# US 12,193,019 B2 · Methods, apparatus and systems for enhanced uplink data transmission on configured grants > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,019 B2 - Document ID: US12193019B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/606,551 - Filed: 2020-04-30 - Published: 2022-06-30 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-30 - Assignees: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. - Applicants: InterDigital Patent Holdings, Inc. - Inventors: Faris Alfarhan; J. Patrick Tooher; Aata El Hamss - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193019B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/1887: {Scheduling and prioritising arrangements} - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04L 1/1819: {with retransmission of additional or different redundancy} - H04L 1/1822: involving configuration of automatic repeat request [ARQ] with parallel processes - H04L 1/1864: {ARQ related signaling (H04L1/1607 takes precedence)} - H04L 1/1874: {Buffer management} - H04L 1/188: {Time-out mechanisms} - H04L 1/1883: {using multiple timers} - 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 Methods, apparatus and systems are disclosed. In one representative method, a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU) may receive information associated with one or more configured grants (CGs), may select a first CG corresponding to a first CG configuration, and may transmit, on a CG occasion associated with the first CG, a transport block (TB) using resources associated with the first CG. The WTRU may also start a CG timer for the first CG responsive to a transmission of the TB, and receive a HARQ Acknowledgement (ACK) indication indicating a HARQ-ACK feedback value and associated with a HARQ Process ID (PID) in Downlink Feedback Information (DFI) of Downlink Control Information (DCI). In this representative method, after reception of the HARQ ACK indication and on condition that a HARQ-ACK feedback value is equal to ACK, the WTRU may stop the CG timer and may flush a HARQ buffer associated with the HARQ PID. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method implemented by a wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU), the method comprising: transmitting a first Transport Block (TB) associated with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process using a first configured grant (CG) resource of at least one CG, wherein the first CG resource is associated with the HARQ process; and starting a first CG timer associated with the HARQ process and a first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process; receiving HARQ feedback information associated with the HARQ process, wherein the received HARQ feedback information is associated with the first transport block; stopping the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process, based on receiving HARQ feedback information; stopping the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process, based on the received HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment; and on condition that the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped and on condition that the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped, transmitting a second TB associated with a new data transmission using a second CG resource of the at least one CG, wherein the second CG resource is associated with the HARQ process. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: determining a plurality of HARQ processes associated with CG resources; and maintaining for each of the plurality of HARQ processes a CG timer and an CG retransmission timer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method of claim 2 wherein the first CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a first HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes are different than the CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a second HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, comprising: on condition of receiving HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment, flushing a HARQ buffer associated with the HARQ process and toggling a New Data Indicator (NDI) associated with the HARQ process. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving a downlink control information (DCI) including the HARQ feedback information wherein the acknowledgment is indicating by a HARQ-ACK feedback value in a downlink feedback information (DFI) of the DCI. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the first CG timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment, and wherein the CG retransmission timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment. ### Claim 7 A wireless transmit and receive unit (WTRU), the WTRU, comprising: a processor; a transceiver unit; and a storage unit, the processor operating with the transceiver unit and the storage unit configured to: transmit a first Transport Block (TB) associated with a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) process using a first configured grant (CG) resource of at least on CG, wherein the first CG resource being associated with the HARQ process; and start a first CG timer associated with the HARQ process and a first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process; receive HARQ feedback information associated with the HARQ process, wherein the received HARQ feedback information is associated with the first transport block; stop the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process, based on receiving HARQ feedback information; stop the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process, based on receiving HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment; and on condition that the first CG timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped and on condition that the first CG retransmission timer associated with the HARQ process is stopped, transmit a second TB associated with a new data transmission using a second CG resource of the at least one CG, wherein the second CG resource is associated with the HARQ process. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The WTRU of claim 7, configured to: determine a plurality of HARQ processes associated with CG resources; and maintain for each of the plurality of HARQ processes a CG timer and a CG retransmission timer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The WTRU of claim 8 wherein the CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a first HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes are different than the CG timer and the CG retransmission timer for a second HARQ process of the plurality of HARQ processes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The WTRU of claim 7, configured to: flush a HARQ buffer associated with the HARQ process and toggling a New Data Indicator (NDI) associated with the HARQ process, on condition of receiving HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The WTRU of claim 7, configured to receive a downlink control information (DCI) including the HARQ feedback information wherein the acknowledgment is indicating by a HARQ-ACK feedback value in a downlink feedback information (DFI) of the DCI. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The WTRU of claim 7, wherein the first CG timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment, and wherein the CG retransmission timer is stopped on condition of receiving the HARQ feedback information indicating acknowledgment or negative acknowledgment.