Uplink grant prioritization enhancement

An apparatus for a user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory to store one or more indications associated with uplink transmission scheduled by one or more uplink (UL) grants;
• and
• one or more processors configured to cause the UE to:
• obtain the one or more indications associated with uplink transmission scheduled by one or more UL grants, the one or more UL grants including a UL grant for a physical uplink share channel (PUSCH) with uplink control information (UCI), wherein each of the one or more indications indicates whether a corresponding one of the one or more UL grants is for the PUSCH with UCI;
• select a UL grant for transmission from the one or more UL grants based at least in part upon the one or more indications, such that the UL grant for the PUSCH with UCI is prioritized for selection;
• cause a PUSCH corresponding to the selected UL grant to be transmitted;
• determine that a field lch-BasedPrioritization of an information element (IE) MAC-CellGroupConfig is configured;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that a UL grant of the one or more UL grants is for the PUSCH with UCI, increase a logical channel (LCH) priority of the UL grant for the PUSCH with UCI before LCH-based prioritization,
• wherein the one or more processors configured to cause the UE to select the UL grant for transmission are further configured to:
• with the LCH priority of the UL grant for the PUSCH with UCI being increased, select the UL grant for transmission from the one or more UL grants based at least in part upon respective LCH priorities of the one or more UL grants.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium including instructions that when executed by one or more processors of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to:

• obtain one or more indications associated with uplink transmission scheduled by one or more uplink (UL) grants, the one or more UL grants including a UL grant for a physical uplink share channel (PUSCH) with uplink control information (UCI);
• select a UL grant for transmission from the one or more UL grants based at least in part upon the one or more indications, such that the UL grant for the PUSCH with UCI is prioritized for selection, wherein each of the one or more indications indicates whether a corresponding one of the one or more UL grants is for the PUSCH with UCI;
• cause a PUSCH corresponding to the selected UL grant to be transmitted;
• determine that a field lch-BasedPrioritization of an information element (IE) MAC-CellGroupConfig is configured;
• and
• in accordance with a determination that a UL grant of the one or more UL grants is for the PUSCH with UCI, increase a logical channel (LCH) priority of the UL grant for the PUSCH with UCI before LCH-based prioritization,
• wherein to select the UL grant for transmission comprises:
• with the LCH priority of the UL grant for the PUSCH with UCI being increased, select the UL grant for transmission from the one or more UL grants based at least in part upon respective LCH priorities of the one or more UL grants.