Resource coordination with acknowledgement of scheduling grant

A scheduled device for coordinating resource usage, comprising:

• means for receiving a downlink control information (DCI) grant from a scheduling device, the DCI grant identifying scheduled resources for communicating data;
• means for deciding whether to utilize the scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant for communicating the data;
• means for sending an acknowledgement of the DCI grant to the scheduling device based, at least in part, on the decision and information associated with the DCI grant, wherein the information associated with the DCI grant comprises an acknowledgement request indication in the DCI grant, a condition associated with the DCI grant, or both;
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• means for communicating the data via the scheduled resources when the scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant are decided to be utilized.

A method operable at a scheduling device for coordinating resource usage, the method comprising:

• transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) grant to a scheduled device, the DCI grant identifying scheduled resources for communicating data;
• receiving an acknowledgement of the DCI grant from the scheduled device based on information associated with the DCI grant, the acknowledgement indicating whether the scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant are to be utilized for communicating the data, wherein the information associated with the DCI grant comprises an acknowledgement request indication in the DCI grant, a condition associated with the DCI grant, or both;
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• communicating the data via the scheduled resources when the scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant are indicated to be utilized.

A scheduling device for coordinating resource usage, comprising:

• means for transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) grant to a scheduled device, the DCI grant identifying scheduled resources for communicating data;
• means for receiving an acknowledgement of the DCI grant from the scheduled device based on information associated with the DCI grant, the acknowledgement indicating whether the scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant are to be utilized for communicating the data, wherein the information associated with the DCI grant comprises an acknowledgement request indication in the DCI grant, a condition associated with the DCI grant, or both;
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• means for communicating the data via the scheduled resources when the scheduled resources identified in the DCI grant are indicated to be utilized.