US 11,723,017 B2
Uplink (UL) resource allocation for a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE)
Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Liangping Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Ayan Sengupta, San Diego, CA (US); Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US); Changhwan Park, San Diego, CA (US); Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US); and Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,955.
Prior Publication US 2023/0039127 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1263 (2023.01); H04W 72/566 (2023.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04W 56/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04W 80/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/1263 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1812 (2013.01); H04W 56/005 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 72/569 (2023.01); H04W 74/0841 (2013.01); H04W 80/02 (2013.01)] 32 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for wireless communications by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
detecting one or more conditions are met for transmitting a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE) providing assistance information comprising a timing advance (TA) report to a network entity for scheduling; and
taking one or more actions to obtain uplink (UL) resources for transmitting the MAC CE, in response to the detection, wherein the one or more actions comprise triggering a scheduling request (SR).