IP Library Granted Patent US 12,284,711
Granted Patent B2
US 12,284,711 · App. 18/437,276 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Uplink resource allocation for unlicensed cells

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Peninsula Technologies, LLC
H04W76/20H04L5/001H04L5/0098H04L27/0006H04W24/04H04W72/02H04L5/0058H04W48/08H04W74/0808
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Patent No.
US 12,284,711
App. No.
18/437,276
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station transmits, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of an unlicensed cell for uplink transmissions of data of logical channels, wherein each of the logical channels is associated with a logical channel priority and a quality of service indicator. The base station transmits, to the wireless device, an uplink grant, for the unlicensed cell, indicating uplink resources and a type of listen-before-talk (LBT). The base station receives, from the wireless device on the unlicensed cell and based on the type of LBT, first data and second data via the uplink resources, wherein first uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the first data of a first logical channel, and remaining uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the second data of a second logical channel.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, configuration parameters of an unlicensed cell for uplink transmissions of data of logical channels, wherein each of the logical channels is associated with:

a logical channel priority; and

a quality of service indicator;

transmitting, by the base station to the wireless device, an uplink grant, for the unlicensed cell, indicating uplink resources and a type of listen-before-talk (LBT); and

receiving, by the base station from the wireless device on the unlicensed cell and based on the type of LBT, first data and second data via the uplink resources, wherein:

first uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the first data of a first logical channel, of the logical channels, with a first LBT priority number corresponding to a first quality of service indicator for the first logical channel; and

remaining uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the second data of a second logical channel, of the logical channels, with a second LBT priority number lower than the first LBT priority number.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that the first logical channel and the second logical channel are allowed to be transmitted on the unlicensed cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remaining uplink resources are allocated after one or more buffers, associated with the first logical channel, are empty.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising performing an LBT procedure based on the type of LBT indicated in the uplink grant.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the performing the LBT procedure occurs before the transmitting the uplink grant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first uplink resources are allocated using a logical channel prioritization procedure.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the remaining uplink resources are allocated using a logical channel prioritization procedure.

8. 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:

transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of an unlicensed cell for uplink transmissions of data of logical channels, wherein each of the logical channels is associated with:

a logical channel priority; and

a quality of service indicator;

transmit, to the wireless device, an uplink grant, for the unlicensed cell, indicating uplink resources and a type of listen-before-talk (LBT); and

receive, from the wireless device on the unlicensed cell and based on the type of LBT, first data and second data via the uplink resources, wherein:

first uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the first data of a first logical channel, of the logical channels, with a first LBT priority number corresponding to a first quality of service indicator for the first logical channel; and

remaining uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the second data of a second logical channel, of the logical channels, with a second LBT priority number lower than the first LBT priority number.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that the first logical channel and the second logical channel are allowed to be transmitted on the unlicensed cell.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the remaining uplink resources are allocated after one or more buffers, associated with the first logical channel, are empty.

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to perform an LBT procedure based on the type of LBT indicated in the uplink grant.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the performing the LBT procedure occurs before the transmitting the uplink grant.

13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the first uplink resources are allocated using a logical channel prioritization procedure.

14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the remaining uplink resources are allocated using a logical channel prioritization procedure.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a base station, cause the base station to:

transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters of an unlicensed cell for uplink transmissions of data of logical channels, wherein each of the logical channels is associated with:

a logical channel priority; and

a quality of service indicator;

transmit, to the wireless device, an uplink grant, for the unlicensed cell, indicating uplink resources and a type of listen-before-talk (LBT); and

receive, from the wireless device on the unlicensed cell and based on the type of LBT, first data and second data via the uplink resources, wherein:

first uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the first data of a first logical channel, of the logical channels, with a first LBT priority number corresponding to a first quality of service indicator for the first logical channel; and

remaining uplink resources, of the uplink resources, are allocated for the second data of a second logical channel, of the logical channels, with a second LBT priority number lower than the first LBT priority number.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate that the first logical channel and the second logical channel are allowed to be transmitted on the unlicensed cell.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the remaining uplink resources are allocated after one or more buffers, associated with the first logical channel, are empty.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to perform an LBT procedure based on the type of LBT indicated in the uplink grant.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first uplink resources are allocated using a logical channel prioritization procedure.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the remaining uplink resources are allocated using a logical channel prioritization procedure.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: PENINSULA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069849/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2024
From: BABAEI, ALIREZA; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 066711/0722 →
Continuity (8)
Continuation 17731614 · Apr 28, 2022
Continuation 16537849 · Aug 12, 2019
Continuation 15609903 · May 31, 2017
Provisional Application 62345410 · Jun 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62345434 · Jun 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62345419 · Jun 3, 2016
Provisional Application 62345428 · Jun 3, 2016
Related Publication 20240179784A1 · May 30, 2024
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