CONFIGURED UPLINK GRANT FOR SMALL DATA TRANSMISSION

Abstract: apparatuses, methods, and systems are disclosed for small data transmission (sdt) procedure using configured grant (cg) resources. one method includes transmitting, to the network entity, an initial configured grant small data transmission of a sdt procedure using a configured uplink grant for small data transmission. the method includes suppressing the processing of subsequent configured uplink grants allocated for small data transmission for an initial new transmission of subsequent uplink data of the sdt procedure. the method includes receiving confirmation of the initial configured grant small data transmission. the method includes processing a subsequent configured uplink grant allocated for small data transmission for the initial new transmission of subsequent uplink data of the sdt procedure in response to receiving the confirmation of the initial configured grant small data transmission.

Inventor(s): Joachim Löhr, Prateek Basu Mallick, Alexander Golitschek Edler von Elbwart, Hyung-Nam Choi, Ravi Kuchibhotla

CPC Classification: H04W72/21 (in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network)

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