User device-initiated low-latency data transmissions

1. A method for low-latency data transmissions initiated by a user device, the method comprising:

receiving, via a transceiver of the user device and from a base station of a wireless network, an uplink grant identifying resources of a wireless connection for transmitting first data;

determining to preempt-a transmission of the first data with a transmission of second data using one or more of the resources identified in the uplink grant, the second data:

being low-latency data,

not having an associated uplink grant, and

not being a portion of the first data;

selecting one or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols for the transmission of the second data from the resources identified in the uplink grant for the first data;

transmitting, via the transceiver of the user device and to the base station, the second data using the selected one or more OFDM symbols from the uplink grant for the first data; and

transmitting, via the transceiver of the user device and to the base station, a preemption indication indicating to the base station:

that the second data has been, or will be, transmitted over the selected one or more OFDM symbols from the uplink grant for the first data; and

one or more spatial layers over which the user device has, or will, transmit the second data.

2. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the user device transmits the preemption indication to the base station before transmitting the second data to the base station.

3. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the user device transmits the preemption indication to the base station after transmitting the second data to the base station.

4. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein the user device transmits the preemption indication to the base station via an uplink control channel.

5. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein a number of the selected one or more OFDM symbols is less than a quantity of OFDM symbols in a standard slot of the wireless connection.

6. The method as recited in claim 1 , further comprising initiating a transmission, via the transceiver of the user device, of the first data to the base station.

7. The method as recited in claim 6 , wherein the transmission of the first data is rate matched around the transmission of the second data.

8. The method as recited in claim 7 , wherein the preemption indication further indicates to the base station that transmission of the first data is rate matched around the transmission of the second data.

9. The method as recited in claim 1 , wherein:

the second data is transmitted over a plurality of spatial layers; and

the preemption indication indicates the plurality of spatial layers.

10. A user device comprising:

a processor;

a hardware-based transceiver: and

a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, responsive to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

identifying first data to transmit to a base station of a wireless network;

requesting, via the hardware-based transceiver, an uplink grant from the base station;

receiving, via the hardware-based transceiver, the uplink grant from the base station, the uplink grant identifying resources of a wireless connection by which to transmit the first data;

determining to preempt a transmission of the first data with a transmission of second data using one or more of the resources identified in the uplink grant for the first data, the second data:

being low-latency data,

not having an associated uplink grant, and

not included in the first data;

selecting one or more orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols of the resources identified in the uplink grant for the first data for use in transmitting the second data;

transmitting, via the hardware-based transceiver, the second data over the selected one or more OFDM symbols, the transmission of the second data preempting transmission of at least a portion of the first data over the selected one or more OFDM symbols; and

transmitting, via the hardware-based transceiver, a preemption indication to the base station indicating:

that the second data has been, or will be, transmitted over the selected one or more OFDM symbols from the uplink grant for the first data; and

one or more spatial layers over which the user device has, or will, transmit the second data.

11. The user device as recited in claim 10 , wherein:

the operations further comprise agreeing with the base station on a predetermined low-latency data container for transmitting low-latency data; and

transmitting the second data to the base station is performed by transmitting the second data in the predetermined low-latency data container.

12. The user device as recited in claim 10 , wherein:

the operations further comprising transmitting, via the transceiver of the user device, at least a portion of the first data to the base station; and

the transmission of the portion of the first data is rate matched around the transmission of the second data.

13. The user device as recited in claim 10 ,

the second data is transmitted over a plurality of spatial layers; and

the preemption indication indicates the plurality of spatial layers.

14. The user device as recited in claim 10 , wherein the identified resources of the resource grant for the second data are part of a random access channel.

15. A user device comprising:

a processor;

a hardware-based transceiver; and

a computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions that, responsive to execution by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

establishing, via the hardware-based transceiver, a wireless connection with a base station of a wireless network, the establishing the wireless connection comprising receiving a resource grant from the base station granting resources of the wireless connection over which the user device can transmit second data to the base station;

determining that first data is low-latency data, the first data being unscheduled for transmission to the base station;

identifying resources of the resource grant for the second data over which the user device can preempt a transmission of the second data;

transmitting, via the hardware-based transceiver, the first data to the base station over a plurality of spatial layers using the identified resources of the resource grant for the second data; and

transmitting, via the hardware-based transceiver, a preemption indication to the base station indicating to the base station:

that the first data has been, or will be, transmitted over the identified resources of the resource grant for the second data; and

the plurality of spatial layers over which the user device has, or will, transmit the first data.

16. The user device as recited in claim 15 , wherein the identified resources of the resource grant for the second data are not part of an uplink shared channel.

17. The user device as recited in claim 16 , wherein the identified resources of the resource grant for the second data are part of a random access channel.

18. The user device as recited in claim 16 , wherein the identified resources of the resource grant for the second data are part of an uplink control channel.

19. The user device as recited in claim 15 , wherein the identified resources comprise all of the resources of the resource grant for the second data.

20. The user device as recited in claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise:

initiating a transmission, via the hardware-based transceiver of the user device, of the second data to the base station.