Systems, apparatuses, and methods for semi-persistent scheduling in communication networks

A communication device for communicating with a base station in a private 5G network, the communication device and the base station having a base period of transmission defined there between as a minimal scheduling period, the communication device comprising:

• circuitry configured to:
• transmit location data of the communication device in a last subframe of a current communication period of the communication device;
• receive resource allocation data including a transmission period widening factor for one or more subsequent communication periods of the communication device,
• wherein the transmission period widening factor defines a widening of the base period of transmission;
• compute a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) period as a subsequent communication period of the one or more subsequent communication periods, based on the transmission period widening factor and the base period of transmission;
• and
• perform uplink communication in the one or more subsequent periods, based on the resource allocation data and the SPS period,
• wherein the transmission period widening factor is obtained by solving an optimization problem optimizing an expectation of data to be carried by one or more SPS channels in the subsequent period of communication of the communication device.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable instructions which when executed by one or more processors of a communication device, cause the communication device to perform a method for communicating with a base station in a private 5G network, the communication device and the base station having a base period of transmission defined there between as a minimal scheduling period, the method comprising:

• transmitting location data of the communication device in a last subframe of a current communication period of the communication device;
• receiving resource allocation data including a transmission period widening factor for one or more subsequent communication periods of the communication device,
• wherein the transmission period widening factor defines a widening of the base period of transmission;
• computing a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) period as a subsequent communication period of the one or more subsequent communication periods, based on the transmission period widening factor and the base period of transmission;
• and
• performing uplink communication in the one or more subsequent periods, based on the resource allocation data and the SPS period,
• wherein the transmission period widening factor is obtained by solving an optimization problem optimizing an expectation of data to be carried by one or more SPS channels in the subsequent period of communication of the communication device.