determining that the temperature of the one or more components satisfies a second threshold; and

operating in the first mode based at least in part on the temperature satisfying the second threshold.

19. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories storing processor-executable code; and

one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive, via a first carrier associated with a first radio access technology, at least a first uplink grant from a network entity; and

transmit, using resources indicated by at least the first uplink grant, an uplink transmission based at least in part on a temperature of one or more components of the UE satisfying a threshold, the uplink transmission including a buffer status report having a value of zero, one or more data bytes, and one or more padding bytes different from the one or more data bytes, wherein the one or more data bytes include one or more bytes of application data from a buffer at the UE, the buffer includes a different quantity of data than indicated in the buffer status report.

20. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

monitor for at least a second uplink grant from the network entity during a first time period based at least in part on transmitting the uplink transmission.

21. The UE of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive, from the network entity, at least the second uplink grant during the first time period based at least in part on the monitoring;

transmit, using resources indicated by at least the second uplink grant, a second uplink transmission in response to receiving at least the second uplink grant, wherein the second uplink transmission includes the buffer status report, one or more data bytes, and a plurality of padding bytes different from the one or more data bytes, or any combination thereof; and

monitor for at least a third uplink grant from the network entity during a second time period based at least in part on transmitting the second uplink transmission.

22. The UE of claim 21 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive, from the network entity, at least the third uplink grant during the second time period based at least in part on the monitoring.

23. The UE of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

receive, from the network entity, at least the second uplink grant during the first time period based at least in part on the monitoring for at least the second uplink grant.

24. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

identify a configuration for transmitting one or more reference signals in response to the first uplink grant, the configuration indicating a first power for transmitting the one or more reference signals; and

transmit the one or more reference signals using a second power based at least in part on determining that the temperature of the one or more components satisfies the threshold.

25. The UE of claim 24 , wherein a value of the second power is less than a value of the first power.

26. The UE of claim 24 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

communicate with the network entity via a second carrier different from the first carrier in response to the transmitted one or more reference signals.

27. The UE of claim 19 , wherein the one or more processors are individually or collectively further operable to execute the code to cause the UE to:

transmit signaling to the network entity based at least in part on the temperature of the one or more components of the UE satisfying the threshold.

28. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, comprising:

means for receiving, via a first carrier associated with a first radio access technology, at least a first uplink grant from a network entity; and

means for transmitting, using resources indicated by at least the first uplink grant, an uplink transmission based at least in part on a temperature of one or more components of the UE satisfying a threshold, the uplink transmission including a buffer status report having a value of zero, one or more data bytes, and one or more padding bytes different from the one or more data bytes, wherein the one or more data bytes include one or more bytes of application data from a buffer at the UE, the buffer includes a different quantity of data than indicated in the buffer status report.

29. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to:

receive, via a first carrier associated with a first radio access technology, at least a first uplink grant from a network entity; and

transmit, using resources indicated by at least the first uplink grant, an uplink transmission based at least in part on a temperature of one or more components of the UE satisfying a threshold, the uplink transmission including a buffer status report having a value of zero, one or more data bytes, and one or more padding bytes different from the one or more data bytes, wherein the one or more data bytes include one or more bytes of application data from a buffer at the UE, the buffer includes a different quantity of data than indicated in the buffer status report.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: GHELICHI, MAHBOD; GEEKIE, JAMES FRANCIS; MEYLAN, ARNAUD; PALAKODETY, SIVARAM SRIVENKATA; NGUYEN, BAO VINH; CHAUVIN, MICHEL EVAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 064792/0248 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17321882 · May 17, 2021
Provisional Application 63027248 · May 19, 2020
Related Publication 20240023115A1 · Jan 18, 2024
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