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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 26, 2017
Alcatel-lucent Usa Inc., Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Yuan Tao Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Emad N. Farag, Flanders, NJ (US);
Sigen Ye, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
Zexian Li, Espoo, FI;
Joseph H. Kang, Belle Mead, NJ (US);
Karri Ranta-Aho, Espoo, FI;
Nokia Technologies Oy, Espoo, FI;
Nokia of America Corporation, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
A system, apparatus, method, and non-transitory computer readable medium for providing transfer block indications in uplink (UL) grant-free transmissions may include a memory having computer readable instructions stored thereon, and at least one processor configured to execute the computer readable instructions to transmit a first transport block (TB) to a base station (BS) during a first transmission time interval (TTI) using a grant-free UL transmission, receive a UL grant from the BS in a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) region during a time window, determine a target of the UL grant, the target including at least one of the first TB, a second TB, or a previously transmitted TB, based on the UL grant, and transmitting the target of the UL grant to the BS.