Abstract
There is provided mechanisms for granting resources to a wireless device. A method is performed by a network node. The method comprises obtaining an indication for granting the resources to the wireless device. The method comprises transmitting, to the wireless device, a grant for the resources in a transmission time interval (sTTI) frequency band. The grant comprises an index, and the index identifies a position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
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1. A method for granting resources to a wireless device (300a), the method being performed by a network node (200), the method comprising:', 'obtaining (S102) an indication for granting the resources to the wireless device (300a); and', 'transmitting (S106), to the wireless device (300a), a grant for the resources in a transmission time interval, sl I, frequency band,', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the slTI frequency band.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the grant is provided in an sDCI message.
3. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the grant is provided in the sTTI frequency band.
4. The method according to any of the preceding claims wherein the grant is provided on a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH.
5. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the identified position is a starting position of a region for the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the index further identifies placement of the region within the sTTI frequency band.
7. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the sTTI frequency band comprises at least two grants for resources to respective wireless devices (300a, 300b), and wherein the resources of the grant that appears last of the at least two grants appear first of the resources to the wireless devices (300a, 300b) in the sTTI frequency band.
8. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the sTTI frequency band comprises at least two grants for resources to respective
wireless devices (300a, 300b), and wherein the sl I frequency band is divided in sections.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein if the grant for a given wireless device (300a) of the wireless devices (300a, 300b) is not placed in the section identified by the index to that given wireless device (300a), then all resources in the section identified by the index belong to that given wireless device (300a)
10. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein there are two orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing, OFDM, symbols in which the resources are allocated, and wherein the grant comprises a flag, and wherein the flag indicates in which of the two symbols the position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band is placed
11. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein there are at least two symbols in which the resources are allocated, and wherein the index indicates in which of the at least two symbols the position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band is placed
12. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein there are at least two symbols in which the resources are allocated, and wherein at least a first time-wise occurring symbol of the at least two symbols only comprises resources to a single wireless device (300a)
13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the index further identifies how many of the at least two symbols only comprise resources to said single wireless device (300a)
14. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein there are at least two symbols in which the resources are allocated, and wherein each of the at least two symbols only comprises resources to a single wireless device (300a).', 'The method according to claim 8, wherein at least two of the sections mutually different lengths
16. The method according to claim 5, wherein there is only one single region within the sTTI frequency band, regardless of amount of resources allocated to said single region
17. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the resources are DL data
18. The method according to claim 17, wherein the DL data is provided in an sPDSCH region of the sTTI frequency band
19. The method according to any of claims 1 to 16, wherein the resources are UL data.
20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the UL data is provided in an sPUSCH region of the sTTI frequency band.
21. The method according to any of the preceding claims, further comprising:', 'transmitting (S104) a message to the wireless device (300a), the message defining the sTTI frequency band.
22. The method according to claim 21, wherein the message is transmitted as a grant on a Physical Downlink Control Channel, PDCCH, and provides an identification of the sTTI frequency band.
23. The method according to claim 21, wherein the message is transmitted using radio resource control, RRC, signalling.
24. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the grant is provided in a Physical Downlink Control Channel, sPDCCH, region of the sTTI frequency band.
25. The method according to any of the preceding claims, wherein there are at least two grants, and wherein the at least two grants are mapped in sequential order in the sTTI frequency band.
26. The method according to claim 25, wherein the sTTI frequency band is associated with a set of sequential indices to sub-carriers, and wherein the sequential order is defined according to a pre-defined mapping from sequential index in the set of sequential indices to sub-carrier index in the sTTI frequency band.
27. The method according to claim 25 or 26, wherein the at least two grants are provided in one Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing, OFDM, symbol in the sTTI frequency band.
28. A method for receiving granting of resources from a network node (200), the method being performed by a wireless device (300a), the method comprising:', 'obtaining (S202) an indication for receiving a grant of the resources from the network node (200); and', 'receiving (S206), in a Transmission Time Interval, sTTI, frequency band and from the network node (200), the grant for the resources for the wireless device (300a),', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
29. The method according to claim 28, further comprising:', 'receiving (S204) a message to from the network node (200), the message defining the sTTI frequency band.
30. The method according to claim 28 or 29, further comprising:', 'searching (S208) for the grant in the sTTI frequency band according to the index.
31. A network node (200) for granting resources to a wireless device', '(300a), the network node (200) comprising processing circuitry (210), the processing circuitry being configured to cause the network node (200) to: obtain an indication for granting the resources to the wireless device (300a); and', 'transmit, to the wireless device (300a), a grant for the resources in a
transmission time interval, sl I, frequency band,', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the slTI frequency band.
32. A network node (200) for granting resources to a wireless device 5 (300a), the network node (200) comprising:', 'processing circuitry (210); and', 'a computer program product (1610a) storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry (210), causes the network node (200) to:', 'obtain an indication for granting the resources to the wireless 10 device (300a); and', 'transmit, to the wireless device (300a), a grant for the resources in a transmission time interval, slTI, frequency band,', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the slTI frequency band.', '!5 33· A network node (200) for granting resources to a wireless device', '(300a), the network node (200) comprising:', 'an obtain module (210a) configured to obtain an indication for granting the resources to the wireless device (300a); and', 'a transmit module (210b) configured to transmit, to the wireless device 0 (300a), a grant for the resources in a transmission time interval, slTI,', 'frequency band,', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the slTI frequency band.
34. A wireless device (300a, 300b) for receiving granting of resources from 5 a network node (200), the wireless device (300a, 300b) comprising', 'processing circuitry (310), the processing circuitry being configured to cause the wireless device (300a, 300b) to:', 'obtain an indication for receiving a grant of the resources from the network node (200); and', '0 receive, in a Transmission Time Interval, sTTI, frequency band and from the network node (200), the grant for the resources for the wireless
device (300a),', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the sl I frequency band.
35. A wireless device (300a, 300b) for receiving granting of resources from a network node (200), the wireless device (300a, 300b) comprising:', 'processing circuitry (310); and', 'a computer program product (1610b) storing instructions that, when executed by the processing circuitry (310), causes the wireless device (300a, 300b) to:', 'obtain an indication for receiving a grant of the resources from the network node (200); and', 'receive, in a Transmission Time Interval, sTTI, frequency band and from the network node (200), the grant for the resources for the wireless device (300a),', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
36. A wireless device (300a, 300b) for receiving granting of resources from a network node (200), the wireless device (300a, 300b) comprising:', 'an obtain module (310a) configured to obtain an indication for receiving a grant of the resources from the network node (200); and', 'a receive module (310b) configured to receive, in a Transmission Time Interval, sTTI, frequency band and from the network node (200), the grant for the resources for the wireless device (300a),', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
37. A computer program (1620a) for granting resources to a wireless device (300a), the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry (210) of a network node (200), causes the network node (200) to:', 'obtain (S102) an indication for granting the resources to the wireless device (300a); and
transmit (S106), to the wireless device (300a), a grant for the resources in a transmission time interval, sl I, frequency band,', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the slTI frequency band.
38. A computer program (1620b) for receiving granting of resources from a network node (200), the computer program comprising computer code which, when run on processing circuitry (310) of a wireless device (300a, 300b), causes the wireless device (300a, 300b) to:', 'obtain (S202) an indication for receiving a grant of the resources from the network node (200); and', 'receive (S206), in a Transmission Time Interval, sTTI, frequency band and from the network node (200), the grant for the resources for the wireless device (300a),', 'wherein the grant comprises an index, and wherein the index identifies a position of the resources within the sTTI frequency band.
39. A computer program product (1610a, 1610b) comprising a computer program (1620a, 1620b) according to at least one of claims 37 and 38, and a computer readable storage medium (1630) on which the computer program is stored.']
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