Patent ID: 11950236
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A method, in a network node, for prescheduling an uplink communication in a wireless network, the method comprising:
receiving at least one prescheduling parameter indicative of a communication pattern of an application or service activated on a wireless device, the communication pattern comprising information about a communication schedule of the application or service indicating an expected timing at which the wireless device is to communicate with the network;
assigning a priority to a prescheduling of the uplink communication for the wireless device, wherein the priority is based on at least a current network congestion level;
sending, to the wireless device, an uplink grant for communication based on the expected timing, wherein the uplink grant comprises an allocation of uplink resources on a shared uplink channel to the wireless device for an uplink transmission; and
receiving data associated with the application or service on the uplink shared channel using the allocated uplink resources.