US 11,924,850 B2
Method and apparatus for autonomous retransmissions on configured grants in mobile communications
Mehmet Kunt, Cambridge (GB); and Pradeep Jose, Cambridge (GB)
Assigned to MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by MediaTek Singapore Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Jul. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/872,995.
Application 17/872,995 is a continuation of application No. 16/865,271, filed on May 1, 2020, granted, now 11,432,320.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,613, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0361234 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 1/1867 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 1/1819 (2013.01); H04L 1/189 (2013.01); H04L 5/0055 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
starting, by a processor of an apparatus, a first timer and a second timer when a transmission is performed on a hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) process configured for a configured grant;
performing, by the processor, an autonomous retransmission using the configured grant when the second timer is not running;
restarting, by the processor, the second timer when the autonomous retransmission is performed;
determining, by the processor, whether a specific configured grant is activated; and
stopping, by the processor, both the first timer and the second timer in an event that the specific configured grant is activated,
wherein a configuration of the configured grant is changed responsive to the specific configured grant being activated.