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US 12,452,860 · App. 17/838,095 · Granted Oct 21, 2025

Semiautonomous uplink scheduling

Inventors: Xiaojie Wang (Hillsborough, NJ); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/1268H04L5/0051H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/541
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Patent No.
US 12,452,860
App. No.
17/838,095
Granted
Oct 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE) are described. A UE may receive control signaling including an indication of time and frequency resources that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE. The UE may then transmit a semiautonomous uplink scheduling message including a request for a set of uplink transmission resources or parameters for an upcoming uplink transmission. The UE may determine the set of uplink transmission resources or parameters based on one or more interference measurements performed on the time and frequency resources that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE. The UE may then receive, in response to transmitting the semiautonomous uplink scheduling message, a message approving or declining the request for the set of uplink transmission resources or parameters.

Claims (72)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving an indication of one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE;

transmitting a semiautonomous uplink scheduling message comprising a request for a plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters for an upcoming uplink transmission, wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters are based at least in part on one or more interference measurements performed on the one or more uplink bandwidth parts; and

receiving, in response to transmitting the semiautonomous uplink scheduling message, a message approving or declining the request for the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of a starting positioning with reference to a physical resource block index or a frequency offset to a reference point associated with the one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving signaling comprising a request for the UE to switch from a first uplink bandwidth part of the one or more uplink bandwidth parts to a second uplink bandwidth part of the one or more uplink bandwidth parts, wherein the one or more interference measurements are performed on the second uplink bandwidth part.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the indication of the one or more uplink bandwidth parts comprises a bitmap indicating an index for the one or more uplink bandwidth parts; and

the index comprises at least one of a subframe index, a slot index, a symbol index, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more uplink bandwidth parts correspond to one or more flexible slots.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

performing the one or more interference measurements on the one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE; and

determining the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters based at least in part on performing the one or more interference measurements.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a modification request to modify the plurality of uplink transmission resources requested for the upcoming uplink transmission.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the message approving or declining the request comprises:

receiving, via a physical downlink control channel, a set of uplink transmission resources different from the plurality of uplink transmission resources requested for the upcoming uplink transmission.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining that the set of uplink transmission resources is less than a threshold, or that a transport block segmentation is not permitted, or that a time associated with transport block segmentation is greater than a configured time gap; and

dropping the upcoming uplink transmission based at least in part on the determining.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining that the set of uplink transmission resources overlaps with a second uplink transmission having a same or greater priority than the upcoming uplink transmission; and

dropping the upcoming uplink transmission based at least in part on the determining.

11. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

dropping the upcoming uplink transmission based at least in part on determining that the set of uplink transmission resources exceeds a packet latency bound.

12. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

padding a transport block in the upcoming uplink transmission based at least in part on determining that the set of uplink transmission resources is greater than the plurality of uplink transmission resources requested for the upcoming uplink transmission.

13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

determining that the set of uplink transmission resources is greater than the plurality of uplink transmission resources requested for the upcoming uplink transmission; and

performing a rate-matching to the set of uplink transmission resources with one or more bits using a circular buffer.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters comprise at least one of a quantity of symbols, a quantity of resource blocks, a quantity of layers, a quantity of demodulation reference signals, a phase tracking reference signal density, a transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, a hybrid automatic repeat request identifier based at least in part on a channel state information and a buffer size, or a combination thereof.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more interference measurements comprise at least one of a synchronization signal block measurement, a channel state information reference signal measurement, or both.

16. A method for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE;

receiving a semiautonomous uplink scheduling message comprising a request for a plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters for an upcoming uplink transmission, wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters are based at least in part on one or more interference measurements performed on the one or more uplink bandwidth parts; and

transmitting, to the UE and in response to receiving the semiautonomous uplink scheduling message, a message approving or declining the request for the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters.

17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, an indication of a starting positioning with reference to a physical resource block index or a frequency offset to a reference point associated with the one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, signaling comprising a request for the UE to switch from a first uplink bandwidth part of the one or more uplink bandwidth parts to a second uplink bandwidth part of the one or more uplink bandwidth parts, wherein the one or more interference measurements are performed on the second uplink bandwidth part.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein:

the indication of the one or more uplink bandwidth parts comprises a bitmap indicating an index for the one or more uplink bandwidth parts; and

the index comprises at least one of a subframe index, a slot index, a symbol index, or a combination thereof.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more uplink bandwidth parts correspond to one or more flexible slots.

21. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, a modification request to modify the plurality of uplink transmission resources requested for the upcoming uplink transmission.

22. The method of claim 16 , wherein transmitting the message approving or declining the request comprises:

transmitting, to the UE and via a physical downlink control channel, a set of uplink transmission resources different from the plurality of uplink transmission resources requested for the upcoming uplink transmission.

23. The method of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters comprise at least one of a quantity of symbols, a quantity of resource blocks, a quantity of layers, a quantity of demodulation reference signals, a phase tracking reference signal density, a transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, a hybrid automatic repeat request identifier based at least in part on a channel state information and a buffer size, or a combination thereof.

24. The method of claim 16 , wherein the one or more interference measurements comprise at least one of a synchronization signal block measurement, a channel state information reference signal measurement, or both.

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

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive an indication of one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE;

transmit a semiautonomous uplink scheduling message comprising a request for a plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters for an upcoming uplink transmission, wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters are based at least in part on one or more interference measurements performed on the one or more uplink bandwidth parts; and

receive, in response to transmitting the semiautonomous uplink scheduling message, a message approving or declining the request for the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters.

26. The apparatus of claim 25 , further comprising:

receiving an indication of a starting positioning with reference to a physical resource block index or a frequency offset to a reference point associated with the one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE.

27. The apparatus of claim 25 , wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters comprise at least one of a quantity of symbols, a quantity of resource blocks, a quantity of layers, a quantity of demodulation reference signals, a phase tracking reference signal density, a transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, a hybrid automatic repeat request identifier based at least in part on a channel state information and a buffer size, or a combination thereof.

28. The apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters comprise at least one of a quantity of symbols, a quantity of resource blocks, a quantity of layers, a quantity of demodulation reference signals, a phase tracking reference signal density, a transmit power, a modulation and coding scheme, a hybrid automatic repeat request identifier based at least in part on a channel state information and a buffer size, or a combination thereof.

29. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network entity, comprising:

a processor;

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an indication of one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE;

receive a semiautonomous uplink scheduling message comprising a request for a plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters for an upcoming uplink transmission, wherein the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters are based at least in part on one or more interference measurements performed on the one or more uplink bandwidth parts; and

transmit, to the UE and in response to receiving the semiautonomous uplink scheduling message, a message approving or declining the request for the plurality of uplink transmission resources or parameters.

30. The apparatus of claim 29 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the UE, an indication of a starting positioning with reference to a physical resource block index or a frequency offset to a reference point associated with the one or more uplink bandwidth parts that are configured for semiautonomous uplink scheduling from the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2022
From: WANG, XIAOJIE; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; LI, JUNYI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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