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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2022

Filed:

Dec. 20, 2017
Applicant:

Telefonaktiebolaget Lm Ericsson (Publ), Stockholm, SE;

Inventors:

Gabor Fodor, Hässelby, SE;

Per Skillermark, Årsta, SE;

Osama Al-Saadeh, Sollentuna, SE;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/08 (2009.01); H04B 7/0452 (2017.01); H04B 7/06 (2006.01); H04W 16/14 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 74/0808 (2013.01); H04B 7/0452 (2013.01); H04B 7/063 (2013.01); H04W 16/14 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method performed by a station for enabling an Uplink, UL, transmission to an access point in a wireless communications network is provided. The station determines a UL transmission rank for an UL transmission to the access point. Then, the station transmits, to the access point, a message on a contention-based transmission resource in the wireless communications network comprising information indicating the determined UL transmission rank. A station for enabling an UL transmission to an access point in a wireless communications network is also provided. Furthermore, an access point and a method performed therein for enabling an UL transmission from a station in a wireless communications network are also provided.


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