Radio access network resource grant allocation and related aspects

Abstract

Various ways for a network node in a radio access network to allocate a grant, “CG” of dedicated and/or shared radio resources to a wireless communications device are disclosed which disperse repetitive transmissions within a configured grant period. One disclosed example aspect includes a method performed by a network node in a radio access network, the network node being configured to grant radio resources to a plurality of wireless communications devices, the method including: obtaining signalling information indicating at least one configuration of radio resources for a plurality of time-domain repetitive transmissions in at least one configured grant period, wherein each configured grant period is configured to provide at least one time-gap of a longer duration than another time-gap between the repetitive transmissions in that configured grant period; and sending the signalling information to at least one of the plurality of wireless communication devices.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.