Patent ID: 11895645
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method performed by a network node in a radio access network (RAN), the method comprising:
providing a shared physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resource to a plurality of user equipments (UEs) that are active on a bandwidth part (BWP);
receiving a scheduling request (SR) on the shared PUCCH resource of the BWP;
responsive to the SR, assigning one or more grants to one or more of the plurality of UEs that are provided with the shared PUCCH;
monitoring, for a time window after assigning the one or more grants, a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) resource; and
after receiving a transmission on the monitored PUSCH resource from a UE of the plurality of UEs, providing the UE with a dedicated PUCCH resource on the BWP.