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Granted Patent B2
US 11,765,723 · App. 16/948,990 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Scheduling via wireless communication relay

Inventors: Karl Georg Hampel (Hoboken, NJ); Vincent Loncke (Piscataway, NJ); Junyi Li (Chester, NJ); Ashwin Sampath (Skillman, NJ)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/20H04L5/0048H04L5/0055H04W72/21H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,765,723
App. No.
16/948,990
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless communication relay may receive, via a first wireless link with a base station, a scheduling request that identifies scheduling information for scheduling transmission or reception of data via a second wireless link with a network node. The wireless communication relay may transmit, via the second wireless link, a scheduling command in accordance with the scheduling information. The wireless communication relay may transmit or receive, via the second wireless link, the data in accordance with the scheduling information. Numerous other aspects are provided.

Claims (50)

1. A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless communication relay, comprising:

receiving, via a first wireless link with a network entity, a scheduling request that identifies scheduling information for scheduling transmission or reception of data via a second wireless link with a network node, wherein the scheduling information identifies a radio network identifier associated with the network node, and wherein the first wireless link is a wireless signaling link;

transmitting, by the wireless communication relay via the second wireless link, a scheduling command in accordance with the scheduling information; and

transmitting or receiving, via the second wireless link, the data in accordance with the scheduling information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling information identifies at least one of a resource that is to be used for the transmission or the reception of the data, downlink control information, or a beam that is to be used for the transmission or the reception of the data.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second wireless link is a wireless access link.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data is at least one of user data, acknowledgment feedback, negative acknowledgment feedback, a service request, a buffer status report, uplink control information, a sounding reference signal, or a channel state information reference signal.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data is transmitted via the second wireless link, and

wherein the method further comprises receiving, via a third wireless link with the network entity, the data prior to transmitting the data.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the scheduling request identifies a reference for the data that is to be used to identify the data when receiving the data.

7. The method of claim 5 , further comprising receiving, via the first wireless link, a message that identifies a reference for the data that is to be used to identify the data when receiving the data.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data is received via the second wireless link, and

wherein the method further comprises transmitting, via a third wireless link with the network entity, the data after receiving the data.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising transmitting, via the first wireless link, a message that identifies a reference for the data that is to be used to identify the data transmitted.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling request is a forwarding request, an uplink control information retrieval request, a buffer status report retrieval request, a packet retrieval request, or a feedback request.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling request is received in a physical downlink control channel communication, in downlink control information, or in a medium access control control element.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling request is received in resources indicating that the scheduling information is for forwarding to the network node.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the scheduling command is transmitted in a physical downlink control channel.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data is transmitted or received in a physical downlink shared channel, a physical uplink shared channel, a physical downlink control channel, or a physical uplink control channel.

15. A method of wireless communication performed by a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, via a first wireless link with a wireless communication relay, a scheduling request that identifies scheduling information for scheduling transmission or reception of data via a second wireless link between the wireless communication relay and a network node, wherein the scheduling information identifies a radio network identifier associated with the wireless communication relay or the network node, and wherein the first wireless link is a wireless signaling link; and

transmitting or receiving, via a third wireless link with the wireless communication relay, the data.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the scheduling information identifies at least one of a resource that is to be used for the transmission or the reception of the data, downlink control information, or a beam that is to be used for the transmission or the reception of the data.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the second wireless link is a wireless access link and the third wireless link is a wireless fronthaul link.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is at least one of user data, acknowledgment feedback, negative acknowledgment feedback, a service request, a buffer status report, uplink control information, a sounding reference signal, or a channel state information reference signal.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is transmitted via the third wireless link, and

wherein the scheduling request identifies a reference for the data that is to be used to identify the data transmitted.

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is transmitted via the third wireless link, and

wherein the method further comprises transmitting, via the first wireless link, a message that identifies a reference for the data that is to be used to identify the data transmitted.

21. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is received via the third wireless link, and

wherein the method further comprises receiving, via the first wireless link, a message that identifies a reference for the data that is to be used to identify the data received.

22. The method of claim 15 , wherein the scheduling request is a forwarding request, an uplink control information retrieval request, a buffer status report retrieval request, a packet retrieval request, or a feedback request.

23. The method of claim 15 , wherein the scheduling request is transmitted in a physical downlink control channel communication, in downlink control information, or in a medium access control control element.

24. The method of claim 15 , wherein the scheduling request is transmitted in resources indicating that the scheduling information is for forwarding to the network node.

25. The method of claim 15 , wherein the data is transmitted or received in a physical downlink shared channel, a physical uplink shared channel, a physical downlink control channel, or a physical uplink control channel.

26. A wireless communication relay for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:

receive, via a first wireless link with a network entity, a scheduling request that identifies scheduling information for scheduling transmission or reception of data via a second wireless link with a network node, wherein the scheduling information identifies a radio network identifier associated with the network node, and wherein the first wireless link is a wireless signaling link;

transmit, via the second wireless link, a scheduling command in accordance with the scheduling information; and

transmit or receive, via the second wireless link, the data in accordance with the scheduling information.

27. The wireless communication relay of claim 26 , wherein the second wireless link is a wireless access link.

28. The wireless communication relay of claim 26 , wherein the data is transmitted via the second wireless link, and

wherein the one or more processors are further configured to receive, via a third wireless link with the network entity, the data prior to transmitting the data.

29. A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

one or more memories; and

one or more processors coupled to the one or more memories, the one or more processors configured to:

transmit, via a first wireless link with a wireless communication relay, a scheduling request that identifies scheduling information for scheduling transmission or reception of data via a second wireless link between the wireless communication relay and a network node, wherein the scheduling information identifies a radio network identifier associated with the wireless communication relay, the network node, or a combination thereof, and wherein the first wireless link is a wireless signaling link; and

transmit or receive, via a third wireless link with the wireless communication relay, the data.

30. The network entity of claim 29 , wherein the second wireless link is a wireless access link and the third wireless link is a wireless fronthaul link.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2021
From: HAMPEL, KARL GEORG; LONCKE, VINCENT; LI, JUNYI; SAMPATH, ASHWIN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62914284 · Oct 11, 2019
Related Publication 20210112581A1 · Apr 15, 2021