Scheduling policies for out-of-order grants

US11357037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QUALCOMM Incorporated · US

Inventors

• Saket Bathwal · Hyderabad, IN
• Arvind Vardarajan Santhanam · San Diego, US
• Gang Xiao · San Diego, US
• Rudhir Upretee · San Diego, US
• Scott Hoover · Goshen, US
• Haiqin Liu · San Diego, US
• Xing Chen · San Diego, US
• Xiaojian Long · San Diego, US
• Peng WU · Shanghai, CN
• Ashwin Raman · San Diego, US
• Thomas CHRISTOL · Boulder, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 20, 2018
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2022
• Expiry date: May 14, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04W72/1273
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Various aspects of the disclosure relate to techniques for handling out-of-order grants. For example, upon detection of an out-of-order grant, the best scheduling policy for handling the out-of-order grants may be selected based on at least one traffic condition. In some aspects, a scheduling policy may involve canceling and regenerating out-of-order grants. In some aspects, a scheduling policy may involve reordering data units. In some aspects, a scheduling policy may involve designating a reorder time window.