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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2023
Charter Communications Operating, Llc, St. Louis, MO (US);
Volkan Sevindik, Parker, CO (US);
Charter Communications Operating, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods and apparatus for managing uplink resource grants in wireless networks. An exemplary method embodiment includes a mobile terminal: receiving from a base station a first uplink resource grant schedule including a first uplink resource grant and a second uplink resource grant, the first uplink resource grant giving the mobile terminal an exclusive right to use a first set of resource blocks on a recurring basis and the second uplink resource grant giving the mobile terminal a non-exclusive right to use a second set of resource blocks on a recurring basis; and using, by the mobile terminal, the second set of resource blocks to transmit data to the base station during at least a first time interval of the first period of time, said first period of time including multiple time intervals during which the mobile terminal has been granted the right to transmit data.