Granted Patent B2

US 12,363,733 · App. 18/452,327 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Inventors: Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA)

Assignee: Ofinno, LLC

H04W72/23H04W72/20

Abstract

Claims (94)

1. A wireless device comprising:

at least one processor; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, configure the wireless device to:

receive a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising an index indentifying a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration of an SPS grant for a cell, wherein the SPS grant indicates a plurality of configured uplink grants with a periodicity;

receive a downlink control information (DCI) comprising the index of the SPS configuration of the plurality of configured uplink grants, wherein the DCI indicates that the SPS configuration is activated or released;

transmit a confirmation medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) comprising a bitmap, wherein:

bit i in the bitmap corresponds to an SPS indicated by index i; and

a value of bit i is set to 1 to indicate SPS confirmation for SPS activation and an SPS release.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein a value of the bit i is set to 0 for one or more SPSs that do not require SPS confirmation or are not configured.

3. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the DCI is associated with an SPS radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

4. The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the RRC message further comprises the SPS-RNTI for the SPS configuration.

5. The wireless device of claim 4 , wherein the SPS configuration comprises the periodicity.

6. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the confirmation MAC CE is identified by a MAC protocol data unit (PDU) sub-header with a logical channel identifier (LCID).

7. The wireless device of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to transmit the MAC PDU sub-header with the LCID.

8. The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the confirmation MAC CE has lower priority than:

a MAC CE for a cell-RNTI (C-RNTI); or

data from uplink common control channel (UL-CCCH).

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the confirmation MAC CE has higher priority than a MAC CE for a buffer status report (BSR).

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein an SPS confirmation indicated by the confirmation MAC CE is triggered by the DCI.

11. The wireless device of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

trigger an SPS confirmation after receiving the DCI; and

based on uplink resources being allocated for a new transmission:

instruct a multiplexing and assembly procedure to generate the confirmation MAC CE; and

cancel the triggered SPS confirmation.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to, if the DCI indicates that the SPS configuration is released, clear a configured uplink grant associated with the uplink SPS configuration after a first transmission of the confirmation MAC CE.

13. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein an SPS confirmation indicated by the confirmation MAC CE is triggered by the DCI.

14. The wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

trigger an SPS confirmation after receiving the DCI; and

based on uplink resources being allocated for a new transmission:

instruct a multiplexing and assembly procedure to generate the confirmation MAC CE; and

cancel the triggered SPS confirmation.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to, if the DCI indicates that the SPS configuration is released, clear a configured uplink grant associated with the uplink SPS configuration after a first transmission of the confirmation MAC CE.

16. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation MAC CE has lower priority than:

a MAC CE for a cell-RNTI (C-RNTI); or

data from uplink common control channel (UL-CCCH).

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the confirmation MAC CE has higher priority than a MAC CE for a buffer status report (BSR).

18. The wireless device of claim 17 , wherein an SPS confirmation indicated by the confirmation MAC CE is triggered by the DCI.

19. The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

trigger an SPS confirmation after receiving the DCI; and

based on uplink resources being allocated for a new transmission:

instruct a multiplexing and assembly procedure to generate the confirmation MAC CE; and

cancel the triggered SPS confirmation.

20. The wireless device of claim 19 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to, if the DCI indicates that the SPS configuration is released, clear a configured uplink grant associated with the uplink SPS configuration after a first transmission of the confirmation MAC CE.

21. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive a first downlink control information (DCI) indicating an activation of a first configured uplink grant configuration;

transmit a first medium access control control element (MAC CE) comprising a plurality of first bits to confirm the activation, wherein the plurality of first bits comprises a first bit set to one based on the receiving the first DCI indicating the activation of the first configured uplink grant configuration;

receive a second DCI indicating a release of a second configured uplink grant configuration; and

transmit a second MAC CE comprising a plurality of second bits to confirm the release, wherein the plurality of second bits comprise a second bit set to one based on the receiving the second DCI indicating the release of the second configured uplink grant configuration.

22. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein:

the first bit is set to one to confirm the activation of the first configured uplink grant configuration based on the receiving the first DCI; and

the second bit is set to one to confirm the release of the second configured uplink grant configuration based on the receiving the second DCI.

23. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein:

the plurality of first bits comprise a third bit set to zero for a third configured uplink grant configuration; and

the plurality of second bits comprise a fourth bit set to zero for a fourth configured uplink grant configuration.

24. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein:

the third bit is set to zero to indicate that no confirmation of an activation, or a release, of the third configured uplink grant configuration is required; and

the fourth bit is set to zero to indicate that no confirmation of an activation, or a release, of the fourth configured uplink grant configuration is required.

25. The wireless device of claim 24 , wherein:

each bit, in the plurality of first bits and in the plurality of second bits, corresponds to a configured uplink grant among a plurality of configured uplink grants; and

the plurality of configured uplink grants comprise the first configured uplink grant configuration, the second configured uplink grant configuration, the third configured uplink grant configuration, and the fourth configured uplink grant configuration.

26. The wireless device of claim 25 , wherein each of the plurality of configured uplink grants are semi-persistently scheduled.

27. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein:

a field of the first DCI indicates a first index of the first uplink configured grant configuration; and

a field of the second DCI indicates a second index of the second uplink configured grant configuration.

28. The wireless device of claim 27 , wherein the second DCI comprises one or more fields set to pre-configured values to indicate the release of the second configured uplink grant configuration.

29. The wireless device of claim 28 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising parameters of a plurality of configured uplink grant configurations, wherein the parameters comprise:

indexes of the plurality of uplink configured grant configurations, wherein the indexes comprise the first index and the second index; and

periodicities of the plurality of uplink configured grant configurations, wherein the periodicities comprise:

a first periodicity of the first configured uplink grant configuration; and

a second periodicity of the second configured uplink grant configuration.

30. The wireless device of claim 29 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to transmit uplink transmissions based on the first periodicity and radio resources indicated by the uplink grant.

31. The wireless device of claim 23 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

trigger the first MAC CE based on the first DCI being received; and

trigger the second MAC CE based on the second DCI being received.

32. The wireless device of claim 31 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

cancel the triggered first MAC CE after the first MAC CE is transmitted; and

cancel the triggered second MAC CE after the second MAC CE is transmitted.

33. The wireless device of claim 32 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to clear the second configured uplink grant configuration after the second MAC CE is transmitted.

34. The wireless device of claim 33 , wherein:

the first MAC CE is transmitted based on:

the first MAC CE being triggered and not canceled; and

uplink resources being allocated for a new transmission;

the second MAC CE is transmitted based on:

the second MAC CE being triggered and not canceled; and

uplink resources being allocated for a new transmission.

35. The wireless device of claim 34 , wherein:

a first logical channel priority of the first MAC CE is:

lower than a logical channel priority of a MAC CE for a cell radio network temporary identifier (C-RNTI); and

higher than a logical channel priority of a MAC CE for a buffer status report (BSR); and

a second logical channel priority of the second MAC CE is:

lower than the logical channel priority of the MAC CE for C-RNTI; and

higher than the logical channel priority of the MAC CE for the BSR.

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