Active time handling with 2-step granting
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsMattias Bergström, Riikka Susitaival
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Abstract
A wireless communications device, operating according to a DRX configuration and configured to receive two-step grants for uplink transmissions, determines whether the device has received a first trigger of a two-step grant. The device enters a state in which the device listens on a physical downlink control channel for messages from the network, in response to determining that the device has received the first trigger, without necessarily receiving the second trigger.
Claims22
A method performed by a wireless communications device operating according to a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration and configured to receive, from a wireless communications network, two-step grants for uplink transmissions, the method comprising:
- determining whether the device has received a first trigger of a two-step grant;
- and
- entering a state in which the device listens on a physical downlink control channel for messages from the network, in response to determining that the device has received the first trigger.
A wireless communications device configured to operate according to a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration and configured to receive, from a wireless communications network, two-step grants for uplink transmissions, the device comprising:
- transceiver circuitry configured for communication with the network;
- and
- processing circuitry operatively associated with the transceiver circuitry and configured to:
- determine whether the device has received a first trigger of a two-step grant;
- and
- cause the device to enter a state in which the device listens on a physical downlink control channel for messages from the network, in response to determining that the device has received the first trigger.
17-35. (canceled)
A network node of a wireless communications network, wherein the network node is configured to provide, to a wireless communications device operating according to a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) configuration, two-step grants for uplink transmissions, the network node comprising:
- transceiver circuitry configured for communication with the wireless communications device;
- and
- processing circuitry operatively associated with the transceiver circuitry and configured to:
- transmit, via the transceiver circuitry, a first trigger of the two-step grant;
- and
- prior to transmitting a second trigger of the two-step grant, transmit physical downlink control channel messages to the device to be received during a state in which the device listens on a physical downlink control channel for messages from the network.
40-44. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.