Grant-less uplink transmission for new radio
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being connected to an access network via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a grant-less configuration that includes a first grant-less access allocation and/or a second grant-less access allocation, the first and second grant-less access allocations defining first and second time and frequency resources, respectively;
transmitting a message uplink in the access network using the first time and frequency resources defined by the first grant-less access allocation, so as to make a grant-less transmission in accordance with the grant-less configuration;
when a transmission redundancy value is greater than one, transmitting the message again uplink to the access network using the first and/or second time and frequency resources defined by the first and/or second grant-less access allocation, respectively.
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Abstract
Current approaches to transmitting uplink data in a network often require resources to be granted. In an example, a node or apparatus may configure a plurality of devices to operate in a grant-less mode in accordance with a respective grant-less access allocation, such that, when the plurality of devices transmit messages uplink in the network, the messages are transmitted using frequency resources defined by the respective grant-less access allocation, and the plurality of devices transmit the messages without being granted access to transmit the messages, so as to operate in the grant-less mode.
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19 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising a processor, a memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being connected to an access network via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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receiving a grant-less configuration that includes a first grant-less access allocation and/or a second grant-less access allocation, the first and second grant-less access allocations defining first and second time and frequency resources, respectively; transmitting a message uplink in the access network using the first time and frequency resources defined by the first grant-less access allocation, so as to make a grant-less transmission in accordance with the grant-less configuration; when a transmission redundancy value is greater than one, transmitting the message again uplink to the access network using the first and/or second time and frequency resources defined by the first and/or second grant-less access allocation, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. An apparatus comprising a processor, memory, and communication circuitry, the apparatus being connected to a user equipment via its communication circuitry, the apparatus further comprising computer-executable instructions stored in the memory of the apparatus which, when executed by the processor of the apparatus, cause the apparatus to perform operations comprising:
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sending a grant-less configuration that includes a first grant-less access allocation and/or a second grant-less allocation, the first and second grant-less access allocation defining first and second time and frequency resources, respectively; receiving a message uplink from a user equipment at the first time and frequency resources defined by the first grant-less access allocation; and when a transmission redundancy value is greater than one, receiving the message again at the first and/or second time and frequency resources. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) for grant-less transmission to an access network, the method comprising:
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receiving a grant-less configuration that includes a first grant-less access allocation and/or a second grant-less allocation, the first and second grant-less access allocations defining first and second time and frequency resources, respectively; transmitting a message uplink to the access network using the first time and frequency resources defined by the first grant-less access allocation, so as to make a grant-less transmission in accordance with the grant-less configuration; and when a transmission redundancy value is greater than one, transmitting the message again uplink to the access network using the first and/or second time and frequency resources defined by the first and/or second grant-less access allocations, respectively.
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