Identification of colliding UE for grant-free transmission of data and scheduling request based on resource sub-pool assignments for wireless networks
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of resources of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of resources of one or more data sub-pools, wherein the sub-pools assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request via different resources;
wherein for at least a plurality of user devices, no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to detect a collision condition for the first user device with respect to both data and a scheduling request, in which a grant-free mode transmission of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time from the first user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices.
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Abstract
A technique includes receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of resources of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of resources of one or more data sub-pools, wherein the sub-pools assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time via different resources, wherein for at least a plurality of user devices no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool.
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27 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of resources of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of resources of one or more data sub-pools, wherein the sub-pools assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request via different resources; wherein for at least a plurality of user devices, no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to detect a collision condition for the first user device with respect to both data and a scheduling request, in which a grant-free mode transmission of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time from the first user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
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receive, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of resources of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of resources of one or more data sub-pools, wherein the sub-pools assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request via different resources; wherein for at least a plurality of user devices, no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to detect a collision condition for the first user device with respect to both data and a scheduling request, in which a grant-free mode transmission of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time from the first user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices.
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6. A method comprising:
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determining, by a base station, a hierarchical resource pool configuration to allow each of one or more user devices to use a contention-based grant-free mode to transmit both data and a scheduling request to the base station via different resources, the hierarchical resource pool configuration including a scheduling request pool that includes one or more scheduling request sub-pools, each scheduling request sub-pool including one or more resources to be used by a user device for an uplink transmission of a scheduling request, and a data pool that includes one or more data sub-pools, each of the data sub-pools including one or more resources to be used by a user device for an uplink transmission of data; the hierarchical resource pool configuration also including an assignment of each of a plurality of user devices served by the base station to one scheduling request sub-pool and to one data sub-pool, wherein no two user devices are assigned to a same sub-pool in both the scheduling request pool and the data pool to allow the base station to identify a failed user device in which grant-free mode transmissions of both data and a scheduling request from the failed user device collided with transmissions from other user devices; and sending, by the base station, control information indicating the assignment of each of one or more user devices to a scheduling request sub-pool and a data sub-pool. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
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determine, by a base station, a hierarchical resource pool configuration to allow each of one or more user devices to use a contention-based grant-free mode to transmit both data and a scheduling request to the base station via different resources, the hierarchical resource pool configuration including a scheduling request pool that includes one or more scheduling request sub-pools, each scheduling request sub-pool including one or more resources to be used by a user device for an uplink transmission of a scheduling request, and a data pool that includes one or more data sub-pools, each of the data sub-pools including one or more resources to be used by a user device for an uplink transmission of data; the hierarchical resource pool configuration also including an assignment of each of a plurality of user devices served by the base station to one scheduling request sub-pool and to one data sub-pool, wherein no two user devices are assigned to a same sub-pool in both the scheduling request pool and the data pool to allow the base station to identify a failed user device in which grant-free mode transmissions of both data and a scheduling request from the failed user device collided with transmissions from other user devices; and send, by the base station, control information indicating the assignment of each of one or more user devices to a scheduling request sub-pool and a data sub-pool.
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13. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing executable code that, when executed by at least one data processing apparatus, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to perform a method of:
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determining, by a base station, a hierarchical resource pool configuration to allow each of one or more user devices to use a contention-based grant-free mode to transmit both data and a scheduling request to the base station via different resources, the hierarchical resource pool configuration including a scheduling request pool that includes one or more scheduling request sub-pools, each scheduling request sub-pool including one or more resources to be used by a user device for an uplink transmission of a scheduling request, and a data pool that includes one or more data sub-pools, each of the data sub-pools including one or more resources to be used by a user device for an uplink transmission of data; the hierarchical resource pool configuration also including an assignment of each of a plurality of user devices served by the base station to one scheduling request sub-pool and to one data sub-pool, wherein no two user devices are assigned to a same sub-pool in both the scheduling request pool and the data pool to allow the base station to identify a failed user device in which grant-free mode transmissions of both data and a scheduling request from the failed user device collided with transmissions from other user devices; and sending, by the base station, control information indicating the assignment of each of one or more user devices to a scheduling request sub-pool and a data sub-pool.
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of one or more data sub-pools; wherein the one or more scheduling request sub-pools and the one or more data sub-pools are configured to allow each of one or more user devices to use a contention-based grant-free mode to transmit both data, via a resource of an assigned data sub-pool, and a scheduling request, via a resource of an assigned scheduling request sub-pool, to the base station, wherein no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to identify a failed user device in which grant-free mode transmissions of both data and a scheduling request from the failed user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices; and transmitting, by the first user device using a contention-based grant-free mode, both a first scheduling request via a resource of the first scheduling request sub-pool that is assigned to the first user device and a first data via a resource of the first data sub-pool that is assigned to the first user device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. An apparatus comprising at least one processor and at least one memory including computer instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to:
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receive, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of one or more data sub-pools; wherein the one or more scheduling request sub-pools and the one or more data sub-pools are configured to allow each of one or more user devices to use a contention-based grant-free mode to transmit both data, via a resource of an assigned data sub-pool, and a scheduling request, via a resource of an assigned scheduling request sub-pool, to the base station, wherein no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to identify a failed user device in which grant-free mode transmissions of both data and a scheduling request from the failed user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices; and transmit, by the first user device using a contention-based grant-free mode, both a first scheduling request via a resource of the first scheduling request sub-pool that is assigned to the first user device and a first data via a resource of the first data sub-pool that is assigned to the first user device.
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19. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing executable code that, when executed by at least one data processing apparatus, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to perform a method of:
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receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of one or more data sub-pools; wherein the one or more scheduling request sub-pools and the one or more data sub-pools are configured to allow each of one or more user devices to use a contention-based grant-free mode to transmit both data, via a resource of an assigned data sub-pool, and a scheduling request, via a resource of an assigned scheduling request sub-pool, to the base station, wherein no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to identify a failed user device in which grant-free mode transmissions of both data and a scheduling request from the failed user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices; and transmitting, by the first user device using a contention-based grant-free mode, both a first scheduling request via a resource of the first scheduling request sub-pool that is assigned to the first user device and a first data via a resource of the first data sub-pool that is assigned to the first user device.
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20. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a scheduling request sub-pool of resources and to a data sub-pool of resources, wherein the sub-pools of resources assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode of transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request via different resources, wherein for at least a plurality of user devices, no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to detect a collision condition for the first user device with respect to both data and a scheduling request, in which a grant-free mode transmission of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time from the first user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices; and performing, by the first user device, a contention-based grant-free mode of transmission of data via a resource of the data sub-pool and a scheduling request via a resource of the scheduling request sub-pool. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
sending, by a base station to a first user device, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a scheduling request sub-pool of resources and to a data sub-pool of resources, wherein the sub-pools of resources assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode of transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request via different resources, wherein for at least a plurality of user devices no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to detect a collision condition for the first user device with respect to both data and a scheduling request, in which a grant-free mode transmission of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time from the first user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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27. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium storing executable code that, when executed by at least one data processing apparatus, is configured to cause the at least one data processing apparatus to perform a method of:
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receiving, by a first user device from a base station, control information indicating an assignment of the first user device to a first scheduling request sub-pool of resources of one or more scheduling request sub-pools, and an assignment of the first user device to a first data sub-pool of resources of one or more data sub-pools, wherein the sub-pools assigned to the first user device allow a contention-based grant-free mode transmission from the first user device of both a data and a scheduling request via different resources; wherein for at least a plurality of user devices, no two user devices are assigned to both a same data sub-pool and a same scheduling request sub-pool to allow the base station to detect a collision condition for the first user device with respect to both data and a scheduling request, in which a grant-free mode transmission of both a data and a scheduling request at the same time from the first user device collided with uplink transmissions from other user devices.
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