NR peak rate and transport block size
According to certain embodiments, a method is disclosed for operating a user equipment. The method comprises transmitting or receiving a transmission on at least one of the component carriers, wherein the at least one component carrier is associated with a slot duration that corresponds to a numerology of the component carrier. The transmitting or receiving on the at least one of the component carriers is based on a relation between a number of information bits on the at least one of the component carriers over one or more reference slot durations and a reference data rate.
1. A method by a user equipment in a wireless communication network, the user equipment being configured for operation in carrier aggregation comprising a plurality of N component carriers, wherein each component carrier of the plurality of N component carriers is associated with a slot duration that corresponds to a numerology of that component carrier, the method comprising:
transmitting or receiving a transmission on at least one of the component carriers,
wherein the transmitting or receiving on the at least one of the component carriers is based on a relation between a number of information bits scheduled on the plurality of N component carriers over one or more reference slot durations and a reference data rate.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein at least two component carriers of the plurality of N component carriers have different numerologies.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the numerologies of the plurality of N component carriers are Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing, OFDM, numerologies.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relation corresponds to
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wherein TBS n is a transport block size scheduled on the n:th component carrier over a reference time duration, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ ref is the reference time duration, wherein μ n is the numerology associated with the n:th component carrier, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ n is the slot duration associated with the n:th component carrier, and wherein DataRate is the reference data rate.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the transmission involves at least partially skip decoding the transmission.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the transmission involves at least partially skip decoding the transmission if
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wherein TBS n is a transport block size scheduled on the n:th component carrier over a reference time duration, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ ref is the reference time duration, wherein μ n is the numerology associated with the n:th component carrier, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ n is the slot duration associated with the n:th component carrier, and wherein DataRate is the reference data rate.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the transmission involves at least partially skip transmitting the transmission.
8. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the transmission involves at least partially skip transmitting the transmission if
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wherein TBS n is a transport block size scheduled on the n:th component carrier over a reference time duration, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ ref is the reference time duration, wherein μ n an is the numerology associated with the n:th component carrier, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ n is the slot duration associated with the n:th component carrier, and wherein DataRate is the reference data rate.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reference slot durations include at least the slot duration associated with a component carrier of the plurality of N component carriers.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more reference slot durations include all the slot durations associated with the plurality of N component carriers.
11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the number of information bits is based on at least a number of transport block bits within a slot of the plurality of N component carriers.
12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the relation requires that the number of information bits scheduled on the plurality of N component carriers over the one or more reference slot durations is less than or equal to the reference data rate.
13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the reference data rate is a maximum data rate of the user equipment on the plurality of N component carriers.
14. A user equipment configured to communicate with a base station, the user equipment being configured for operation in carrier aggregation comprising a plurality of N component carriers, wherein each component carrier of the plurality of N component carriers is associated with a slot duration that corresponds to a numerology of that component carrier, the user equipment comprising a radio interface and processing circuitry configured to:
transmit or receive a transmission on at least one of the component carriers,
wherein the transmitting or receiving on the at least one of the component carriers is based on a relation between a number of information bits scheduled on the at least one of the component carriers over one or more reference slot durations and a reference data rate.
15. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein at least two component carriers of the plurality of N component carriers have different numerologies.
16. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein the relation corresponds to
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N
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1
T
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n
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DataRate
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0.001
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2
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μ
ref
wherein TBS n is a transport block size scheduled on the n:th component carrier over a reference time duration, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ ref is the reference time duration, wherein μ n is the numerology associated with the n:th component carrier, wherein 0.001*2{circumflex over ( )}-μ n is the slot duration associated with the n:th component carrier, and wherein DataRate is the reference data rate.
17. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein the one or more reference slot durations include at least the slot duration associated with a component carrier of the plurality of N component carriers.
18. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein the number of information bits is based on at least a number of transport block bits within a slot of the plurality of N component carriers.
19. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein the relation requires that the number of information bits scheduled on the plurality of N component carriers over the one or more reference slot durations is less than or equal to the reference data rate.
20. The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein the reference data rate is a maximum data rate of the user equipment on the plurality of N component carriers.