Patent SG-11201905814R-A (SG)
Title: Variable-length transmission schemes
Inventor: AKKARAKARAN SONY
IPC: H04W72/04
Filed: 2018-02-06
Abstract: INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property Organization International Bureau (43) International Publication Date 09 August 2018 (09.08.2018) WIP0 I PCT omit VIII °nolo 010 IH loolionii ono oimIE (10) International Publication Number WO 2018/145093 Al FIG. 5 (51) International Patent Classification: H04W 72/04 (2009.01) (21) International Application Number: PCT/US2018/017071 (22) International Filing Date: 06 February 2018 (06.02.2018) (25) Filing Language: English (26) Publication Language: English (30) Priority Data: 62/455,341 06 February 2017 (06.02.2017) US 15/888,851 05 February 2018 (05.02.2018) US (71) Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED [US/US]; ATTN: International IP Administration, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (72) Inventors: AKKARAKARAN, Sony; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). LUO, Tao; c/o QUAL- COMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). JOHN WILSON, Makesh Pravin; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). NAGARAJA, Sumeeth; c/o QUALCOMM INCOR- PORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, Cali- fornia 92121-1714 (US). CHAKRABORTY, Kaushik; c/o QUALCOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). NAM, Wooseok; c/o QUALOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). CHEN, Shengbo; c/o QUALOMM INCORPORATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). WANG, Xiao feng; c/o QUALOMM INCORPO- RATED, 5775 Morehouse Drive, San Diego, California 92121-1714 (US). (74) Agent: BINDSEIL, James J. et al.; c/o ARENT FOX LLP, 1717 K Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia 20006-5344 (US). (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of national protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, FI, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (54) Title: VARIABLE-LENGTH TRANSMISSION SCHEMES 500 510 r Receiving pre-configuration information indicating a current configuration of a data channel 520 Receiving, at a UE, a grant from a base station on a control channel, the grant including content indicating a mini-slot assigned to the UE 530 Interpreting the grant based on a current configuration of a data channel to determine an assignment of resources 531 r Determining mini-slots available for communication based on the current configuration 532 r Determining a location of the grant within the control channel 533 r Determining a type of mini-slot based on the location 534 r Determining the assignment of resources based on the type of mini-slot and the content 535 r Determining a demodulation reference signal pattern to be L e used with the grant based on the location of the grant 540 O Communicating with the base station during the mini-slot indicated by the grant (57) : A method of wireless communication includes receiving, at a user equipment (UE), a grant from a base station on a control channel, the grant including content indicating a mini-slot assigned to the UE. The method may include interpreting the grant 0 based on a current configuration of a data channel to determine the mini-slot. The method may include communicating with the base \" station during the mini-slot indicated by the grant. C [Continued on next page] WO 2018/145093 Al MIDEDIMOMOIDEIREEMOMMEINNIECIERVOIMIE HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (84) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every kind of regional protection available): ARIPO (BW, GH, GM, KE, LR, LS, MW, MZ, NA, RW, SD, SL, ST, SZ, TZ, UG, ZM, ZW), Eurasian (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, RU, TJ, TM), European (AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IE, IS, IT, LT, LU, LV, MC, MK, MT, NL, NO, PL, PT, RO, RS, SE, SI, SK, SM, TR), OAPI (BF, BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GQ, GW, KM, ML, MR, NE, SN, TD, TG). Published: — with international search report (Art. 21(3))