US 11,924,861 B2
Resource allocation policy signaling
Anand Bedekar, Glenview, IL (US); Shivanand Kadadi, Bangalore (IN); and Suresh Kalyanasundaram, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
Appl. No. 16/963,282
Filed by Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Espoo (FI)
PCT Filed Jan. 18, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/051248
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 20, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/141370, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0377948 A1, Dec. 2, 2021
Int. Cl. H04W 72/00 (2023.01); H04W 48/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/53 (2023.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 92/10 (2009.01); H04W 92/12 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/53 (2023.01) [H04W 48/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/56 (2023.01); H04W 92/10 (2013.01); H04W 92/12 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to perform:
receiving, at the apparatus that implements at least part of a radio access network node, at least one notification from at least one radio access network node controller, the at least one notification caused to notify the apparatus of at least one physical uplink control channel assignment policy indication indicating at least a change in one or more attributes for at least one physical uplink control channel resource;
implementing, by the apparatus for at least one user equipment associated with the apparatus, the change in the one or more attributes for the at least one physical uplink control channel resource at least by implementing at least one physical uplink control channel assignment to an available physical resource block based on the at least one physical uplink control channel assignment policy indication,
wherein the at least one physical uplink control channel assignment policy indication indicating at least the change in the one or more attributes for at least one physical uplink control channel resource indicates a change in size of the at least one physical uplink control channel resource, and, in response to the change in the size, the change in the one or more attributes for the at least one physical uplink control channel resource is implemented by implementing at least one physical uplink control channel assignment to an available physical resource block to resize the at least one physical uplink control channel resource; and
generating and transmitting at least one assignment notification to the at least one user equipment associated with the apparatus, the at least one assignment notification caused to notify the at least one user equipment of the at least one physical uplink control channel assignment.