Patent Application
20250227750
The following relates to wireless communications, including dynamic logical channel prioritization.
Wireless communications systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, and so on. These systems may be capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include fourth generation (4G) systems such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) systems, LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) systems, or LTE-A Pro systems, and fifth generation (5G) systems which may be referred to as New Radio (NR) systems. These systems may employ technologies such as code division multiple access (CDMA), time division multiple access (TDMA), frequency division multiple access (FDMA), orthogonal FDMA (OFDMA), or discrete Fourier transform spread orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (DFT-S-OFDM). A wireless multiple-access communications system may include one or more base stations, each supporting wireless communication for communication devices, which may be known as user equipment (UE).
In some wireless communication systems, a network entity may configure a user equipment (UE) to transmit one or more logical channels (LCH) or LCH groups (LCG) over one or more carriers. The transmission of the one or more LCHs or LCGs may be restricted to the specific one or more carriers (e.g., LCH prioritization or restrictions).
The described techniques relate to improved methods, systems, devices, and apparatuses that support dynamic logical channel (LCH) prioritization. LCH prioritization or restrictions may be updated to support dynamic transmission carrier switching. For example, the LCH prioritization may be updated such that one or more LCHs or LCH groups (LCGs) may be transmitted over different carriers than originally assigned. The LCH prioritization may be updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs.
The transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs may include, for example, one or more of: a signal to interference and noise ratio, a physical resource block usage, an interference level, a buffer status report, a timing advance group, a power headroom report, a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme, and/or a transport block size. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a secondary cell associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the UE may provide an indication of a preference or a recommendation for transmitting the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
A method for wireless communications by a UE is described. The method may include receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers, receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information, and transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
A UE for wireless communications is described. The UE may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to receive a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers, receive a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information, and transmit using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Another UE for wireless communications is described. The UE may include means for receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers, means for receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information, and means for transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to receive a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers, receive a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information, and transmit using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the second downlink message includes an indication to select or to switch from the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for transmitting a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the second uplink message includes a channel state information signal (CSI), a medium access control element (MAC-CE) signal, or a radio resource control (RRC) signal.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization may be dynamically updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, a signal to interference and noise ratio, a physical resource block usage, an interference level, a buffer status report, a timing advance (TA) group, a power headroom report, a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme, a transport block (TB) size, or any combination thereof.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, and the method, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable medium may include further operations, features, means, or instructions for a RRC signal, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, and the method, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable medium may include further operations, features, means, or instructions for a downlink control information (DCI) signal for a subsequent uplink grant, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a primary cell group, or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group, associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more TA groups associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a TB size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs and zero or more bits from the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs may be configurable to be transmitted over the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers.
In some examples of the method, UEs, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization may be updated on a per-slot basis.
A method for wireless communications by a network entity is described. The method may include outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers and outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
A network entity for wireless communications is described. The network entity may include one or more memories storing processor executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories. The one or more processors may individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to output a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers and output a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
Another network entity for wireless communications is described. The network entity may include means for outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers and means for outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications is described. The code may include instructions executable by one or more processors to output a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers and output a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the second downlink message includes an indication to select or to switch from the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein may further include operations, features, means, or instructions for receiving a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the second uplink message includes a channel state information signal, a MAC-CE signal, or a RRC signal.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization may be dynamically updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, a signal to interference and noise ratio, a physical resource block usage, an interference level, a buffer status report, a TA group, a power headroom report, a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme, a TB size, or any combination thereof.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, and the method, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable medium may include further operations, features, means, or instructions for a RRC signal, a MAC control signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, and the method, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable medium may include further operations, features, means, or instructions for a DCI signal for a subsequent uplink grant, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a primary cell group, or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group, associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more TA groups associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a TB size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs and zero or more bits from the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs may be configurable to be transmitted over the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers.
In some examples of the method, network entities, and non-transitory computer-readable medium described herein, the dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization may be updated on a per-slot basis.
In some wireless communication systems, a network entity may configure a user equipment (UE) to transmit one or more logical channels (LCHs) or LCH groups (LCGs) over one or more carriers. The transmission of the one or more LCHs or LCGs may be restricted to the specific one or more carriers (e.g., LCH prioritization or restrictions). However, channel or carrier conditions may change, for example, the network load may increase or radio frequency conditions may change. The static LCH prioritization may reduce resource utilization.
The LCH prioritization or restriction may be updated to support dynamic transmission carrier switching. For example, the LCH prioritization may be updated such that one or more LCHs or LCGs may be transmitted over different carriers than originally assigned. The LCH prioritization may be updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs or LCGs.
The transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs may include, for example, one or more of: a signal to interference and noise ratio (SINR), a physical resource block (PRB) usage, an interference level, a buffer status report (BSR), a timing advance group (TAG), a power headroom report (PHR), a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme (MCS), and/or a transport block (TB) size. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a secondary cell associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the UE may provide an indication of a preference or recommendation for transmitting the one or more LCHs or LCGs over the one or more carriers.
Aspects of the disclosure are initially described in the context of wireless communications systems. Aspects of the disclosure are further illustrated by and described with reference to apparatus diagrams, system diagrams, and flowcharts that relate to dynamic LCH prioritization.
The network entities 105 may be dispersed throughout a geographic area to form the wireless communications system 100 and may include devices in different forms or having different capabilities. In various examples, a network entity 105 may be referred to as a network element, a mobility element, a radio access network (RAN) node, or network equipment, among other nomenclature. In some examples, network entities 105 and UEs 115 may wirelessly communicate via one or more communication links 125 (e.g., a radio frequency (RF) access link). For example, a network entity 105 may support a coverage area 110 (e.g., a geographic coverage area) over which the UEs 115 and the network entity 105 may establish one or more communication links 125. The coverage area 110 may be an example of a geographic area over which a network entity 105 and a UE 115 may support the communication of signals according to one or more radio access technologies (RATs).
The UEs 115 may be dispersed throughout a coverage area 110 of the wireless communications system 100, and each UE 115 may be stationary, or mobile, or both at different times. The UEs 115 may be devices in different forms or having different capabilities. Some example UEs 115 are illustrated in
As described herein, a node of the wireless communications system 100, which may be referred to as a network node, or a wireless node, may be a network entity 105 (e.g., any network entity described herein), a UE 115 (e.g., any UE described herein), a network controller, an apparatus, a device, a computing system, one or more components, or another suitable processing entity configured to perform any of the techniques described herein. For example, a node may be a UE 115. As another example, a node may be a network entity 105. As another example, a first node may be configured to communicate with a second node or a third node. In one aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a UE 115. In another aspect of this example, the first node may be a UE 115, the second node may be a network entity 105, and the third node may be a network entity 105. In yet other aspects of this example, the first, second, and third nodes may be different relative to these examples. Similarly, reference to a UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like may include disclosure of the UE 115, network entity 105, apparatus, device, computing system, or the like being a node. For example, disclosure that a UE 115 is configured to receive information from a network entity 105 also discloses that a first node is configured to receive information from a second node.
In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130, or with one another, or both. For example, network entities 105 may communicate with the core network 130 via one or more backhaul communication links 120 (e.g., in accordance with an S1, N2, N3, or other interface protocol). In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a backhaul communication link 120 (e.g., in accordance with an X2, Xn, or other interface protocol) either directly (e.g., directly between network entities 105) or indirectly (e.g., via a core network 130). In some examples, network entities 105 may communicate with one another via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., in accordance with a midhaul interface protocol) or a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., in accordance with a fronthaul interface protocol), or any combination thereof. The backhaul communication links 120, midhaul communication links 162, or fronthaul communication links 168 may be or include one or more wired links (e.g., an electrical link, an optical fiber link), one or more wireless links (e.g., a radio link, a wireless optical link), among other examples or various combinations thereof. A UE 115 may communicate with the core network 130 via a communication link 155.
One or more of the network entities 105 described herein may include or may be referred to as a base station 140 (e.g., a base transceiver station, a radio base station, an NR base station, an access point, a radio transceiver, a NodeB, an eNodeB (eNB), a next-generation NodeB or a giga-NodeB (either of which may be referred to as a gNB), a 5G NB, a next-generation eNB (ng-eNB), a Home NodeB, a Home eNodeB, or other suitable terminology). In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may be implemented in an aggregated (e.g., monolithic, standalone) base station architecture, which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically integrated within a single network entity 105 (e.g., a single RAN node, such as a base station 140).
In some examples, a network entity 105 may be implemented in a disaggregated architecture (e.g., a disaggregated base station architecture, a disaggregated RAN architecture), which may be configured to utilize a protocol stack that is physically or logically distributed among two or more network entities 105, such as an integrated access backhaul (IAB) network, an open RAN (O-RAN) (e.g., a network configuration sponsored by the O-RAN Alliance), or a virtualized RAN (vRAN) (e.g., a cloud RAN (C-RAN)). For example, a network entity 105 may include one or more of a central unit (CU) 160, a distributed unit (DU) 165, a radio unit (RU) 170, a RAN Intelligent Controller (RIC) 175 (e.g., a Near-Real Time RIC (Near-RT RIC), a Non-Real Time RIC (Non-RT RIC)), a Service Management and Orchestration (SMO) 180 system, or any combination thereof. An RU 170 may also be referred to as a radio head, a smart radio head, a remote radio head (RRH), a remote radio unit (RRU), or a transmission reception point (TRP). One or more components of the network entities 105 in a disaggregated RAN architecture may be co-located, or one or more components of the network entities 105 may be located in distributed locations (e.g., separate physical locations). In some examples, one or more network entities 105 of a disaggregated RAN architecture may be implemented as virtual units (e.g., a virtual CU (VCU), a virtual DU (VDU), a virtual RU (VRU)).
The split of functionality between a CU 160, a DU 165, and an RU 170 is flexible and may support different functionalities depending on which functions (e.g., network layer functions, protocol layer functions, baseband functions, RF functions, and any combinations thereof) are performed at a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170. For example, a functional split of a protocol stack may be employed between a CU 160 and a DU 165 such that the CU 160 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the DU 165 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. In some examples, the CU 160 may host upper protocol layer (e.g., layer 3 (L3), layer 2 (L2)) functionality and signaling (e.g., Radio Resource Control (RRC), service data adaption protocol (SDAP), Packet Data Convergence Protocol (PDCP)). The CU 160 may be connected to one or more DUs 165 or RUs 170, and the one or more DUs 165 or RUs 170 may host lower protocol layers, such as layer 1 (L1) (e.g., physical (PHY) layer) or L2 (e.g., radio link control (RLC) layer, medium access control (MAC) layer) functionality and signaling, and may each be at least partially controlled by the CU 160. Additionally, or alternatively, a functional split of the protocol stack may be employed between a DU 165 and an RU 170 such that the DU 165 may support one or more layers of the protocol stack and the RU 170 may support one or more different layers of the protocol stack. The DU 165 may support one or multiple different cells (e.g., via one or more RUs 170). In some cases, a functional split between a CU 160 and a DU 165, or between a DU 165 and an RU 170 may be within a protocol layer (e.g., some functions for a protocol layer may be performed by one of a CU 160, a DU 165, or an RU 170, while other functions of the protocol layer are performed by a different one of the CU 160, the DU 165, or the RU 170). A CU 160 may be functionally split further into CU control plane (CU-CP) and CU user plane (CU-UP) functions. A CU 160 may be connected to one or more DUs 165 via a midhaul communication link 162 (e.g., F1, F1-c, F1-u), and a DU 165 may be connected to one or more RUs 170 via a fronthaul communication link 168 (e.g., open fronthaul (FH) interface). In some examples, a midhaul communication link 162 or a fronthaul communication link 168 may be implemented in accordance with an interface (e.g., a channel) between layers of a protocol stack supported by respective network entities 105 that are in communication via such communication links.
In wireless communications systems (e.g., wireless communications system 100), infrastructure and spectral resources for radio access may support wireless backhaul link capabilities to supplement wired backhaul connections, providing an IAB network architecture (e.g., to a core network 130). In some cases, in an IAB network, one or more network entities 105 (e.g., IAB nodes 104) may be partially controlled by each other. One or more IAB nodes 104 may be referred to as a donor entity or an IAB donor. One or more DUs 165 or one or more RUs 170 may be partially controlled by one or more CUs 160 associated with a donor network entity 105 (e.g., a donor base station 140). The one or more donor network entities 105 (e.g., IAB donors) may be in communication with one or more additional network entities 105 (e.g., IAB nodes 104) via supported access and backhaul links (e.g., backhaul communication links 120). IAB nodes 104 may include an IAB mobile termination (IAB-MT) controlled (e.g., scheduled) by DUs 165 of a coupled IAB donor. An IAB-MT may include an independent set of antennas for relay of communications with UEs 115, or may share the same antennas (e.g., of an RU 170) of an IAB node 104 used for access via the DU 165 of the IAB node 104 (e.g., referred to as virtual IAB-MT (vIAB-MT)). In some examples, the IAB nodes 104 may include DUs 165 that support communication links with additional entities (e.g., IAB nodes 104, UEs 115) within the relay chain or configuration of the access network (e.g., downstream). In such cases, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., one or more IAB nodes 104 or components of IAB nodes 104) may be configured to operate according to the techniques described herein.
For instance, an access network (AN) or RAN may include communications between access nodes (e.g., an IAB donor), IAB nodes 104, and one or more UEs 115. The IAB donor may facilitate connection between the core network 130 and the AN (e.g., via a wired or wireless connection to the core network 130). That is, an IAB donor may refer to a RAN node with a wired or wireless connection to core network 130. The IAB donor may include a CU 160 and at least one DU 165 (e.g., and RU 170), in which case the CU 160 may communicate with the core network 130 via an interface (e.g., a backhaul link). IAB donor and IAB nodes 104 may communicate via an F1 interface according to a protocol that defines signaling messages (e.g., an F1 AP protocol). Additionally, or alternatively, the CU 160 may communicate with the core network via an interface, which may be an example of a portion of backhaul link, and may communicate with other CUs 160 (e.g., a CU 160 associated with an alternative IAB donor) via an Xn-C interface, which may be an example of a portion of a backhaul link.
An IAB node 104 may refer to a RAN node that provides IAB functionality (e.g., access for UEs 115, wireless self-backhauling capabilities). A DU 165 may act as a distributed scheduling node towards child nodes associated with the IAB node 104, and the IAB-MT may act as a scheduled node towards parent nodes associated with the IAB node 104. That is, an IAB donor may be referred to as a parent node in communication with one or more child nodes (e.g., an IAB donor may relay transmissions for UEs through one or more other IAB nodes 104). Additionally, or alternatively, an IAB node 104 may also be referred to as a parent node or a child node to other IAB nodes 104, depending on the relay chain or configuration of the AN. Therefore, the IAB-MT entity of IAB nodes 104 may provide a Uu interface for a child IAB node 104 to receive signaling from a parent IAB node 104, and the DU interface (e.g., DUs 165) may provide a Uu interface for a parent IAB node 104 to signal to a child IAB node 104 or UE 115.
For example, IAB node 104 may be referred to as a parent node that supports communications for a child IAB node, or referred to as a child IAB node associated with an IAB donor, or both. The IAB donor may include a CU 160 with a wired or wireless connection (e.g., a backhaul communication link 120) to the core network 130 and may act as parent node to IAB nodes 104. For example, the DU 165 of IAB donor may relay transmissions to UEs 115 through IAB nodes 104, or may directly signal transmissions to a UE 115, or both. The CU 160 of IAB donor may signal communication link establishment via an F1 interface to IAB nodes 104, and the IAB nodes 104 may schedule transmissions (e.g., transmissions to the UEs 115 relayed from the IAB donor) through the DUs 165. That is, data may be relayed to and from IAB nodes 104 via signaling via an NR Uu interface to MT of the IAB node 104. Communications with IAB node 104 may be scheduled by a DU 165 of IAB donor and communications with IAB node 104 may be scheduled by DU 165 of IAB node 104.
In the case of the techniques described herein applied in the context of a disaggregated RAN architecture, one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture may be configured to support dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein. For example, some operations described as being performed by a UE 115 or a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140) may additionally, or alternatively, be performed by one or more components of the disaggregated RAN architecture (e.g., IAB nodes 104, DUs 165, CUs 160, RUs 170, RIC 175, SMO 180).
A UE 115 may include or may be referred to as a mobile device, a wireless device, a remote device, a handheld device, or a subscriber device, or some other suitable terminology, where the “device” may also be referred to as a unit, a station, a terminal, or a client, among other examples. A UE 115 may also include or may be referred to as a personal electronic device such as a cellular phone, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a tablet computer, a laptop computer, or a personal computer. In some examples, a UE 115 may include or be referred to as a wireless local loop (WLL) station, an Internet of Things (IoT) device, an Internet of Everything (IoE) device, or a machine type communications (MTC) device, among other examples, which may be implemented in various objects such as appliances, or vehicles, meters, among other examples.
The UEs 115 described herein may be able to communicate with various types of devices, such as other UEs 115 that may sometimes act as relays as well as the network entities 105 and the network equipment including macro eNBs or gNBs, small cell eNBs or gNBs, or relay base stations, among other examples, as shown in
The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may wirelessly communicate with one another via one or more communication links 125 (e.g., an access link) using resources associated with one or more carriers. The term “carrier” may refer to a set of RF spectrum resources having a defined physical layer structure for supporting the communication links 125. For example, a carrier used for a communication link 125 may include a portion of a RF spectrum band (e.g., a bandwidth part (BWP)) that is operated according to one or more physical layer channels for a given radio access technology (e.g., LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, NR). Each physical layer channel may carry acquisition signaling (e.g., synchronization signals, system information), control signaling that coordinates operation for the carrier, user data, or other signaling. The wireless communications system 100 may support communication with a UE 115 using carrier aggregation or multi-carrier operation. A UE 115 may be configured with multiple downlink component carriers and one or more uplink component carriers according to a carrier aggregation configuration. Carrier aggregation may be used with both frequency division duplexing (FDD) and time division duplexing (TDD) component carriers. Communication between a network entity 105 and other devices may refer to communication between the devices and any portion (e.g., entity, sub-entity) of a network entity 105. For example, the terms “transmitting,” “receiving,” or “communicating,” when referring to a network entity 105, may refer to any portion of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, a CU 160, a DU 165, a RU 170) of a RAN communicating with another device (e.g., directly or via one or more other network entities 105).
In some examples, such as in a carrier aggregation configuration, a carrier may also have acquisition signaling or control signaling that coordinates operations for other carriers. A carrier may be associated with a frequency channel (e.g., an evolved universal mobile telecommunication system terrestrial radio access (E-UTRA) absolute RF channel number (EARFCN)) and may be identified according to a channel raster for discovery by the UEs 115. A carrier may be operated in a standalone mode, in which case initial acquisition and connection may be conducted by the UEs 115 via the carrier, or the carrier may be operated in a non-standalone mode, in which case a connection is anchored using a different carrier (e.g., of the same or a different radio access technology).
The communication links 125 shown in the wireless communications system 100 may include downlink transmissions (e.g., forward link transmissions) from a network entity 105 to a UE 115, uplink transmissions (e.g., return link transmissions) from a UE 115 to a network entity 105, or both, among other configurations of transmissions. Carriers may carry downlink or uplink communications (e.g., in an FDD mode) or may be configured to carry downlink and uplink communications (e.g., in a TDD mode).
A carrier may be associated with a particular bandwidth of the RF spectrum and, in some examples, the carrier bandwidth may be referred to as a “system bandwidth” of the carrier or the wireless communications system 100. For example, the carrier bandwidth may be one of a set of bandwidths for carriers of a particular radio access technology (e.g., 1.4, 3, 5, 10, 15, 20, 40, or 80 megahertz (MHz)). Devices of the wireless communications system 100 (e.g., the network entities 105, the UEs 115, or both) may have hardware configurations that support communications using a particular carrier bandwidth or may be configurable to support communications using one of a set of carrier bandwidths. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 may include network entities 105 or UEs 115 that support concurrent communications using carriers associated with multiple carrier bandwidths. In some examples, each served UE 115 may be configured for operating using portions (e.g., a sub-band, a BWP) or all of a carrier bandwidth.
Signal waveforms transmitted via a carrier may be made up of multiple subcarriers (e.g., using multi-carrier modulation (MCM) techniques such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or discrete Fourier transform spread OFDM (DFT-S-OFDM)). In a system employing MCM techniques, a resource element may refer to resources of one symbol period (e.g., a duration of one modulation symbol) and one subcarrier, in which case the symbol period and subcarrier spacing may be inversely related. The quantity of bits carried by each resource element may depend on the modulation scheme (e.g., the order of the modulation scheme, the coding rate of the modulation scheme, or both), such that a relatively higher quantity of resource elements (e.g., in a transmission duration) and a relatively higher order of a modulation scheme may correspond to a relatively higher rate of communication. A wireless communications resource may refer to a combination of an RF spectrum resource, a time resource, and a spatial resource (e.g., a spatial layer, a beam), and the use of multiple spatial resources may increase the data rate or data integrity for communications with a UE 115.
One or more numerologies for a carrier may be supported, and a numerology may include a subcarrier spacing (Δf) and a cyclic prefix. A carrier may be divided into one or more BWPs having the same or different numerologies. In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured with multiple BWPs. In some examples, a single BWP for a carrier may be active at a given time and communications for the UE 115 may be restricted to one or more active BWPs.
The time intervals for the network entities 105 or the UEs 115 may be expressed in multiples of a basic time unit which may, for example, refer to a sampling period of Ts=1/(Δfmax·Nf) seconds, for which Δfmax may represent a supported subcarrier spacing, and Nf may represent a supported discrete Fourier transform (DFT) size. Time intervals of a communications resource may be organized according to radio frames each having a specified duration (e.g., 10 milliseconds (ms)). Each radio frame may be identified by a system frame number (SFN) (e.g., ranging from 0 to 1023).
Each frame may include multiple consecutively-numbered subframes or slots, and each subframe or slot may have the same duration. In some examples, a frame may be divided (e.g., in the time domain) into subframes, and each subframe may be further divided into a quantity of slots. Alternatively, each frame may include a variable quantity of slots, and the quantity of slots may depend on subcarrier spacing. Each slot may include a quantity of symbol periods (e.g., depending on the length of the cyclic prefix prepended to each symbol period). In some wireless communications systems 100, a slot may further be divided into multiple mini-slots associated with one or more symbols. Excluding the cyclic prefix, each symbol period may be associated with one or more (e.g., Nf) sampling periods. The duration of a symbol period may depend on the subcarrier spacing or frequency band of operation.
A subframe, a slot, a mini-slot, or a symbol may be the smallest scheduling unit (e.g., in the time domain) of the wireless communications system 100 and may be referred to as a transmission time interval (TTI). In some examples, the TTI duration (e.g., a quantity of symbol periods in a TTI) may be variable. Additionally, or alternatively, the smallest scheduling unit of the wireless communications system 100 may be dynamically selected (e.g., in bursts of shortened TTIs (sTTIs)).
Physical channels may be multiplexed for communication using a carrier according to various techniques. A physical control channel and a physical data channel may be multiplexed for signaling via a downlink carrier, for example, using one or more of time division multiplexing (TDM) techniques, frequency division multiplexing (FDM) techniques, or hybrid TDM-FDM techniques. A control region (e.g., a control resource set (CORESET)) for a physical control channel may be defined by a set of symbol periods and may extend across the system bandwidth or a subset of the system bandwidth of the carrier. One or more control regions (e.g., CORESETs) may be configured for a set of the UEs 115. For example, one or more of the UEs 115 may monitor or search control regions for control information according to one or more search space sets, and each search space set may include one or multiple control channel candidates in one or more aggregation levels arranged in a cascaded manner. An aggregation level for a control channel candidate may refer to an amount of control channel resources (e.g., control channel elements (CCEs)) associated with encoded information for a control information format having a given payload size. Search space sets may include common search space sets configured for sending control information to multiple UEs 115 and UE-specific search space sets for sending control information to a specific UE 115.
A network entity 105 may provide communication coverage via one or more cells, for example a macro cell, a small cell, a hot spot, or other types of cells, or any combination thereof. The term “cell” may refer to a logical communication entity used for communication with a network entity 105 (e.g., using a carrier) and may be associated with an identifier for distinguishing neighboring cells (e.g., a physical cell identifier (PCID), a virtual cell identifier (VCID), or others). In some examples, a cell also may refer to a coverage area 110 or a portion of a coverage area 110 (e.g., a sector) over which the logical communication entity operates. Such cells may range from smaller areas (e.g., a structure, a subset of structure) to larger areas depending on various factors such as the capabilities of the network entity 105. For example, a cell may be or include a building, a subset of a building, or exterior spaces between or overlapping with coverage areas 110, among other examples.
A macro cell generally covers a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by the UEs 115 with service subscriptions with the network provider supporting the macro cell. A small cell may be associated with a lower-powered network entity 105 (e.g., a lower-powered base station 140), as compared with a macro cell, and a small cell may operate using the same or different (e.g., licensed, unlicensed) frequency bands as macro cells. Small cells may provide unrestricted access to the UEs 115 with service subscriptions with the network provider or may provide restricted access to the UEs 115 having an association with the small cell (e.g., the UEs 115 in a closed subscriber group (CSG), the UEs 115 associated with users in a home or office). A network entity 105 may support one or multiple cells and may also support communications via the one or more cells using one or multiple component carriers.
In some examples, a carrier may support multiple cells, and different cells may be configured according to different protocol types (e.g., MTC, narrowband IoT (NB-IoT), enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB)) that may provide access for different types of devices.
In some examples, a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) may be movable and therefore provide communication coverage for a moving coverage area 110. In some examples, different coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may overlap, but the different coverage areas 110 may be supported by the same network entity 105. In some other examples, the overlapping coverage areas 110 associated with different technologies may be supported by different network entities 105. The wireless communications system 100 may include, for example, a heterogeneous network in which different types of the network entities 105 provide coverage for various coverage areas 110 using the same or different radio access technologies.
The wireless communications system 100 may support synchronous or asynchronous operation. For synchronous operation, network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) may have similar frame timings, and transmissions from different network entities 105 may be approximately aligned in time. For asynchronous operation, network entities 105 may have different frame timings, and transmissions from different network entities 105 may, in some examples, not be aligned in time. The techniques described herein may be used for either synchronous or asynchronous operations.
Some UEs 115 may be configured to employ operating modes that reduce power consumption, such as half-duplex communications (e.g., a mode that supports one-way communication via transmission or reception, but not transmission and reception concurrently). In some examples, half-duplex communications may be performed at a reduced peak rate. Other power conservation techniques for the UEs 115 include entering a power saving deep sleep mode when not engaging in active communications, operating using a limited bandwidth (e.g., according to narrowband communications), or a combination of these techniques. For example, some UEs 115 may be configured for operation using a narrowband protocol type that is associated with a defined portion or range (e.g., set of subcarriers or resource blocks (RBs)) within a carrier, within a guard-band of a carrier, or outside of a carrier.
The wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable communications or low-latency communications, or various combinations thereof. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may be configured to support ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). The UEs 115 may be designed to support ultra-reliable, low-latency, or critical functions. Ultra-reliable communications may include private communication or group communication and may be supported by one or more services such as push-to-talk, video, or data. Support for ultra-reliable, low-latency functions may include prioritization of services, and such services may be used for public safety or general commercial applications. The terms ultra-reliable, low-latency, and ultra-reliable low-latency may be used interchangeably herein.
In some examples, a UE 115 may be configured to support communicating directly with other UEs 115 via a device-to-device (D2D) communication link 135 (e.g., in accordance with a peer-to-peer (P2P), D2D, or sidelink protocol). In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of a group that are performing D2D communications may be within the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170), which may support aspects of such D2D communications being configured by (e.g., scheduled by) the network entity 105. In some examples, one or more UEs 115 of such a group may be outside the coverage area 110 of a network entity 105 or may be otherwise unable to or not configured to receive transmissions from a network entity 105. In some examples, groups of the UEs 115 communicating via D2D communications may support a one-to-many (1:M) system in which each UE 115 transmits to each of the other UEs 115 in the group. In some examples, a network entity 105 may facilitate the scheduling of resources for D2D communications. In some other examples, D2D communications may be carried out between the UEs 115 without an involvement of a network entity 105.
The core network 130 may provide user authentication, access authorization, tracking, Internet Protocol (IP) connectivity, and other access, routing, or mobility functions. The core network 130 may be an evolved packet core (EPC) or 5G core (5GC), which may include at least one control plane entity that manages access and mobility (e.g., a mobility management entity (MME), an access and mobility management function (AMF)) and at least one user plane entity that routes packets or interconnects to external networks (e.g., a serving gateway (S-GW), a Packet Data Network (PDN) gateway (P-GW), or a user plane function (UPF)). The control plane entity may manage non-access stratum (NAS) functions such as mobility, authentication, and bearer management for the UEs 115 served by the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140) associated with the core network 130. User IP packets may be transferred through the user plane entity, which may provide IP address allocation as well as other functions. The user plane entity may be connected to IP services 150 for one or more network operators. The IP services 150 may include access to the Internet, Intranet(s), an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), or a Packet-Switched Streaming Service.
The wireless communications system 100 may operate using one or more frequency bands, which may be in the range of 300 megahertz (MHz) to 300 gigahertz (GHz). Generally, the region from 300 MHz to 3 GHz is known as the ultra-high frequency (UHF) region or decimeter band because the wavelengths range from approximately one decimeter to one meter in length. UHF waves may be blocked or redirected by buildings and environmental features, which may be referred to as clusters, but the waves may penetrate structures sufficiently for a macro cell to provide service to the UEs 115 located indoors. Communications using UHF waves may be associated with smaller antennas and shorter ranges (e.g., less than 100 kilometers) compared to communications using the smaller frequencies and longer waves of the high frequency (HF) or very high frequency (VHF) portion of the spectrum below 300 MHz.
The wireless communications system 100 may also operate using a super high frequency (SHF) region, which may be in the range of 3 GHz to 30 GHz, also known as the centimeter band, or using an extremely high frequency (EHF) region of the spectrum (e.g., from 30 GHz to 300 GHz), also known as the millimeter band. In some examples, the wireless communications system 100 may support millimeter wave (mmW) communications between the UEs 115 and the network entities 105 (e.g., base stations 140, RUs 170), and EHF antennas of the respective devices may be smaller and more closely spaced than UHF antennas. In some examples, such techniques may facilitate using antenna arrays within a device. The propagation of EHF transmissions, however, may be subject to even greater attenuation and shorter range than SHF or UHF transmissions. The techniques disclosed herein may be employed across transmissions that use one or more different frequency regions, and designated use of bands across these frequency regions may differ by country or regulating body.
The wireless communications system 100 may utilize both licensed and unlicensed RF spectrum bands. For example, the wireless communications system 100 may employ License Assisted Access (LAA), LTE-Unlicensed (LTE-U) radio access technology, or NR technology using an unlicensed band such as the 5 GHz industrial, scientific, and medical (ISM) band. While operating using unlicensed RF spectrum bands, devices such as the network entities 105 and the UEs 115 may employ carrier sensing for collision detection and avoidance. In some examples, operations using unlicensed bands may be based on a carrier aggregation configuration in conjunction with component carriers operating using a licensed band (e.g., LAA). Operations using unlicensed spectrum may include downlink transmissions, uplink transmissions, P2P transmissions, or D2D transmissions, among other examples.
A network entity 105 (e.g., a base station 140, an RU 170) or a UE 115 may be equipped with multiple antennas, which may be used to employ techniques such as transmit diversity, receive diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, or beamforming. The antennas of a network entity 105 or a UE 115 may be located within one or more antenna arrays or antenna panels, which may support MIMO operations or transmit or receive beamforming. For example, one or more base station antennas or antenna arrays may be co-located at an antenna assembly, such as an antenna tower. In some examples, antennas or antenna arrays associated with a network entity 105 may be located at diverse geographic locations. A network entity 105 may include an antenna array with a set of rows and columns of antenna ports that the network entity 105 may use to support beamforming of communications with a UE 115. Likewise, a UE 115 may include one or more antenna arrays that may support various MIMO or beamforming operations. Additionally, or alternatively, an antenna panel may support RF beamforming for a signal transmitted via an antenna port.
Beamforming, which may also be referred to as spatial filtering, directional transmission, or directional reception, is a signal processing technique that may be used at a transmitting device or a receiving device (e.g., a network entity 105, a UE 115) to shape or steer an antenna beam (e.g., a transmit beam, a receive beam) along a spatial path between the transmitting device and the receiving device. Beamforming may be achieved by combining the signals communicated via antenna elements of an antenna array such that some signals propagating along particular orientations with respect to an antenna array experience constructive interference while others experience destructive interference. The adjustment of signals communicated via the antenna elements may include a transmitting device or a receiving device applying amplitude offsets, phase offsets, or both to signals carried via the antenna elements associated with the device. The adjustments associated with each of the antenna elements may be defined by a beamforming weight set associated with a particular orientation (e.g., with respect to the antenna array of the transmitting device or receiving device, or with respect to some other orientation).
The wireless communications system 100 may be a packet-based network that operates according to a layered protocol stack. In the user plane, communications at the bearer or PDCP layer may be IP-based. An RLC layer may perform packet segmentation and reassembly to communicate via LCHs. A MAC layer may perform priority handling and multiplexing of LCHs into transport channels. The MAC layer also may implement error detection techniques, error correction techniques, or both to support retransmissions to improve link efficiency. In the control plane, an RRC layer may provide establishment, configuration, and maintenance of an RRC connection between a UE 115 and a network entity 105 or a core network 130 supporting radio bearers for user plane data. A PHY layer may map transport channels to physical channels.
The UEs 115 and the network entities 105 may support retransmissions of data to increase the likelihood that data is received successfully. Hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) feedback is one technique for increasing the likelihood that data is received correctly via a communication link (e.g., a communication link 125, a D2D communication link 135). HARQ may include a combination of error detection (e.g., using a cyclic redundancy check (CRC)), forward error correction (FEC), and retransmission (e.g., automatic repeat request (ARQ)). HARQ may improve throughput at the MAC layer in poor radio conditions (e.g., low signal-to-noise conditions). In some examples, a device may support same-slot HARQ feedback, in which case the device may provide HARQ feedback in a specific slot for data received via a previous symbol in the slot. In some other examples, the device may provide HARQ feedback in a subsequent slot, or according to some other time interval.
In some wireless communication systems, such as the wireless communications system 100, the network entity 105 may configure a UE 115 to transmit one or more LCHs or LCGs over one or more carriers. In some examples, the transmission of the one or more LCHs or LCGs may be restricted to the specific one or more carriers. As discussed herein, the LCH prioritization or restrictions may be updated to support dynamic transmission carrier switching. For example, the LCH prioritization may be updated such that one or more LCHs or LCGs may be transmitted over different carriers than originally assigned. The LCH prioritization may be updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs.
The transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs may include, for example, one or more of: a signal to interference and noise ratio, a physical resource block usage, an interference level, a buffer status report, a timing advance group, a power headroom report, a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme, and/or a transport block size. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a secondary cell associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the UE 115 may provide an indication of a preference or a recommendation for transmitting the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
In some examples, the wireless communications system 200 may define a static LCH prioritization and restriction. However, in wireless communication deployments, such as a 5G or 6G network, conditions associated with the wireless communications system 100, such as radio frequency (RF) or network loads, may vary. Static LCH prioritization and restriction may result in low spectral efficiency (SPEF), low resource utilization, and low user experience (Ux). Different LCH may correspond to different network slices, quality of service (QoS) flow within respective slices, or to different applications (APP) with different QoS thresholds based on throughput, latency, or reliability. In some examples, different LCGs with similar QoS may be defined as one LCG to reduce overhead.
In some examples, the UE 115 may support carrier aggregation with voice over NR (VONR) concurrency. In such examples, the UE 115 may transmit a signal indicating a capability of the UE 115 to support LCH restriction and/or the concurrency. For example, the UE 115 may transmit a MAC signal, such as MAC-ParametersCommon.lch-ToSCellRestriction, indicating whether the UE 115 supports restricting data transmission from a given LCH to a configured set or subset of serving cells.
If the UE 115 has the capability to support LCH restriction and/or the concurrency, the network entity 105 may restrict VONR traffic to a policy charging control (PCC) for dynamic policy control of the VONR traffic. In such examples, a non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) via a secondary cell (SCell) in uplink may be scheduled after VONR establishment.
For multi-carrier uplink operations, some limitations for uplink switching may exist. For example, two transmission channels (corresponding to two transmit chains at the UE 115) may be configured with up to two uplink bands (e.g., band A and band B). The UE 115 may switch between band A and band B for uplink transmissions on either transmission channel in accordance with RRC signaling from the network entity. As discussed herein, dynamically selecting carriers with uplink transmission channel switching (e.g., based on data traffic, time division duplexing (TDD) downlink/uplink configuration, bandwidths and channel conditions of each band, instead of RRC-based cell(s) reconfiguration), may provide greater uplink data rate, spectrum utilization, and uplink capacity.
For example, uplink transmission switching may involve rules applied for multiple bands, such as rules that are applied to four or fewer bands. The uplink switching may involve an LCH restriction of up to two transmission channels over a first frequency (FR1 UEs). In some examples, the transmission channels may be simultaneously transmitted. The rules for uplink transmission switching applied to four or fewer bands (e.g., three to four bands) with an LCH restriction of two or fewer simultaneous transmission channels, may include enabling a greater quantity of configured uplink bands than the UE's simultaneous transmission capability. The rules may also support dynamic transmission channel carrier switching across the configured bands for both single TAGs and multiple TAGs. Uplink transmission switching may involve UE capability signaling that is transmitted from the UE 115 to the network entity 105, RRC configuration-related signaling from the network entity 105 to the UE 115, as well as a switching time signaling from the network entity 105 to the UE 115. The uplink transmission switching may also involve other RF-related signaling that is communicated between the UE 115 and the network entity 105, as well as condition signaling from the network entity 105 to the UE 115 that indicates radio resource management (RRM) conditions for uplink transmission channel switching across multiple bands, such as three to four bands.
Some of the LCH prioritization may involve multiple carrier enhancements applied to uplink and downlink communications. For example, for multiple carrier enhancements applied to downlink communications may include single downlink control information (DCI) multi-carrier scheduling and fewer inter-band synchronization signal block (SSB). The multiple carrier enhancements applied to uplink communications may include a quantity of uplink carriers that is greater than a quantity of transmission channel chains and multiple TAGs for uplink switching. In multiple cell scheduling, one physical downlink channel (PDCCH) DCI may carry scheduling information for multiple serving cells. For example, one DCI may carry scheduling information for one serving cell in a self-scheduling application, where a DCI for one cell schedules information for a first cell (serving cell #0), another DCI for one cell schedules information for a second cell (serving cell #1), and another DCI for one cell schedules information for a third cell (serving cell #2). In some examples, one DCI may carry scheduling information for one serving cell in a cross carrier scheduling application that may be applied across multiple cells. A DCI for one cell, such as a first cell (serving cell #0), may carry scheduling information for a first cell (serving cell #0), and the scheduling information for the first cell may be applied (e.g., carried across) to a second cell (serving cell #1) and a third cell (serving cell #2).
In some examples, and as discussed herein, one DCI may carry scheduling information for multiple serving cells in a multiple cell scheduling applications. In such examples, a single DCI may carry scheduling information that applies to a first cell (serving cell #0), a second cell (serving cell #1), and a third cell (serving cell #2). The scheduled serving cells may be associated with a scheduling cell or resources for the PDCCH (e.g., scheduling info) reception in order to form a group of serving cells.
In some examples, the transmission of the one or more LCHs or LCGs may be restricted to the specific one or more carriers (e.g., LCH prioritization or restriction) or cells. However, channel or carrier conditions may change, for example, the network load may increase or RF conditions may change. The static LCH restrictions may reduce resource utilization. As discussed herein, the LCH restrictions or prioritization may be updated to support dynamic transmission carrier switching.
For example, the LCH restrictions may be updated, such that the LCHs or LCGs may be transmitted over different one or more carriers than originally assigned. The LCH restrictions may be updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs or LCGs. The transmission parameters may include SINR, a PRB usage, an interference level, a BSR, a TAG, a PHR, a quantity of waveforms, an MCS, and/or a TB size. In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs.
In some examples, the LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell (e.g., serving cell #0) or a secondary cell (e.g., serving cell #1) associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or LCGs. In some examples, the UE 115 may provide an indication of a preference or recommendation for transmitting the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
In the wireless communications system 200, the network entity 105-a may communicate with the UE 115-a using a communication link 125. In some examples, the communication link 125 may include a first channel 225-a for transmitting data from the UE 115-a to the network entity 105-a and a second channel 225-b for transmitting data from the network entity 105-a to the UE 115-a. The communication link 125 may be an example of an NR or LTE link between the UE 115-a and the network entity 105-a. The communication link 125 may include a bi-directional link that enables both uplink and downlink communications, for example, via the channels 225. For example, the UE 115-a may transmit uplink messages 245 (e.g., uplink transmissions), such as uplink control signals or uplink data signals, to the network entity 105-a using the first channel 225-a (e.g., of the communication link 125) and the network entity 105-a may transmit downlink messages 250 (e.g., downlink transmissions), such as downlink control signals or downlink data signals, to the UE 115-a using the second channel 225-b (e.g., of the communication link 125). In some examples, the downlink messages 250 (e.g., a first downlink message 250-a and the second downlink message 250-b) may be part of control signaling transmitted form the network entity 105-a.
In some examples, the UE 115-a may transmit a first uplink message 245-a to the network entity 105-a, where the first uplink message 245-a may include a capability of the UE 115-a to support the dynamic LCH. The network entity 105-a may transmit a first downlink message 250-a, which may include a configuration information for enabling the dynamic LCH, where the dynamic LCH prioritization is associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers.
The UE 115-a may transmit a second uplink message 245-b to the network entity 105-a using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the dynamic LCH prioritization (e.g., from the first downlink message 250-a). The second uplink message 245-b may indicate a recommendation for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization. In some examples, the second downlink message 250-b may include an indication to select or switch from a first dynamic LCH prioritization to a second LCH prioritization (e.g., in response to the recommendation). The second uplink message 245-b may include a channel state information (CSI) signal, an RRRC signal, or a medium access control element (MAC-CE).
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization may be dynamically updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs or LCGs. The one or more transmission parameters may include a SINR, a PRB usage, an interference level, a BSR, a TAG, a PHR, a quantity of waveforms, a MCS, and/or a TB size. The first downlink message 250-a may include an RRC signal or a MAC signal. The second downlink message 250-b may include a DCI signal for subsequent uplink grant from the UE 115-a or a MAC signal.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs (e.g., LCGs). The dynamic LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or group or a secondary cell or group associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs. The dynamic LCH prioritization may indicate a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more TAGs associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs. The dynamic LCH prioritization may indicate a TB size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs, and that zero or more bits from one or more LCHs or a group of LCHs may be transmitted to the one or more carriers or carrier groups. The dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization may be updated on a per-slot basis.
At 305, the UE 115-b may indicate capability to support adaptive and dynamic LCH prioritization and restriction. For example, at 305, the UE 115-b may transmit signaling to the network entity 105-b that includes information (e.g., a flag or an information element) indicating that the UE 115-b supports adaptive and dynamic LCH prioritization and restriction. The network entity 105-b may respond to the UE 115-b and the indicated capability by configuring or enabling adaptive and dynamic LCH prioritization and restriction, at 310. For example, the network entity 105-b may send signaling (e.g., control signaling, signaling that includes a flag or an information element, etc.) to the UE 115-b to activate or enable adaptive and dynamic LCH prioritization and restriction.
At 315, the network entity 105-b, may adjust LCH prioritization and restriction by DCI or MAC, based on uplink SINR, PRB usage, uplink interference, BSR, PHR, TAG, quantity of uplink waveform, layer, TB Size, or MCS. For example, the network entity 105-b may adjust the LCH prioritization by selecting one or more LCHs or LCGs to be transmitted over different carriers than assigned in an original or prior LCH prioritization. The adjusted LCH prioritization may be updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers and/or the one or more LCHs.
The network entity 105-b may determine an uplink carrier to use for LCH or LCG transmission. For example, the network entity 105-b may determine which primary cells or secondary cell to use for LCH or LCG transmissions. The network entity 105-b may determine which TAG to use for LCH or LCG transmissions. Accordingly, at 320, the network entity 105-b may transmit an indication of the adjusted LCH prioritization using DCI or MAC. For example, the network entity 105-b may send signaling indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization. At 325, the UE 115-b may perform uplink multiplexing, for example, based on the updated LCH prioritization and restriction. For example, the UE 115-b may transmit using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples (as indicated by the dashed line), at 330, the UE 115-b may provide a preferred LCH prioritization and restriction preference using CSI or MAC-CE. For example, the UE 115-b transmit a signaling indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In such examples, at 335, the network entity 105-b may adjust LCH prioritization and restriction based on the preference from the UE 115-b. For example, the network entity 105-b may dynamically readjust the LCH prioritization based on the recommendation or the preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in. At 340, the network entity 105-b may transmit an indication of the LCH prioritization adjustment to the UE 115-b. For example, the indication may be based on the preference from the UE 115-b. For example, the network entity 105-b may send signaling indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization in accordance with the preference.
At 345, the UE 115-b may perform uplink multiplexing, for example, based on the new LCH prioritization, which may be based on the preference provided by the UE 115-b to the network entity 105-b. For example, the UE 115-b may transmit using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization indicated at 340. In some examples, the UE 115-b may measure one or more communication parameters, such as a power headroom that indicates transmission power available for subsequent transmission in addition to power used for current transmissions, that may impact transmissions over one or more of the LCHs. The UE 115-b may provide the preference in accordance with the impacted LCHs.
The network entity 105-b may facilitate adaptive and dynamic adjustment of the LCH or LCG prioritization or restriction based on varying wireless communication system conditions. The dynamic LCH or LCG prioritization may reduce uplink interference with respect to static LCH or LCG prioritization. The dynamic adjustment may be made based on uplink SINR, BSR, PHR, PBR usage, quantity of RRC connected UEs 115, TAGs, TB size-based MCS, layer, PRB, and/or symbols granted. Accordingly, the dynamic adjustment of the LCHs based on changing and current wireless communication condition, may provide increased uplink data rate, spectrum utilization, and uplink capacity.
The receiver 410 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to dynamic LCH prioritization). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 405. The receiver 410 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
The transmitter 415 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 405. For example, the transmitter 415 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to dynamic LCH prioritization). In some examples, the transmitter 415 may be co-located with a receiver 410 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 415 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
The communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein. For example, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.
In some examples, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry). The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), a central processing unit (CPU), an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), a field-programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory).
Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor. If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 420, the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure).
In some examples, the communications manager 420 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or both. For example, the communications manager 420 may receive information from the receiver 410, send information to the transmitter 415, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
The communications manager 420 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information. The communications manager 420 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
By including or configuring the communications manager 420 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 405 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 410, the transmitter 415, the communications manager 420, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for dynamic adjustment of the LCHs for providing increased uplink data rate, spectrum utilization, and uplink capacity.
The receiver 510 may provide a means for receiving information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to dynamic LCH prioritization). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 505. The receiver 510 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
The transmitter 515 may provide a means for transmitting signals generated by other components of the device 505. For example, the transmitter 515 may transmit information such as packets, user data, control information, or any combination thereof associated with various information channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels related to dynamic LCH prioritization). In some examples, the transmitter 515 may be co-located with a receiver 510 in a transceiver module. The transmitter 515 may utilize a single antenna or a set of multiple antennas.
The device 505, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein. For example, the communications manager 520 may include a downlink control signaling manager 525, a LCH manager 530, or any combination thereof. The communications manager 520 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 420 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 520, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both. For example, the communications manager 520 may receive information from the receiver 510, send information to the transmitter 515, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 510, the transmitter 515, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
The communications manager 520 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The downlink message reception manager 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The downlink message reception manager 525 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information. The LCH manager 530 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
The communications manager 620 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The control signaling manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. In some examples, the control signaling manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information. The LCH manager 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the second downlink message includes an indication to select or to switch from the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the control signaling manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the control signaling manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the second uplink message includes a channel state information signal, a medium access control element signal, or a radio resource control signal.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization is dynamically updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, a signal to interference and noise ratio, a physical resource block usage, an interference level, a buffer status report, a timing advance group, a power headroom report, a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme, a transport block size, or any combination thereof.
In some examples, to support dynamic LCH prioritization, the control signaling manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for a radio resource control signal, a medium access control signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples, to support dynamic LCH prioritization, the control signaling manager 625 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for a downlink control information signal for a subsequent uplink grant, a medium access control signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a primary cell group, or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group, associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more timing advance groups associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, the LCH prioritization manager 640 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a transport block size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs. In some examples, the LCH manager 630 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for zero or more bits from the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs are configurable to be transmitted over the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers.
In some examples, the dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization is updated on a per-slot basis.
The I/O controller 710 may manage input and output signals for the device 705. The I/O controller 710 may also manage peripherals not integrated into the device 705. In some cases, the I/O controller 710 may represent a physical connection or port to an external peripheral. In some cases, the I/O controller 710 may utilize an operating system such as iOS®, ANDROID®, MS-DOS®, MS-WINDOWS®, OS/2®, UNIX®, LINUX®, or another known operating system. Additionally, or alternatively, the I/O controller 710 may represent or interact with a modem, a keyboard, a mouse, a touchscreen, or a similar device. In some cases, the I/O controller 710 may be implemented as part of one or more processors, such as the at least one processor 740. In some cases, a user may interact with the device 705 via the I/O controller 710 or via hardware components controlled by the I/O controller 710.
In some cases, the device 705 may include a single antenna 725. However, in some other cases, the device 705 may have more than one antenna 725, which may be capable of concurrently transmitting or receiving multiple wireless transmissions. The transceiver 715 may communicate bi-directionally, via the one or more antennas 725, wired, or wireless links as described herein. For example, the transceiver 715 may represent a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. The transceiver 715 may also include a modem to modulate the packets, to provide the modulated packets to one or more antennas 725 for transmission, and to demodulate packets received from the one or more antennas 725. The transceiver 715, or the transceiver 715 and one or more antennas 725, may be an example of a transmitter 415, a transmitter 515, a receiver 410, a receiver 510, or any combination thereof or component thereof, as described herein.
The at least one memory 730 may include random access memory (RAM) and read-only memory (ROM). The at least one memory 730 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 735 including instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor 740, cause the device 705 to perform various functions described herein. The code 735 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 735 may not be directly executable by the at least one processor 740 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 730 may contain, among other things, a basic I/O system (BIOS) which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices.
The at least one processor 740 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, a microcontroller, an ASIC, an FPGA, a programmable logic device, a discrete gate or transistor logic component, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof). In some cases, the at least one processor 740 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into the at least one processor 740. The at least one processor 740 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., the at least one memory 730) to cause the device 705 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting dynamic LCH prioritization). For example, the device 705 or a component of the device 705 may include at least one processor 740 and at least one memory 730 coupled with or to the at least one processor 740, the at least one processor 740 and at least one memory 730 configured to perform various functions described herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 740 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 730 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 740 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 740) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 730)), or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 740 or a processing system including the at least one processor 740 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 705 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to,” being “configurable to,” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code stored in the at least one memory 730 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
The communications manager 720 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information. The communications manager 720 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
By including or configuring the communications manager 720 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 705 may support techniques for dynamic adjustment of the LCHs for providing increased uplink data rate, spectrum utilization, and uplink capacity.
In some examples, the communications manager 720 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, monitoring, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 715, the one or more antennas 725, or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 720 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 720 may be supported by or performed by the at least one processor 740, the at least one memory 730, the code 735, or any combination thereof. For example, the code 735 may include instructions executable by the at least one processor 740 to cause the device 705 to perform various aspects of dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein, or the at least one processor 740 and the at least one memory 730 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
The receiver 810 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 805. In some examples, the receiver 810 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 810 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.
The transmitter 815 may provide a means for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated by other components of the device 805. For example, the transmitter 815 may output information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). In some examples, the transmitter 815 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 815 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 815 and the receiver 810 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.
The communications manager 820, the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or various combinations thereof or various components thereof may be examples of means for performing various aspects of dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein. For example, the communications manager 820, the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be capable of performing one or more of the functions described herein.
In some examples, the communications manager 820, the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in hardware (e.g., in communications management circuitry). The hardware may include at least one of a processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, a microcontroller, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure. In some examples, at least one processor and at least one memory coupled with the at least one processor may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein (e.g., by one or more processors, individually or collectively, executing instructions stored in the at least one memory).
Additionally, or alternatively, the communications manager 820, the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be implemented in code (e.g., as communications management software or firmware) executed by at least one processor. If implemented in code executed by at least one processor, the functions of the communications manager 820, the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or various combinations or components thereof may be performed by a general-purpose processor, a DSP, a CPU, an ASIC, an FPGA, a microcontroller, or any combination of these or other programmable logic devices (e.g., configured as or otherwise supporting, individually or collectively, a means for performing the functions described in the present disclosure).
In some examples, the communications manager 820 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or both. For example, the communications manager 820 may receive information from the receiver 810, send information to the transmitter 815, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
The communications manager 820 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The communications manager 820 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
By including or configuring the communications manager 820 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 805 (e.g., at least one processor controlling or otherwise coupled with the receiver 810, the transmitter 815, the communications manager 820, or a combination thereof) may support techniques for dynamic adjustment of the LCHs for providing increased uplink data rate, spectrum utilization, and uplink capacity.
The receiver 910 may provide a means for obtaining (e.g., receiving, determining, identifying) information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). Information may be passed on to other components of the device 905. In some examples, the receiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the receiver 910 may support obtaining information by receiving signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof.
The transmitter 915 may provide a means for outputting (e.g., transmitting, providing, conveying, sending) information generated by other components of the device 905. For example, the transmitter 915 may output information such as user data, control information, or any combination thereof (e.g., I/Q samples, symbols, packets, protocol data units, service data units) associated with various channels (e.g., control channels, data channels, information channels, channels associated with a protocol stack). In some examples, the transmitter 915 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the transmitter 915 may support outputting information by transmitting signals via one or more wired (e.g., electrical, fiber optic) interfaces, wireless interfaces, or any combination thereof. In some examples, the transmitter 915 and the receiver 910 may be co-located in a transceiver, which may include or be coupled with a modem.
The device 905, or various components thereof, may be an example of means for performing various aspects of dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein. For example, the communications manager 920 may include a LCH prioritization manager 925. The communications manager 920 may be an example of aspects of a communications manager 820 as described herein. In some examples, the communications manager 920, or various components thereof, may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both. For example, the communications manager 920 may receive information from the receiver 910, send information to the transmitter 915, or be integrated in combination with the receiver 910, the transmitter 915, or both to obtain information, output information, or perform various other operations as described herein.
The communications manager 920 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The downlink message transmission manager 925 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The downlink message transmission manager 925 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
The communications manager 1020 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. The control signaling manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. In some examples, the control signaling manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
In some examples, the second downlink message includes an indication to select or to switch from the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the control signaling manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the control signaling manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for receiving a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
In some examples, the second uplink message includes a channel state information signal, a medium access control element signal, or a radio resource control signal.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization is dynamically updated based on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, a signal to interference and noise ratio, a physical resource block usage, an interference level, a buffer status report, a timing advance group, a power headroom report, a quantity of waveforms, a modulation and coding scheme, a transport block size, or any combination thereof.
In some examples, to support dynamic LCH prioritization, the control signaling manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for a radio resource control signal, a medium access control signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples, to support dynamic LCH prioritization, the control signaling manager 1025 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for a downlink control information signal for a subsequent uplink grant, a medium access control signal, or any combination thereof.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a primary cell group, or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group, associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more timing advance groups associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
In some examples, the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a transport block size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs. In some examples, zero or more bits from the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs are configurable to be transmitted over the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers.
In some examples, the dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization is updated on a per-slot basis.
The transceiver 1110 may support bi-directional communications via wired links, wireless links, or both as described herein. In some examples, the transceiver 1110 may include a wired transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wired transceiver. Additionally, or alternatively, in some examples, the transceiver 1110 may include a wireless transceiver and may communicate bi-directionally with another wireless transceiver. In some examples, the device 1105 may include one or more antennas 1115, which may be capable of transmitting or receiving wireless transmissions (e.g., concurrently). The transceiver 1110 may also include a modem to modulate signals, to provide the modulated signals for transmission (e.g., by one or more antennas 1115, by a wired transmitter), to receive modulated signals (e.g., from one or more antennas 1115, from a wired receiver), and to demodulate signals. In some implementations, the transceiver 1110 may include one or more interfaces, such as one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 1115 that are configured to support various receiving or obtaining operations, or one or more interfaces coupled with the one or more antennas 1115 that are configured to support various transmitting or outputting operations, or a combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 1110 may include or be configured for coupling with one or more processors or one or more memory components that are operable to perform or support operations based on received or obtained information or signals, or to generate information or other signals for transmission or other outputting, or any combination thereof. In some implementations, the transceiver 1110, or the transceiver 1110 and the one or more antennas 1115, or the transceiver 1110 and the one or more antennas 1115 and one or more processors or one or more memory components (e.g., the at least one processor 1135, the at least one memory 1125, or both), may be included in a chip or chip assembly that is installed in the device 1105. In some examples, the transceiver 1110 may be operable to support communications via one or more communications links (e.g., a communication link 125, a backhaul communication link 120, a midhaul communication link 162, a fronthaul communication link 168).
The at least one memory 1125 may include RAM, ROM, or any combination thereof. The at least one memory 1125 may store computer-readable, computer-executable code 1130 including instructions that, when executed by one or more of the at least one processor 1135, cause the device 1105 to perform various functions described herein. The code 1130 may be stored in a non-transitory computer-readable medium such as system memory or another type of memory. In some cases, the code 1130 may not be directly executable by a processor of the at least one processor 1135 but may cause a computer (e.g., when compiled and executed) to perform functions described herein. In some cases, the at least one memory 1125 may contain, among other things, a BIOS which may control basic hardware or software operation such as the interaction with peripheral components or devices. In some examples, the at least one processor 1135 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 1125 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein (for example, as part of a processing system).
The at least one processor 1135 may include an intelligent hardware device (e.g., a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA, a microcontroller, a programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, a discrete hardware component, or any combination thereof). In some cases, the at least one processor 1135 may be configured to operate a memory array using a memory controller. In some other cases, a memory controller may be integrated into one or more of the at least one processor 1135. The at least one processor 1135 may be configured to execute computer-readable instructions stored in a memory (e.g., one or more of the at least one memory 1125) to cause the device 1105 to perform various functions (e.g., functions or tasks supporting dynamic LCH prioritization). For example, the device 1105 or a component of the device 1105 may include at least one processor 1135 and at least one memory 1125 coupled with one or more of the at least one processor 1135, the at least one processor 1135 and the at least one memory 1125 configured to perform various functions described herein. The at least one processor 1135 may be an example of a cloud-computing platform (e.g., one or more physical nodes and supporting software such as operating systems, virtual machines, or container instances) that may host the functions (e.g., by executing code 1130) to perform the functions of the device 1105. The at least one processor 1135 may be any one or more suitable processors capable of executing scripts or instructions of one or more software programs stored in the device 1105 (such as within one or more of the at least one memory 1125). In some examples, the at least one processor 1135 may include multiple processors and the at least one memory 1125 may include multiple memories. One or more of the multiple processors may be coupled with one or more of the multiple memories, which may, individually or collectively, be configured to perform various functions herein. In some examples, the at least one processor 1135 may be a component of a processing system, which may refer to a system (such as a series) of machines, circuitry (including, for example, one or both of processor circuitry (which may include the at least one processor 1135) and memory circuitry (which may include the at least one memory 1125)), or components, that receives or obtains inputs and processes the inputs to produce, generate, or obtain a set of outputs. The processing system may be configured to perform one or more of the functions described herein. For example, the at least one processor 1135 or a processing system including the at least one processor 1135 may be configured to, configurable to, or operable to cause the device 1105 to perform one or more of the functions described herein. Further, as described herein, being “configured to,” being “configurable to,” and being “operable to” may be used interchangeably and may be associated with a capability, when executing code stored in the at least one memory 1125 or otherwise, to perform one or more of the functions described herein.
In some examples, a bus 1140 may support communications of (e.g., within) a protocol layer of a protocol stack. In some examples, a bus 1140 may support communications associated with a LCH of a protocol stack (e.g., between protocol layers of a protocol stack), which may include communications performed within a component of the device 1105, or between different components of the device 1105 that may be co-located or located in different locations (e.g., where the device 1105 may refer to a system in which one or more of the communications manager 1120, the transceiver 1110, the at least one memory 1125, the code 1130, and the at least one processor 1135 may be located in one of the different components or divided between different components).
In some examples, the communications manager 1120 may manage aspects of communications with a core network 130 (e.g., via one or more wired or wireless backhaul links). For example, the communications manager 1120 may manage the transfer of data communications for client devices, such as one or more UEs 115. In some examples, the communications manager 1120 may manage communications with other network entities 105, and may include a controller or scheduler for controlling communications with UEs 115 in cooperation with other network entities 105. In some examples, the communications manager 1120 may support an X2 interface within an LTE/LTE-A wireless communications network technology to provide communication between network entities 105.
The communications manager 1120 may support wireless communications in accordance with examples as disclosed herein. For example, the communications manager 1120 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The communications manager 1120 is capable of, configured to, or operable to support a means for outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
By including or configuring the communications manager 1120 in accordance with examples as described herein, the device 1105 may support techniques for dynamic adjustment of the LCHs for providing increased uplink data rate, spectrum utilization, and uplink capacity.
In some examples, the communications manager 1120 may be configured to perform various operations (e.g., receiving, obtaining, monitoring, outputting, transmitting) using or otherwise in cooperation with the transceiver 1110, the one or more antennas 1115 (e.g., where applicable), or any combination thereof. Although the communications manager 1120 is illustrated as a separate component, in some examples, one or more functions described with reference to the communications manager 1120 may be supported by or performed by the transceiver 1110, one or more of the at least one processor 1135, one or more of the at least one memory 1125, the code 1130, or any combination thereof (for example, by a processing system including at least a portion of the at least one processor 1135, the at least one memory 1125, the code 1130, or any combination thereof). For example, the code 1130 may include instructions executable by one or more of the at least one processor 1135 to cause the device 1105 to perform various aspects of dynamic LCH prioritization as described herein, or the at least one processor 1135 and the at least one memory 1125 may be otherwise configured to, individually or collectively, perform or support such operations.
At 1205, the method may include receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The operations of block 1205 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 310 of
At 1210, the method may include receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information. The operations of block 1210 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 320 of
At 1215, the method may include transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization. The operations of block 1215 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 325 of
At 1305, the method may include transmitting a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization. The operations of block 1305 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 305 of
At 1310, the method may include receiving a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The operations of block 1310 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 310 of
At 1315, the method may include transmitting a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more logical channels over the one or more carriers in the dynamic logical channel prioritization. The operations of block 1315 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 330 of
At 1320, the method may include receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information. The operations of block 1320 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 340 of
At 1325, the method may include transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, where the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 345 of
At 1405, the method may include outputting a first downlink message including configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization including a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers. The operations of block 1405 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 310 of
At 1410, the method may include outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers. The operations of block 1410 may be performed in accordance with examples as disclosed herein, such as the operations described in connection with reference number 320 of
The following provides an overview of aspects of the present disclosure:
Aspect 1: A method for wireless communications at a UE, comprising: receiving a first downlink message comprising configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization, the dynamic LCH prioritization associated with a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers; receiving a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information; and transmitting using the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers, wherein the one or more LCHs are multiplexed over the one or more carriers based at least in part on the selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 2: The method of aspect 1, wherein the second downlink message comprises an indication to select or to switch from the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 3: The method of any of aspects 1 through 2, further comprising: transmitting a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 4: The method of any of aspects 1 through 3, further comprising: transmitting a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 5: The method of aspect 4, wherein the second uplink message comprises a CSI signal, a MAC-CE signal, or a RRC signal.
Aspect 6: The method of any of aspects 1 through 5, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization is dynamically updated based at least in part on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 7: The method of aspect 6, wherein the one or more transmission parameters comprise one or more of a SINR, a PRB usage, an interference level, a BSR, a TA group, a PHR, a quantity of waveforms, a MCS, a TB size, or any combination thereof.
Aspect 8: The method of any of aspects 1 through 7, wherein the first downlink message comprises one or more of: a RRC signal, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
Aspect 9: The method of any of aspects 1 through 8, wherein the second downlink message comprises one or more of: a DCI signal for a subsequent uplink grant, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
Aspect 10: The method of any of aspects 1 through 9, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 11: The method of any of aspects 1 through 10, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a primary cell group, or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group, associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 12: The method of any of aspects 1 through 11, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more TA groups associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 13: The method of any of aspects 1 through 12, further comprising: the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a TB size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs, and zero or more bits from the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs are configurable to be transmitted over the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers.
Aspect 14: The method of any of aspects 1 through 13, wherein the dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization is updated on a per-slot basis.
Aspect 15: A method for wireless communications at a network entity, comprising: outputting a first downlink message comprising configuration information for enabling a dynamic LCH prioritization at a UE, the dynamic LCH prioritization comprising a dynamic scheduling of one or more LCHs over one or more carriers; and outputting a second downlink message indicating a selection of the dynamic LCH prioritization from the configuration information based at least in part on one or more uplink signaling conditions associated with scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers.
Aspect 16: The method of aspect 15, wherein the second downlink message comprises an indication to select or to switch from the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 17: The method of any of aspects 15 through 16, further comprising: receiving a first uplink message indicating a capability of the UE to support the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 18: The method of any of aspects 15 through 17, further comprising: receiving a second uplink message indicating a recommendation or a preference for scheduling the one or more LCHs over the one or more carriers in the dynamic LCH prioritization.
Aspect 19: The method of aspect 18, wherein the second uplink message comprises a CSI signal, a MAC element signal, or a RRC signal.
Aspect 20: The method of any of aspects 15 through 19, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization is dynamically updated based at least in part on one or more transmission parameters associated with the one or more carriers or the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 21: The method of aspect 20, wherein the one or more transmission parameters comprise one or more of a SINR, a PRB usage, an interference level, a BSR, a TA group, a PHR, a quantity of waveforms, a MCS, a TB size, or any combination thereof.
Aspect 22: The method of any of aspects 15 through 21, wherein the first downlink message comprises one or more of: a RRC signal, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
Aspect 23: The method of any of aspects 15 through 22, wherein the second downlink message comprises one or more of: a DCI signal for a subsequent uplink grant, a MAC signal, or any combination thereof.
Aspect 24: The method of any of aspects 15 through 23, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 25: The method of any of aspects 15 through 24, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between a primary cell or a primary cell group, or a secondary cell or a secondary cell group, associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 26: The method of any of aspects 15 through 25, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a resource scheduling correspondence between one or more TA groups associated with the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs.
Aspect 27: The method of any of aspects 15 through 26, wherein the dynamic LCH prioritization indicates a TB size partition correspondence between each of the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers and each of the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs, and zero or more bits from the one or more LCHs or a group of the one or more LCHs are configurable to be transmitted over the one or more carriers or a group of the one or more carriers.
Aspect 28: The method of any of aspects 15 through 27, wherein the dynamic scheduling of the dynamic LCH prioritization is updated on a per-slot basis.
Aspect 29: A UE for wireless communications, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the UE to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 14.
Aspect 30: A UE for wireless communications, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 1 through 14.
Aspect 31: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 1 through 14.
Aspect 32: A network entity for wireless communications, comprising one or more memories storing processor-executable code, and one or more processors coupled with the one or more memories and individually or collectively operable to execute the code to cause the network entity to perform a method of any of aspects 15 through 28.
Aspect 33: A network entity for wireless communications, comprising at least one means for performing a method of any of aspects 15 through 28.
Aspect 34: A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communications, the code comprising instructions executable by one or more processors to perform a method of any of aspects 15 through 28.
It should be noted that the methods described herein describe possible implementations, and that the operations and the steps may be rearranged or otherwise modified and that other implementations are possible. Further, aspects from two or more of the methods may be combined.
Although aspects of an LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR system may be described for purposes of example, and LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR terminology may be used in much of the description, the techniques described herein are applicable beyond LTE, LTE-A, LTE-A Pro, or NR networks. For example, the described techniques may be applicable to various other wireless communications systems such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM, as well as other systems and radio technologies not explicitly mentioned herein.
Information and signals described herein may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the description may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, or any combination thereof.
The various illustrative blocks and components described in connection with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed using a general-purpose processor, a DSP, an ASIC, a CPU, an FPGA or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor but, in the alternative, the processor may be any processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. A processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration). Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a processor may be performed by multiple processors that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
The functions described herein may be implemented using hardware, software executed by a processor, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented using software executed by a processor, the functions may be stored as or transmitted using one or more instructions or code of a computer-readable medium. Other examples and implementations are within the scope of the disclosure and appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, functions described herein may be implemented using software executed by a processor, hardware, firmware, hardwiring, or combinations of any of these. Features implementing functions may also be physically located at various positions, including being distributed such that portions of functions are implemented at different physical locations.
Computer-readable media includes both non-transitory computer storage media and communication media including any medium that facilitates transfer of a computer program from one location to another. A non-transitory storage medium may be any available medium that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer. By way of example, and not limitation, non-transitory computer-readable media may include RAM, ROM, electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), flash memory, compact disk (CD) ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or any other non-transitory medium that may be used to carry or store desired program code means in the form of instructions or data structures and that may be accessed by a general-purpose or special-purpose computer, or a general-purpose or special-purpose processor. Also, any connection is properly termed a computer-readable medium. For example, if the software is transmitted from a website, server, or other remote source using a coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL), or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave, then the coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL, or wireless technologies such as infrared, radio, and microwave are included in the definition of computer-readable medium. Disk and disc, as used herein, include CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and Blu-ray disc. Disks may reproduce data magnetically, and discs may reproduce data optically using lasers. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media. Any functions or operations described herein as being capable of being performed by a memory may be performed by multiple memories that, individually or collectively, are capable of performing the described functions or operations.
As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of”) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on.”
As used herein, including in the claims, the article “a” before a noun is open-ended and understood to refer to “at least one” of those nouns or “one or more” of those nouns. Thus, the terms “a,” “at least one,” “one or more,” “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. For example, if a claim recites “a component” that performs one or more functions, each of the individual functions may be performed by a single component or by any combination of multiple components. Thus, the term “a component” having characteristics or performing functions may refer to “at least one of one or more components” having a particular characteristic or performing a particular function. Subsequent reference to a component introduced with the article “a” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, a component introduced with the article “a” may be understood to mean “one or more components,” and referring to “the component” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components.” Similarly, subsequent reference to a component introduced as “one or more components” using the terms “the” or “said” may refer to any or all of the one or more components. For example, referring to “the one or more components” subsequently in the claims may be understood to be equivalent to referring to “at least one of the one or more components.”
The term “determine” or “determining” encompasses a variety of actions and, therefore, “determining” can include calculating, computing, processing, deriving, investigating, looking up (such as via looking up in a table, a database or another data structure), ascertaining and the like. Also, “determining” can include receiving (e.g., receiving information), accessing (e.g., accessing data stored in memory) and the like. Also, “determining” can include resolving, obtaining, selecting, choosing, establishing, and other such similar actions.
In the appended figures, similar components or features may have the same reference label. Further, various components of the same type may be distinguished by following the reference label by a dash and a second label that distinguishes among the similar components. If just the first reference label is used in the specification, the description is applicable to any one of the similar components having the same first reference label irrespective of the second reference label, or other subsequent reference label.
The description set forth herein, in connection with the appended drawings, describes example configurations and does not represent all the examples that may be implemented or that are within the scope of the claims. The term “example” used herein means “serving as an example, instance, or illustration,” and not “preferred” or “advantageous over other examples.” The detailed description includes specific details for the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques. These techniques, however, may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the concepts of the described examples.
The description herein is provided to enable a person having ordinary skill in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to a person having ordinary skill in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the scope of the disclosure. Thus, the disclosure is not limited to the examples and designs described herein but is to be accorded the broadest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.
