Method and apparatus for up enhancement

A method of operating a base station, the method comprising:

• generating first configuration information and second configuration information for a configured grant (CG)/semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) configuration, wherein the first configuration information indicates a parameter of a CG/SPS configuration index having a predetermined value, and the second configuration information indicates an occasion window having predetermined numbers of selectable occasions;
• and the second configuration information indicates an activation of the CG/SPS configuration;
• and
• transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), the first and second configuration information in a radio resource control (RRC) message or in the RRC message and downlink control information (DCI).

A user equipment (UE) comprising:

• memory to store data;
• and
• processing circuitry, coupled with the memory, the processing circuitry to:
• acquire, packet association information, by an access stratum (AS) layer from an upper layer above the AS layer, wherein the packet association information is to indicate a plurality of packets that are associated together to correspond to a same frame and a critical packet among the plurality of packets;
• and
• transmit the data via dedicated scheduling for the critical packet.