Method for Uplink Transmission in a 5G NR System

A method for configuring a skip uplink transmission function between a user equipment and a base station, the method comprising:

• receiving, from the base station, a first radio resource control message that includes a network-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field indicating a first configuration for the skip uplink transmission function;
• determining, at the user equipment, a user-equipment-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field that indicates a second configuration for the skip uplink transmission function;
• transmitting, to the base station, a radio resource complete message that includes an indicator of the user-equipment-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field;
• and
• processing, at the user equipment, uplink transmissions using the second configuration for the skip uplink transmission function.

A method for uplink transmission between a user equipment and a base station, the method comprising:

• transmitting, to the user equipment, a first radio resource control message that includes a network-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field indicating a first configuration for a skip uplink transmission function;
• receiving, from the user equipment, a radio resource complete message that includes an indicator of a user-equipment-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field that specifies a second configuration for the skip uplink transmission function;
• and
• exchanging communications with the user equipment based on using the second configuration for the skip uplink transmission function.

A user equipment comprising:

• at least one wireless transceiver;
• a processor;
• and
• computer-readable storage media comprising instructions, responsive to execution by the processor, for directing the user equipment to:
• receive, from a base station, a first radio resource control message that includes a network-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field indicating a first configuration for a skip uplink transmission function;
• determine, at the user equipment, a user-equipment-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field that indicates a second configuration for the skip uplink transmission function;
• transmit, to the base station, a radio resource complete message that includes an indicator of the user-equipment-set SkipUplinkTxDynamic field;
• and
• process, at the user equipment, uplink transmissions using the second configuration for the skip uplink transmission function.