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Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,100 · App. 17/658,967 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Semi-persistent waveform switching for uplink

Inventors: Mahmoud Taherzadeh Boroujeni (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Iyab Issam Sakhnini (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Wooseok Nam (San Diego, CA); Jelena Damnjanovic (Del Mar, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/1268H04L5/0007H04W72/23H04B7/0413
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Patent No.
US 12,376,100
App. No.
17/658,967
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Method and apparatus for semi-persistent waveform switching for uplink transmissions. The apparatus receives an indication to switch to a first waveform configuration for uplink transmission over a period of time. The apparatus transmits the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration during the period of time. The apparatus switches to uplink communication based on the first waveform configuration after a time period following receipt of the indication. The time period comprises a processing time to switch to the first waveform configuration. The apparatus switches to the first waveform configuration for a current BWP in response to reception of the indication.

Claims (66)

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

receive a semi-static waveform configuration indicating a semi-statically indicated waveform;

receive, after receiving the semi-static waveform configuration, an indication to switch to a first waveform configuration for uplink transmission during a time window of validity, wherein the switch to the first waveform configuration is configured to expire at an end of the time window of validity, and wherein the time window of validity is one of preconfigured or configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling before receiving the indication;

transmit the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration during the time window of validity; and

switch, based on an expiration of the time window of validity, from the first waveform configuration to the semi-statically indicated waveform.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indication is received in a group common downlink control information (DCI) or a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) (MAC-CE).

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first waveform configuration comprises at least one of a filtering configuration or a pulse shape.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indication comprises enabling or disabling of a transform precoding.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first waveform configuration is for cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM).

7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the time window of validity is one of preconfigured or configured via the RRC signaling to be at least one of a first number of time slots, a second number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or an absolute period of time.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

switch to uplink communication based on the first waveform configuration after a preconfigured time period following receipt of the indication, wherein the preconfigured time period is based on a processing time to switch to the first waveform configuration.

9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a subset of uplink transmissions.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a single layer multiple input multiple output (MIMO) or a multi-layer MIMO.

11. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a transform precoding and the subset of uplink transmissions comprises uplink transmissions for which the transform precoding is allowed, and wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

receive a configured grant for a set of uplink resources, wherein to transmit the uplink transmission, the at least one processor is further configured to at least one of:

transmit, based on a first configuration of the configured grant associated with the subset of uplink transmissions, the uplink transmission using one or more uplink resources of the set of uplink resources and based on the first waveform configuration; or

transmit, based on a second configuration of the configured grant not associated with the subset of uplink transmissions, the uplink transmission using the one or more uplink resources of the set of uplink resources and based on the semi-statically indicated waveform.

12. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein to transmit the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration, the at least one processor is configured to:

transmit the uplink transmission with a change of one or more uplink transmission parameters associated with the first waveform configuration, wherein the one or more uplink transmission parameters includes at least one of a demodulation reference signal parameter or a phase tracking reference signal configuration.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

switch to the first waveform configuration for a current bandwidth part (BWP) in response to reception of the indication.

14. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:

transmit an acknowledgement in response to the indication comprising the first waveform configuration; and

activate the first waveform configuration at an activation time based on transmission of the acknowledgement.

15. A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a semi-static waveform configuration indicating a semi-statically indicated waveform;

receiving, after receiving the semi-static waveform configuration, an indication to switch to a first waveform configuration for uplink transmission during a time window of validity, wherein the switch to the first waveform configuration is configured to expire at an end of the time window of validity, and wherein the time window of validity is one of preconfigured or configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling before receiving the indication;

transmitting the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration during the time window of validity; and

switching, based on an expiration of the time window of validity, from the first waveform configuration to the semi-statically indicated waveform.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the indication is received in a group common downlink control information (DCI) or a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) (MAC-CE).

17. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first waveform configuration comprises at least one of a filtering configuration or a pulse shape.

18. The method of claim 15 , wherein the indication comprises enabling or disabling of a transform precoding.

19. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first waveform configuration is for cyclic prefix orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CP-OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM).

20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the time window of validity is one of preconfigured or configured via the RRC signaling to be at least one of a first number of time slots, a second number of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or an absolute period of time.

21. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

switching to uplink communication based on the first waveform configuration after a preconfigured time period following receipt of the indication, wherein the preconfigured time period is based on a processing time to switch to the first waveform configuration.

22. The method of claim 15 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a subset of uplink transmissions.

23. The method of claim 22 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a single layer multiple input multiple output (MIMO) or a multi-layer MIMO.

24. The method of claim 22 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a transform precoding, the method further comprising:

receiving a configured grant for a set of uplink resources, wherein transmitting the uplink transmission, comprises one of:

transmitting, based on a first configuration of the configured grant allowing the transform precoding, the uplink transmission using one or more uplink resources of the set of uplink resources and based on the first waveform configuration; or

transmitting, based on a second configuration of the configured grant not allowing the transform precoding, the uplink transmission using the one or more uplink resources of the set of uplink resources and based on the semi-statically indicated waveform.

25. The method of claim 15 , wherein transmitting the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration includes transmitting the uplink transmission with a change of one or more uplink transmission parameters associated with the first waveform configuration, wherein the one or more uplink transmission parameters includes at least one of a demodulation reference signal parameter or a phase tracking reference signal configuration.

26. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

switching to the first waveform configuration for a current bandwidth part (BWP) in response to reception of the indication.

27. The method of claim 15 , further comprising:

transmitting an acknowledgement in response to the indication comprising the first waveform configuration; and

activating the first waveform configuration at an activation time based on transmission of the acknowledgement.

28. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code, where the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

receive a semi-static waveform configuration indicating a semi-statically indicated waveform;

receive, after receiving the semi-static waveform configuration, an indication to switch to a first waveform configuration for uplink transmission during a time window of validity, wherein the switch to the first waveform configuration is configured to expire at an end of the time window of validity, and wherein the time window of validity is one of preconfigured or configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling before receiving the indication;

transmit the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration during the time window of validity; and

switch, based on an expiration of the time window of validity, from the first waveform configuration to the semi-statically indicated waveform.

29. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 28 , wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a subset of uplink transmissions for which a transform precoding is allowed, wherein the first waveform configuration is associated with a transform precoding, and where the code when executed by a processor further causes the processor to:

receive a configured grant for a set of uplink resources, wherein to transmit the uplink transmission, the code when executed by a processor further causes the processor to at least one of:

transmit, based on a first configuration of the configured grant associated with the subset of uplink transmissions, the uplink transmission using one or more uplink resources of the set of uplink resources and based on the first waveform configuration; or

transmit, based on a second configuration of the configured grant not associated with the subset of uplink transmissions, the uplink transmission using one or more uplink resources of the set of uplink resources and based on the semi-statically indicated waveform.

30. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node including:

means for receiving a semi-static waveform configuration indicating a semi-statically indicated waveform;

means for receiving, after receiving the semi-static waveform configuration, an indication to switch to a first waveform configuration for uplink transmission during a time window of validity, wherein the switch to the first waveform configuration is configured to expire at an end of the time window of validity, and wherein the time window of validity is one of preconfigured or configured via radio resource control (RRC) signaling before receiving the indication;

means for transmitting the uplink transmission based on the first waveform configuration during the time window of validity; and

means for switching, based on an expiration of the time window of validity, from the first waveform configuration to the semi-statically indicated waveform.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2022
From: TAHERZADEH BOROUJENI, MAHMOUD; LUO, TAO; GAAL, PETER; SAKHNINI, IYAB ISSAM; LI, JUNYI; NAM, WOOSEOK; DAMNJANOVIC, JELENA
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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