Scheduling requests, status reports, and logical channel prioritization
AssigneeInterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc.
InventorsGuodong Zhang, Yifan Li, Pascal M. Adjakple, Stephen E. Terry, Joseph M. Murray
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Abstract
Features, methods, and functions for beam failure recovery and scheduling requests are provided, including methods for triggering, canceling, and transmitting beam recovery requests. The scheduling request may be designed to accommodate new criteria for transmission on a grant-free uplink shared channel (UL-SCH) and for putting the schedule request on hold.
Claims19
An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
- delay, based on an upcoming uplink grant, a random access channel procedure for a tracked duration, wherein the upcoming uplink grant is available for buffer status reporting (BSR).
An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being connected to a communications network via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the apparatus to:
- determine that a Buffer Status Report (BSR) has been triggered;
- determine there is an upcoming uplink grant associated with the apparatus, wherein the upcoming uplink grant has a time duration;
- determine that a transmission of the BSR cannot be sent during the time duration associated with the upcoming uplink grant;
- and
- based on the determination that the BSR transmission cannot be sent during the time duration, then trigger a scheduling request (SR).
A method comprising:
- determining that a Buffer Status Report (BSR) has been triggered;
- determining there is an upcoming uplink grant associated with the apparatus, wherein the upcoming uplink grant has a time duration;
- determining that a transmission of the BSR cannot be sent during the time duration associated with the upcoming uplink grant;
- and
- based on the determination that the BSR transmission cannot be sent during the time duration, then trigger a scheduling request (SR).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.