US 12,114,325 B2
New Radio (NR) time-domain resource allocation for configured grant transmissions in NR systems operating on unlicensed spectrum
Jose Armando Oviedo, Cupertino, CA (US); Salvatore Talarico, Cupertino, CA (US); Yingyang Li, Cupertino, CA (US); and Yongjun Kwak, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/606,570
Filed by APPLE INC., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed May 4, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/031327
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 26, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/227218, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 12, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/842,977, filed on May 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0217763 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01); H04W 74/0808 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 16/14 (2013.01); H04W 74/0808 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baseband processor of a User Equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, and configured to:
process a Configured Grant (CG) for an unlicensed carrier via one of Radio Resource Control (RRC) or Downlink Control Information (DCI), wherein the CG indicates a plurality of slot offsets and a duration of contiguous slots that applies to each slot offset of the plurality of slot offsets; and
determine, based at least on, the plurality of slot offsets, and the duration of contiguous slots, one or more time resources configured for Uplink (UL) transmission via the unlicensed carrier.