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US 12,369,219 · App. 17/738,454 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Reselection of transmission configuration

Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Taehun Kim (Fairfax, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W76/27H04W28/0278H04W72/23H04W74/0833
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Patent No.
US 12,369,219
App. No.
17/738,454
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication procedure (e.g., a small data transmission (SDT) procedure) may be used for data transmission under certain scenarios. The communication procedure may facilitate transmission of small amounts of data, for example, even if a wireless device is in a non-connected state with respect to a network. Data transmission during the communication procedure may be based on a selected transmission type and the transmission type may be changed during the communication procedure.

Claims (55)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a wireless device, first uplink data during a small data transmission (SDT) procedure in a non-connected state of the wireless device;

triggering, based on second uplink data being available during the SDT procedure, a buffer status reporting (BSR) procedure;

based on triggering the BSR procedure, selecting a random access (RA) procedure from at least two RA procedures comprising:

a first RA procedure for data transmission during the SDT procedure and in the non-connected state of the wireless device, and

a second RA procedure for data transmission in a connected state of the wireless device; and

transmitting, based on the selected RA procedure, the second uplink data.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected RA procedure is the first RA procedure that is selected based on at least one of:

a measured reference signal received power (RSRP) being greater than an RSRP threshold value, or

a volume of data for transmission being less than or equal to a data volume threshold.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected RA procedure is the second RA procedure that is selected based on at least one of:

a measured reference signal received power (RSRP) being less than or equal to an RSRP threshold value, or

a volume of data for transmission being greater than a data volume threshold.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmitting the first uplink data comprises transmitting the first uplink data using an RA procedure or a configured grant.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the connected state comprises a radio resource control (RRC) connected state; and

the non-connected state comprises one of an RRC inactive state or an RRC idle state.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected RA procedure is the second RA procedure, and wherein the method further comprises:

transmitting a message to request establishment of a radio resource control (RRC) connection;

receiving a response, to the message, indicating a transition from the non-connected state to the connected state;

transitioning, based on the receiving, from the non-connected state to the connected state; and

receiving, based on the transitioning, an uplink grant in the connected state, wherein the transmitting the second uplink data comprises transmitting the second uplink data based on the uplink grant.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selected RA procedure is the second RA procedure, and wherein the method further comprises cancelling, based on the selected RA procedure being the second RA procedure, the SDT procedure.

8. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a wireless device, first uplink data during a small data transmission (SDT) procedure in a non-connected state of the wireless device;

triggering a buffer status reporting procedure based on second uplink data being available for transmission during the SDT procedure; and

based on the triggering, transmitting the second uplink data during the SDT procedure, wherein a first transmission type for transmission of the first uplink data is different from a second transmission type for transmission of the second uplink data.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first transmission type is one of a random access (RA)-based SDT or configured grant (CG)-based SDT.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising determining the second transmission type based on at least one of:

a measured reference signal received power (RSRP), or

a volume of data in a buffer.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the non-connected state comprises one of a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state or an RRC idle state.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmission of the first uplink data is based on one of:

a two-step random access (RA) procedure;

a four-step RA procedure; or

a configured grant.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising initiating the SDT procedure, wherein the initiating the SDT procedure is based on at least one of:

a measured reference signal received power (RSRP) being greater than an RSRP threshold value, or

a volume of data for transmission being less than or equal to a data volume threshold.

14. The method of claim 8 , wherein:

the transmitting the first uplink data comprises transmitting the first uplink data in an initial transmission of the SDT procedure; and

the transmitting the second uplink data comprises transmitting the second uplink data in a subsequent transmission of the SDT procedure.

15. A method comprising:

sending, by a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message indicating an uplink grant for a small data transmission (SDT) procedure with a wireless device in a non-connected state;

receiving, via the uplink grant, first uplink data during the SDT procedure; and

receiving second uplink data during the SDT procedure, wherein a first transmission type for transmission of the first uplink data is different from a second transmission type for transmission of the second uplink data.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first transmission type is one of a random access (RA)-based SDT or configured grant (CG)-based SDT.

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the non-connected state comprises one of an RRC inactive state or an RRC idle state.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the transmission of the first uplink data is based on one of:

a two-step random access (RA) procedure;

a four-step RA procedure; or

a configured grant.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein:

the receiving the first uplink data comprises receiving the first uplink data in an initial transmission of the SDT procedure; and

the receiving the second uplink data comprises receiving the second uplink data in a subsequent transmission of the SDT procedure after the initial transmission of the SDT procedure.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; KIM, TAEHUN; YI, YUNJUNG; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 062066/0919 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2022
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, KYUNGMIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; KIM, TAEHUN; YI, YUNJUNG; ZHOU, HUA
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 062066/0931 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63185938 · May 7, 2021
Related Publication 20220361276A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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