US 12,335,939 B2
Switching to mini-slots for transmission of urgent data
Kallol Das, Pijnacker (NL); Remco Litjens, Voorschoten (NL); Wieger IJntema, Rotterdam (NL); and Haibin Zhang, Voorburg (NL)
Assigned to Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL); and Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, 's-Gravenhage (NL)
Appl. No. 17/779,641
Filed by Koninklijke KPN N.V., Rotterdam (NL); and Nederlandse Organisatie Voor Toegepast-Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek TNO, 's-Gravenhage (NL)
PCT Filed Dec. 18, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/087085
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 25, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/123211, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 24, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19218400 (EP), filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0345450 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/12 (2023.01); H04W 72/121 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/121 (2013.01) 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device for transmitting data of a first kind and data of a second kind, said data of the first kind comprising non-urgent data and said data of the second kind comprising urgent data, comprising:
at least one receiver;
at least one transmitter; and
at least one processor configured to:
use said at least one receiver to receive a regular slot schedule and a mini-slot schedule,
use said at least one transmitter to transmit data of said first kind during a first part of a first time slot of a plurality of time slots of equal length according to said regular slot schedule,
use said at least one transmitter to transmit a preamble in a second part of said first time slot, the preamble indicating that data transmitted in the next time slot requires urgent reception, and
use said at least one transmitter to transmit data of said second kind during one or more mini-slots of a first part of a second time slot of said plurality of time slots according to said mini-slot schedule, said second time slot succeeding said first time slot and said first part of said second time slot comprising a plurality of mini-slots.