# US 12,015,478 B2 · Defining a condition based on a reference time interval > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,015,478 B2 - Document ID: US12015478B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/283,609 - Filed: 2019-10-08 - Published: 2021-11-11 - Granted: 2024-06-18 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-08 - Assignees: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Applicants: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) - Inventors: Ajit Nimbalker; Jung-Fu Cheng - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12015478B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/0005: {applied to payload information} - H04L 1/0002: {by adapting the transmission rate} - H04L 1/0016: {involving special memory structures, e.g. look-up tables} - H04L 5/0046: {Determination of the number of bits transmitted on different sub-channels} - H04L 27/26025: {Numerology, i.e. varying one or more of symbol duration, subcarrier spacing, Fourier transform size, sampling rate or down-clocking (allocating sub-channels of the transmission path H04L5/003)} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A method performed by a network entity in which the method includes transmitting or receiving a transmission of data, wherein the transmission is scheduled with a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, level indicated by an MCS index, IMCS, and wherein the transmitting or receiving is based on a first condition being used for a first subset of MCS levels being a subset of all possible MCS levels. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method performed by a network entity, the method comprising: one of transmitting and receiving a transmission of data, the transmission being scheduled with a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, level indicated by an MCS index, IMCS, and having an assigned modulation order and resource allocation, and the one of the transmitting and receiving being based on a first restriction of a transport block size being used for a first subset of MCS levels being a subset of all possible MCS levels for which the transport block size is determined independently of the assigned modulation order and resource allocation. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first subset of MCS levels consists of those for which an associated target code rate is reserved. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first subset of MCS levels correspond to MCS levels associated with a “reserved” label in an MCS index table in section 5.1.3.1 of the 3GPP specification TS 38.214. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first subset of MCS levels contain MCS levels with an IMCS being one of 29, 30 and 31 when 64 QAM, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, is applied. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the network entity is a user equipment, UE. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the first restriction restricts the transport block size to be equal to or less than DataRate*durationSCH, where DataRate is a data rate of a carrier and durationSCH is an assigned duration of a downlink or uplink shared channel. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the duration SCH is calculated according to: Tsμ·Lj, where Lj denotes the number of shared channel symbols and T s μ = 1 ⁢ 0 - 3 2 μ · N s ⁢ y ⁢ m ⁢ b s ⁢ l ⁢ o ⁢ t , where μ denoted numerology and Nsymbslot denotes number of symbols per slot. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the data rate is a data rate per component carrier. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the data rate is derived from UE band/band-combination signaling. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the data rate includes a scaling factor. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein a second restriction of transport block size, TBS, is applied for a second subset of MCS levels for one or more serving cells. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the second subset can include all MCS levels. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method according to claim 11, wherein the first restriction defines a peak data rate over which the UE is not required to handle transmissions. ### Claim 14 A network entity comprising: a processor; and a memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the network entity to: one of transmit and receive a transmission of data, the transmission being scheduled with a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, level indicated by an MCS index, IMCS, and having an assigned modulation order and resource allocation, and the one of the transmitting and receiving being based on a first restriction of a transport block size being used for a first subset of MCS levels being a subset of all possible MCS levels for which the transport block size is determined independently of the assigned modulation order and resource allocation. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The network entity according to claim 14, wherein the first subset of MCS levels consists of those for which an associated target code rate is reserved. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The network entity according to claim 14, wherein the first subset of MCS levels correspond to MCS levels associated with a “reserved” label in an MCS index table in section 5.1.3.1 of the 3GPP specification TS 38.214. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The network entity according to claim 14, wherein the first subset of MCS levels contain MCS levels with an IMCS being one of 29, 30 or 31 when 64 QAM, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, is applied. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The network entity according to claim 14, wherein the network entity is a user equipment, UE. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The network entity according to claim 14, wherein the first restriction restricts the transport block size to be equal to or less than DataRate*durationSCH, where DataRate is a data rate of a carrier and durationSCH is an assigned duration of a downlink or uplink shared channel. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The network entity according to claim 19, wherein the duration SCH is calculated according to: Tsμ·Lj, where Lj denotes the number of shared channel symbols and T s μ = 1 ⁢ 0 - 3 2 μ · N s ⁢ y ⁢ m ⁢ b s ⁢ l ⁢ o ⁢ t , where μ denoted numerology and Nsymbslot denotes number of symbols per slot. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The network entity according to claim 19, wherein the data rate is a data rate per component carrier. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The network entity according to claim 21, wherein the data rate is derived from UE band/band-combination signaling. ### Claim 23 (depends on 21) The network entity according to claim 21, wherein the data rate includes a scaling factor. ### Claim 24 A non-transitory computer storage medium storing a computer program comprising computer program code which, when run on a network entity causes the network entity to: one of transmit and receive a transmission of data, the transmission being scheduled with a Modulation and Coding Scheme, MCS, level indicated by an MCS index, IMCS, and having an assigned modulation order and resource allocation, and the one of the transmitting receiving being based on a first restriction of a transport block size being used for a first subset of MCS levels being a subset of all possible MCS levels for which the transport block size is determined independently of the assigned modulation order and resource allocation.