# US 12,120,721 B2 · Enhancements for periodic resources in an integrated access and backhaul network > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,120,721 B2 - Document ID: US12120721B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/447,021 - Filed: 2021-09-07 - Published: 2022-03-31 - Granted: 2024-10-15 - Earliest claimed: 2020-09-25 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Jianghong Luo; Navid Abedini; Naeem Akl; Karl Georg Hampel; Luca Blessent; Tao Luo; Junyi Li - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12120721B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0064: {Rate requirement of the data, e.g. scalable bandwidth, data priority} - H04W 72/542: using measured or perceived quality - H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals} - H04L 5/0091: {Signalling for the administration of the divided path, e.g. signalling of configuration information} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/566: of the information or information source or recipient - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a wireless node may receive an indication of a first periodic resource associated with the wireless node, wherein the first periodic resource is associated with one or more parameters for coordinating periodic resources or a priority flag that indicates that the first periodic resource is available to the wireless node irrespective of a resource type associated with the first periodic resource. The wireless node may communicate, with a child node or another wireless node, a message using a modified first periodic resource, wherein the modified first periodic resource includes a modified resource allocation associated with the first periodic resource or a modified resource type associated with first periodic resource. Numerous other aspects are provided. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A wireless node for wireless communication, comprising: a processing system that includes one or more processors and one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors, the processing system configured to cause the wireless node to: receive an indication of a first periodic resource associated with the wireless node, wherein the first periodic resource is associated with one or more parameters for coordinating periodic resources between a mobile terminal (MT) component of the wireless node and a distributed node (DU) of the wireless node or a priority flag that indicates that the first periodic resource is available to the wireless node irrespective of a resource type associated with the first periodic resource; and communicate a message, with a child node or another wireless node, using a modified first periodic resource, wherein the modified first periodic resource includes a modified resource allocation associated with the first periodic resource or a modified resource type associated with first periodic resource. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless node to: transmit, to the child node, an activation message associated with the first periodic resource that indicates the modified resource allocation associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the first periodic resource is associated with the DU of the wireless node, and wherein the one or more parameters for coordinating periodic resources are associated with coordinating the first periodic resource with a second periodic resource that is associated the MT component of the wireless node and that corresponds to the first periodic resource, and wherein communicating using the modified first periodic resource is in accordance with the first periodic resource not satisfying at least one parameter of the one or more parameters. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of: a time gap between periodic resources that are associated with the MT component of the wireless node and periodic resources that are associated with the DU of the wireless node, or a range of time gaps between periodic resources that are associated with the MT component and periodic resources that are associated with the DU. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless node to: receive, from a control node or a parent node, an indication of the one or more parameters; or determine the one or more parameters. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the one or more parameters are in accordance with at least one of: a processing capability of the wireless node, a latency requirement associated with the wireless node, or a packet delay budget (PDB) of a radio link control (RLC) channel associated with the first periodic resource or a second periodic resource. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless node to: transmit, to a control node or a parent node, an indication of information to be used to determine the one or more parameters; and receive, from the control node or the parent node, an indication of the one or more parameters in accordance with transmitting the indication of information to be used to determine the one or more parameters. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless node to: receive, from a control node or a parent node, the priority flag via at least one of a radio resource control message, an F1 application protocol message, a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE), or an activation downlink control information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the first periodic resource includes one or more downlink resources allocated via downlink semi-persistent scheduling or one or more uplink resources allocated via an uplink configured grant. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the resource type includes a configured distributed unit resource type, a not available (NA) resource type, a hard resource type, or a soft resource type. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein the processing system is further configured to cause the wireless node to; transmit, to a control node or a parent node, information associated with the first periodic resource that is available to the wireless node irrespective of the resource type to enable an adjustment to the resource allocation at the control node or the parent node. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The wireless node of claim 1, wherein, to cause the wireless node to receive the indication of the first periodic resource, the processing system is configured to cause the wireless node to: receive, from a control node, a configuration indicating grant information, for the first periodic resource, that indicates resource locations associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The wireless node of claim 12, wherein, to cause the wireless node to receive the configuration indicating grant information, for the first periodic resource, that indicates resource locations associated with the first periodic resource, the processing system is configured to cause the wireless node to; receive the configuration indicating full grant information. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The wireless node of claim 13, wherein the full grant information at least indicates: the resource locations associated with the first periodic resource, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the first periodic resource, a frequency domain resource block (RB) allocation associated with the first periodic resource, and an antenna port of the wireless node associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The wireless node of claim 12, wherein, to cause the wireless node to receive the configuration indicating grant information, for the first periodic resource, that indicates resource locations associated with the first periodic resource, the processing system is configured to cause the wireless node to; receive the configuration indicating partial grant information that at least indicates the resource locations associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 16 A method of wireless communication performed by a wireless node, comprising: receiving an indication of a first periodic resource associated with the wireless node, wherein the first periodic resource is associated with one or more parameters for coordinating periodic resources between a mobile terminal (MT) component of the wireless node and a distributed node (DU) of the wireless node or a priority flag that indicates that the first periodic resource is available to the wireless node irrespective of a resource type associated with the first periodic resource; and communicating a message, with a child node or another wireless node, using a modified first periodic resource, wherein the modified first periodic resource includes a modified resource allocation associated with the first periodic resource or a modified resource type associated with first periodic resource. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting, to the child node, an activation message associated with the first periodic resource that indicates the modified resource allocation associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the first periodic resource is associated with the DU of the wireless node, and wherein the one or more parameters for coordinating periodic resources are associated with coordinating the first periodic resource with a second periodic resource that is associated with the MT component of the wireless node and that corresponds to the first periodic resource, and wherein communicating using the modified first periodic resource is in accordance with the first periodic resource not satisfying at least one parameter of the one or more parameters. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more parameters include at least one of: a time gap between periodic resources that are associated with the MT component of the wireless node and periodic resources that are associated with the DU of the wireless node, or a range of time gaps between periodic resources that are associated with the MT component of the wireless node and periodic resources that are associated with the DU of the wireless node. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: receiving, from a control node or a parent node, an indication of the one or more parameters; or determining the one or more parameters. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the one or more parameters are in accordance with at least one of: a processing capability of the wireless node, a latency requirement associated with the wireless node, or a packet delay budget (PDB) of a radio link control (RLC) channel associated with the first periodic resource or a second periodic resource. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: transmitting, to a control node or a parent node, an indication of information to be used to determine the one or more parameters; and receiving, from the control node or the parent node, an indication of the one or more parameters in accordance with transmitting the indication of information to be used to determine the one or more parameters. ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising: receiving, from a control node or a parent node, the priority flag via at least one of a radio resource control message, an F1 application protocol message, a medium access control (MAC) control element (MAC-CE), or an activation downlink control information. ### Claim 24 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the first periodic resource includes one or more downlink resources allocated via downlink semi-persistent scheduling or one or more uplink resources allocated via an uplink configured grant. ### Claim 25 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the resource type includes a configured distributed unit resource type, a not available (NA) resource type, a hard resource type, or a soft resource type. ### Claim 26 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting, to a control node or a parent node, information associated with the first periodic resource that is available to the wireless node irrespective of the resource type to enable an adjustment to the resource allocation at the control node or the parent node. ### Claim 27 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein receiving the indication of the first periodic resource comprises receiving, from a control node, a configuration indicating grant information, for the first periodic resource, that indicates resource locations associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 28 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein receiving the configuration indicating grant information, for the first periodic resource, that indicates resource locations associated with the first periodic resource comprises receiving the configuration indicating full grant information. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method of claim 28, wherein the full grant information at least indicates: the resource locations associated with the first periodic resource, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) associated with the first periodic resource, a frequency domain resource block (RB) allocation associated with the first periodic resource, and an antenna port of the wireless node associated with the first periodic resource. ### Claim 30 (depends on 27) The method of claim 27, wherein receiving the configuration indicating grant information, for the first periodic resource, that indicates resource locations associated with the first periodic resource comprises receiving the configuration indicating partial grant information that at least indicates the resource locations associated with the first periodic resource.