Physical uplink shared channel enhancements for transmission with configured grant in unlicensed spectrum

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium, having stored thereon, computer executable instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
• receive, from a network device, configured grant (CG) resource configuration information including time domain resource configuration information to configure the UE for a number of CG consecutive physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) allocations within a slot of a CG time resource, the time domain resource configuration information comprising an indication of a start symbol and a fixed length of a first PUSCH allocation within a slot of the CG time resource;
• and
• wherein the time domain resource configuration information defines multiple access occasions for the UE to start a CG uplink transmission within the CG time resource, each access occasion starting at a starting symbol of a corresponding PUSCH of the number of CG consecutive PUSCH allocations;
• start the CG uplink transmission at a first access occasion before which a listen-before-talk (LBT) channel access procedure is successful;
• and
• transmit consecutive CG PUSCHs in the remaining access occasions in accordance with the CG consecutive PUSCH allocations.

A method for use in a network device comprising:

• transmitting, by the network device to a user equipment (UE), configured grant (CG) resource configuration information including time domain resource configuration information to configure the UE for a number of CG consecutive physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) allocations within a slot of a CG time resource, the time domain resource configuration information comprising an indication of a start symbol and a fixed length of a first PUSCH allocation within a slot of the CG time resource;
• and
• wherein the time domain resource configuration information defines multiple access occasions for the UE to start a CG uplink transmission within the CG time resource, each access occasion starting at a starting symbol of a corresponding PUSCH of the number of CG consecutive PUSCH allocations;
• receiving the CG uplink transmission at a first access occasion before which a listen-before-talk (LBT) channel access procedure is successful;
• and
• receiving consecutive CG PUSCHs in the remaining access occasions in accordance with the CG consecutive PUSCH allocations.

An apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a computer-readable medium, having stored thereon, computer executable instructions, that when executed by the processor, cause the apparatus to:
• transmit, by the network device to a user equipment (UE), configured grant (CG) resource configuration information including time domain resource configuration information to configure the UE for a number of CG consecutive physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) allocations within a slot of a CG time resource, the time domain resource configuration information comprising an indication of a start symbol and a fixed length of a first PUSCH allocation within a slot of the CG time resource;
• and
• wherein the time domain resource configuration information defines multiple access occasions for the UE to start a CG uplink transmission within the CG time resource, each access occasion starting at a starting symbol of a corresponding PUSCH of the number of CG consecutive PUSCH allocations;
• receive the CG uplink transmission at a first access occasion before which a listen-before-talk (LBT) channel access procedure is successful;
• and
• receive consecutive CG PUSCHs in the remaining access occasions in accordance with the CG consecutive PUSCH allocations.