Patent ID: 11871426
Assignee: NOKIA TECHNOLOGIES OY
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to:
transmit to a user equipment a configuration of two or more uplink grants;
receive uplink data from the user equipment during operation in a given time with one of the two or more uplink grants;
wherein operation with a first operation follows transmitting an indication of triggering the first operation for the user equipment, or follows receiving information from the user equipment that the user equipment has autonomously triggered the first operation;
wherein the one of the two or more uplink grants corresponds to a grant to the user equipment to operate with the first operation for uplink data transmission, and another one of the two or more uplink grants corresponds to a grant to the user equipment to operate with the second operation for uplink data transmission;
receive the information from the user equipment that the user equipment has autonomously triggered the first operation; and
transmit an acknowledgement to the user equipment following receiving from the user equipment the information regarding the user equipment having autonomously triggered the first operation;
wherein the acknowledgement is configured to be processed with the user equipment prior to the user equipment switching to operating with the first operation from operating with the second operation when under control of an access network radio node.