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Granted Patent B2
US 12,192,909 · App. 17/593,509 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Uplink data transmission in wireless communications

Inventors: Hong He (San Jose, CA); Chunhai Yao (Beijing, CN); Chunxuan Ye (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Haitong Sun (Cupertino, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian (San Diego, CA); Sigen Ye (Whitehouse Station, NJ); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Yushu Zhang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04W52/146H04W52/242H04W52/365H04W52/367H04W72/0446H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,192,909
App. No.
17/593,509
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) performs uplink (UL) transmissions to a network. The UE receives a frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) configuration from a network, the FDRA configuration comprising at least one of a first FDRA mode or a second FDRA mode, wherein the first FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of consecutive resource blocks (RBs) and the second FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of interlaced RBs, when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, the UE receives a signal indicating which one of the two FDRA modes are to be used for an uplink (UL) transmission and performs the UL transmission in accordance with the indicated FDRA mode.

Claims (29)

1. A processor configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving a frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) configuration from a network, the FDRA configuration comprising at least one of a first FDRA mode or a second FDRA mode, wherein the first FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of consecutive resource blocks (RBs) and the second FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of interlaced RBs, wherein the FDRA unit for the first mode comprises K consecutive RBs, wherein K is a function of regulatory requirements for a maximum power spectral density (PSD) and a subcarrier spacing (SCS) to be used for the UL transmission;

when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, receiving a signal indicating which one of the two FDRA modes are to be used for an uplink (UL) transmission; and

performing the UL transmission in accordance with the indicated FDRA mode.

2. The processor of claim 1 , wherein the FDRA unit for the second mode comprises an interlace of M adjacent subcarriers spaced equally over N RBs.

3. The processor of claim 2 , wherein M is configured or dynamically signaled by the network and is based on, at least, a transport block size of the UL transmission, and wherein K is based on, at least, the SCS.

4. The processor of claim 1 , wherein, when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, the FDRA mode indication is included in a scheduling downlink control information (DCI) Format comprising a mode indicator (MI) field.

5. The processor of claim 4 , wherein, when the first FDRA mode is indicated, an FDRA field in the scheduling DCI Format comprises a bitmap for the FDRA.

6. The processor of claim 4 , wherein, when the second FDRA mode is indicated, an FDRA field in the scheduling DCI Format comprises a sub-band indicator field and an interlace allocation field, the field utilizing either one of a bitmap or a start and length indicator value (SLIV).

7. A user equipment (UE), comprising:

a transceiver configured to connect to a base station; and

a processor communicatively coupled to the transceiver and configured to perform operations comprising:

receiving a frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) configuration from the base station, the FDRA configuration comprising at least one of a first FDRA mode or a second FDRA mode, wherein the first FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of consecutive resource blocks (RBs) and the second FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of interlaced RBs, wherein the FDRA unit for the first mode comprises K consecutive RBs, wherein K is a function of regulatory requirements for a maximum power spectral density (PSD) and a subcarrier spacing (SCS) to be used for the UL transmission;

when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, receiving a signal indicating which one of the two FDRA modes are to be used for an uplink (UL) transmission; and

performing the UL transmission in accordance with the indicated FDRA mode.

8. The UE of claim 7 , wherein the FDRA unit for the second mode comprises an interlace of M adjacent subcarriers spaced equally over N RBs.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein M is configured or dynamically signaled by the base station and is based on, at least, a transport block size of the UL transmission, and wherein K is based on, at least, the SCS.

10. The UE of claim 7 , wherein, when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, the FDRA mode indication is included in a scheduling downlink control information (DCI) Format comprising a mode indicator (MI) field.

11. The UE of claim 10 , wherein, when the first FDRA mode is indicated, an FDRA field in the scheduling DCI Format comprises a bitmap for the FDRA.

12. The UE of claim 10 , wherein, when the second FDRA mode is indicated, an FDRA field in the scheduling DCI Format comprises a sub-band indicator field and an interlace allocation field, the field utilizing either one of a bitmap or a start and length indicator value (SLIV).

13. A method, comprising:

receiving a frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) configuration from a network, the FDRA configuration comprising at least one of a first FDRA mode or a second FDRA mode, wherein the first FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of consecutive resource blocks (RBs) and the second FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of interlaced RBs, wherein the FDRA unit for the first mode comprises K consecutive RBs, wherein K is a function of regulatory requirements for a maximum power spectral density (PSD) and a subcarrier spacing (SCS) to be used for the UL transmission;

when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, receiving a signal indicating which one of the two FDRA modes are to be used for an uplink (UL) transmission; and

performing the UL transmission in accordance with the indicated FDRA mode.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the FDRA unit for the second mode comprises an interlace of M adjacent subcarriers spaced equally over N RBs.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein M is configured or dynamically signaled by the network and is based on, at least, a transport block size of the UL transmission, and wherein K is based on, at least, the SCS.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein, when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, the FDRA mode indication is included in a scheduling downlink control information (DCI) Format comprising a mode indicator (MI) field.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein, when the first FDRA mode is indicated, an FDRA field in the scheduling DCI Format comprises a bitmap for the FDRA.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein, when the second FDRA mode is indicated, an FDRA field in the scheduling DCI Format comprises a sub-band indicator field and an interlace allocation field, the field utilizing either one of a bitmap or a start and length indicator value (SLIV).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2021
From: HE, HONG; YAO, CHUNHAI; YE, CHUNXUAN; ZHANG, DAWEI; SUN, HAITONG; OTERI, OGHENEKOME; FAKOORIAN, SEYED ALI AKBAR; YE, SIGEN; ZENG, WEI; YANG, WEIDONG; ZHANG, YUSHU
To: APPLE INC.
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