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Grant free uplink transmission techniques

US10880914B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 25, 2019
Grant dateDec 29, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 25, 2039

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04W92/10
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The described techniques relate to techniques for determining transmission opportunities and utilization of uplink resources by a user equipment (UE) in communication with a base station. In some examples, a base station may transmit a slot configuration to a UE. The slot configuration may indicate the communication link direction (uplink, downlink, or flexible) associated with each symbol in a given slot. A dynamic slot configuration may indicate which of the flexible symbols are uplink symbols and which are downlink symbols and the UE may determine uplink transmission opportunities based on the slot configuration, the dynamic slot configuration, and a grant free uplink type associated with the UE. The UE may transmit an uplink data message to the base station using the determined set of uplink transmission resources.

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