Adaptive resource management for robust communication in new radio

An apparatus for resource adaptation in wireless communications using a bursty transmission pattern, comprising:

• a processor;
• a memory coupled to the processor, wherein the memory includes instructions executable by the processor to:
• determine that a user equipment (UE) is operating in a transition state;
• transmit, using a first numerology including a first number of symbols per slot, a first radio-frequency transmission having a first ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols, for at least one transition slot while the UE is operating in the transition state;
• adapt the first numerology, in a subsequent slot after the transition state, to a second scaled numerology including a second number of symbols per slot according to a defined adaptation schedule defining a fixed number of slots in the transition state;
• adjust a waveform of a symbol transmitted in the at least one transition slot to a different waveform in the subsequent slot, wherein in the at least one transition slot, the symbol carries a first sequence or a second sequence orthogonal to the first sequence, and wherein in the subsequent slot the symbol carries the first sequence or the opposite of the first sequence;
• and
• transmit, using the second scaled numerology, a second radio-frequency transmission having a second ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols, in the subsequent slot, wherein the first ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols is greater than the second ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols.

An apparatus for resource adaptation in wireless communications having a bursty transmission pattern, comprising:

• means for determining that a user equipment (UE) is operating in a transition state;
• means for transmitting, using a first numerology including a first number of symbols per slot, a first radio-frequency transmission having a first ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols, for at least one transition slot while the UE is operating in the transition state;
• means for adapting the first numerology, in a subsequent slot after the transition state, to a scaled numerology including a second number of symbols per slot, according to a defined adaptation schedule defining a fixed number of slots in the transition state, wherein the means for adapting is configured to adjust a waveform of a symbol transmitted in the at least one transition slot to a different waveform in the subsequent slot, wherein in the at least one transition slot, the symbol carries a first sequence or a second sequence orthogonal to the first sequence, and wherein in the subsequent slot the symbol carries the first sequence or the opposite of the first sequence, and
• wherein the means for transmitting is configured to transmit, using the scaled numerology, a second radio-frequency transmission having a second ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols, in the subsequent slot, wherein the first ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols is greater than the second ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols.

A non-transitory computer readable medium for resource adaptation in wireless communications having a bursty transmission pattern comprising code for:

• determining that a user equipment (UE) is operating in a transition state;
• transmitting, using a first numerology including a first number of symbols per slot, a first radio-frequency transmission having a first ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols, for at least one transition slot while the UE is operating in the transition state;
• adapting the first numerology, in a subsequent slot after the transition state, to a scaled numerology including a second number of symbols per slot, according to a defined adaptation schedule defining a fixed number of slots in the transition state;
• adjusting a waveform of a symbol transmitted in the at least one transition slot to a different waveform in the subsequent slot, wherein in the at least one transition slot, the symbol carries a first sequence or a second sequence orthogonal to the first sequence, and wherein in the subsequent slot the symbol carries the first sequence or the opposite of the first sequence;
• and
• transmitting, using the scaled numerology, a second radio-frequency transmission having a second ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols, in the subsequent slot, wherein the first ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols is greater than the second ratio of reference signal symbols to data symbols.