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US 12,219,574 · App. 18/068,076 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Methods and apparatuses for determining a placement and duration of a transient period of an on/off time mask for uplink transmission

Inventors: Laetitia Falconetti (Järfälla, SE); Dominique Everaere (Åkersberga, SE); Jingya Li (Gothenburg, SE); Imadur Rahman (Sollentuna, SE); Mårten Sundberg (Årsta, SE); Gustav Wikström (Täby, SE); Hongxia Zhao (Mölndal, SE)
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
H04W72/23H04L5/0048H04W72/20
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Patent No.
US 12,219,574
App. No.
18/068,076
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method in a wireless device is disclosed. The wireless device receives an uplink grant from a network node, the uplink grant scheduling one or more uplink transmissions by the wireless device. The wireless device selects an ON/OFF time mask to use for transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions. The wireless device determines, based on the received uplink grant, an allowed placement of a transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask and a duration of the transient period to use for the one or more uplink transmissions.

Claims (86)

1. A method in a wireless device, comprising:

receiving an uplink grant from a network node, the uplink grant scheduling one or more uplink transmissions by the wireless device;

selecting an ON/OFF time mask to use for transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions; and

determining, based on the received uplink grant, an allowed placement of a transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask and a duration of the transient period to use for the one or more uplink transmissions, wherein determining the allowed placement and the duration of the transient period is based at least on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to be used for the one or more uplink transmissions.

2. The method of claim 1 , comprising performing the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions using the selected ON/OFF time mask.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining the allowed placement and the duration of the transient period is based on one or more of:

one or more pre-defined rules;

a coding rate to be used for the one or more uplink transmissions;

a power level of one or more sTTIs;

a power level of one or more symbols;

a position of a reference symbol in the one or more uplink transmissions;

whether the one or more uplink transmissions share reference symbols; and

a number of consecutively scheduled uplink transmission using sTTIs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with one or more of:

a reference symbol of at least one of the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions; and

a data symbol of at least one of the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise at least one uplink transmission preceding or following a scheduled sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask does not overlap with the scheduled SRS transmission.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise at least one data uplink transmission preceding or following a scheduled control channel transmission; and

the method comprises determining a position of at least one of:

a reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission relative to the scheduled control channel transmission in time;

a data symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission relative to the scheduled control channel transmission in time;

a reference symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission; and

a data symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with the reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission if the reference symbol is next to the scheduled control channel transmission in time.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with both the data symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the scheduled control channel transmission if the data symbol of the at least data uplink transmission is next to the scheduled control channel transmission in time.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with both the reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the reference symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission if both reference symbols are placed consecutively.

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps both the data symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the data symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission if both the reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the reference symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission are placed consecutively.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise two or more uplink transmissions; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with a reference symbol of at least one of the two or more uplink transmissions if the two or more uplink transmissions have separate reference symbol positions.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise two or more uplink transmissions; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with a data symbol of at least one of the two or more uplink transmissions if the two or more uplink transmissions share reference symbol positions.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise two or more uplink transmissions; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with a reference symbol of a first uplink transmission of the two or more uplink transmissions and a data symbol of a second uplink transmission of the two or more uplink transmissions.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein selecting the ON/OFF time mask to use for transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions comprises selecting an ON/OFF time mask in which the transient period does not overlap with any symbols of the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more uplink transmissions are scheduled using short transmission time intervals.

16. A wireless device, comprising:

a receiver;

a transmitter; and

processing circuitry coupled to the receiver and the transmitter, the processing circuitry configured to:

receive, via the receiver, an uplink grant from a network node, the uplink grant scheduling one or more uplink transmissions by the wireless device;

select an ON/OFF time mask to use for transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions; and

determine, based on the received uplink grant, an allowed placement of a transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask and a duration of the transient period to use for the one or more uplink transmissions, wherein the processing circuitry is configured to determine the allowed placement and the duration of the transient period based at least on a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) to be used for the one or more uplink transmissions.

17. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

perform, via the transmitter, the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions using the selected ON/OFF time mask.

18. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to determine the allowed placement and the duration of the transient period based on one or more of:

one or more pre-defined rules;

a coding rate to be used for the one or more uplink transmissions;

a power level of one or more sTTIs;

a power level of one or more symbols;

a position of a reference symbol in the one or more uplink transmissions;

whether the one or more uplink transmissions share reference symbols; and

a number of consecutively scheduled uplink transmission using sTTIs.

19. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with one or more of:

a reference symbol of at least one of the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions; and

a data symbol of at least one of the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions.

20. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise at least one uplink transmission preceding or following a scheduled sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask does not overlap with the scheduled SRS transmission.

21. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise at least one data uplink transmission preceding or following a scheduled control channel transmission; and

the processing circuitry is configured to determine a position of at least one of:

a reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission relative to the scheduled control channel transmission in time;

a data symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission relative to the scheduled control channel transmission in time;

a reference symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission; and

a data symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission.

22. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with the reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission if the reference symbol is next to the scheduled control channel transmission in time.

23. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with both the data symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the scheduled control channel transmission if the data symbol of the at least data uplink transmission is next to the scheduled control channel transmission in time.

24. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with both the reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the reference symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission if both reference symbols are placed consecutively.

25. The wireless device of claim 21 , wherein the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps both the data symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the data symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission if both the reference symbol of the at least one data uplink transmission and the reference symbol of the scheduled control channel transmission are placed consecutively.

26. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise two or more uplink transmissions; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with a reference symbol of at least one of the two or more uplink transmissions if the two or more uplink transmissions have separate reference symbol positions.

27. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise two or more uplink transmissions; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with a data symbol of at least one of the two or more uplink transmissions if the two or more uplink transmissions share reference symbol positions.

28. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein:

the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions comprise two or more uplink transmissions; and

the transient period of the selected ON/OFF time mask overlaps with a reference symbol of a first uplink transmission of the two or more uplink transmissions and a data symbol of a second uplink transmission of the two or more uplink transmissions.

29. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein selecting the ON/OFF time mask to use for transmitting the one or more uplink transmissions comprises selecting an ON/OFF time mask in which the transient period does not overlap with any symbols of the scheduled one or more uplink transmissions.

30. The wireless device of claim 16 , wherein the one or more uplink transmissions are scheduled using short transmission time intervals.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2022
From: FALCONETTI, LAETITIA; EVERAERE, DOMINIQUE; LI, JINGYA; RAHMAN, IMADUR; SUNDBERG, MÅRTEN; WIKSTRÖM, GUSTAV; ZHAO, HONGXIA
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 16482808
Provisional Application 62455097 · Feb 6, 2017
Related Publication 20230123052A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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