Methods and apparatus for transmitting in resource blocks

1. A method at a device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the device, a resource assignment indication, where the resource assignment indication indicates a set of resource blocks for a data transmission;

determining, based on the resource assignment indication, whether the set of resource blocks includes both a first set of resource blocks of a first resource assignment and a second set of resource blocks of a second resource assignment or the set of resource blocks includes only the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment;

transmitting, based on the set of resource blocks including only the first set of resource blocks, the data transmission in only the first set of resource blocks; and

transmitting, based on the set of resource blocks including both the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks, the data transmission in at least one selected from the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein transmitting, based on the set of resource blocks including both the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks further comprises:

selecting either the first set of resource blocks or the second set of resource blocks based on a selection criterion;

transmitting, if the first set of resource blocks are selected, the data in the first set of resource blocks; and

transmitting, if the second set of resource blocks are selected, the data in the second set of resource blocks.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the data transmission comprises an uplink data transmission transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein receiving the resource assignment indication comprises receiving the resource assignment indication in a downlink control information on a downlink control channel.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein determining comprises determining, based on the resource assignment indication, whether the set of resource blocks includes both the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment and the second set of resource blocks of the second resource assignment or the set of resource blocks includes only the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment according to a field in the downlink control information.

6. The method according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first set of resource blocks includes a first group of resource blocks, where the first group of resources blocks comprises consecutive resource blocks, and

wherein the second set of resource blocks includes a second group of resource blocks, where the second group of resource blocks comprises consecutive resource blocks.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the resource blocks of the second group of the resource blocks are the next immediate resource blocks following the resource blocks of the first group of resource blocks.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a modulation and coding scheme for a physical uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of resource blocks is the same as a modulation and coding scheme for a physical uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of resource blocks.

9. An apparatus comprising:

a transceiver that receives a resource assignment indication, where the resource assignment indication indicates a set of resource blocks for a data transmission; and

a controller coupled to the transceiver, where the controller determines, based on the resource assignment indication, whether the set of resource blocks includes both a first set of resource blocks of a first resource assignment and a second set of resource blocks of a second resource assignment or the set of resource blocks includes only the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment,

wherein the transceiver

transmits, based on the set of resource blocks including only the first set of resource blocks, the data transmission in only the first set of resource blocks, and

transmits, based on the set of resource blocks including both the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks, the data transmission in at least one selected from the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks.

10. The apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the controller, based on the set of resource blocks include both the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks, selects either the first set of resource blocks or the second set of resource blocks based on a selection criterion, and

wherein the transceiver

transmits, if the first set of resource blocks are selected, the data in the first set of resource blocks, and

transmits, if the second set of resource blocks are selected, the data in the second set of resource blocks.

11. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the data transmission comprises an uplink data transmission transmitted on a physical uplink shared channel.

12. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the transceiver receives the resource assignment indication in a downlink control information on a downlink control channel.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the controller determines, based on the resource assignment indication, whether the set of resource blocks includes both the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment and the second set of resource blocks of the second resource assignment or the set of resource blocks includes only the first set of resource blocks of the first resource assignment according to a field in the downlink control information.

14. The apparatus according to claim 9 ,

wherein the first set of resource blocks includes a first group of resource blocks, where the first group of resources blocks comprises consecutive resource blocks, and

wherein the second set of resource blocks includes a second group of resource blocks, where the second group of resource blocks comprises consecutive resource blocks.

15. The apparatus according to claim 14 , wherein the resource blocks of the second group of the resource blocks are the next immediate resource blocks following the resource blocks of the first group of resource blocks.

16. The apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein a modulation and coding scheme for a physical uplink shared channel transmission in the first set of resource blocks is the same as a modulation and coding scheme for a physical uplink shared channel transmission in the second set of resource blocks.

17. A method at a device, the method comprising:

receiving, at the device, a resource assignment indication, where the resource assignment indication indicates a set of assigned resource blocks for a data transmission;

determining whether the resource assignment indication indicates both a first resource assignment of a first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks and a second resource assignment of a second set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks or the resource assignment indication indicates only the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks;

transmitting, based on the resource assignment indication indicating only the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks, the data transmission in only the first set of resource blocks; and

transmitting, based on the resource assignment indication indicating both the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks and the second resource assignment of the second set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks, the data transmission in at least one selected from the first set of resource blocks and the second set of resource blocks.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein transmitting, based on the resource assignment indication indicating both the first resource assignment of the first set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks and the second resource assignment of the second set of resource blocks of the set of assigned resource blocks:

selecting either the first set of resource blocks or the second set of resource blocks based on a selection criterion;

transmitting, if the first set of resource blocks are selected, the data in the first set of resource blocks; and

transmitting, if the second set of resource blocks are selected, the data in the second set of resource blocks.