Abstract
A method in a communication device for managing uplink transmissions from the communication device to a network node. The method includes obtaining a timing advance value, the timing advance value indicating a time period in which the communication device shall advance a first uplink subframe transmission to the network node, obtaining information about a location of a gap within the first uplink subframe, the gap having a predefined duration, the location of the gap occurring after the time period indicated in the timing advance value, and performing the first uplink subframe transmission after the predefined duration.
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Claim
1. A method for a communication device (12), the method comprising: obtaining a timing advance (31) value, the timing advance (31) value indicating a time period in which the communication device (12) shall advance a first uplink subframe transmission to the network node (28) (S1410);', 'obtaining information about a location of a gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), the gap (33) having a predefined duration, the location of the gap (33) occurring after the time period indicated in the timing advance (31) value (SI 420); and', 'performing the first uplink subframe (35) transmission after the predefined duration (S1430).
2. The method of Claim 1, wherein the location of a gap (33) in a second uplink subframe (37) is different than the location of the gap (33) in the first uplink subframe (35).
3. The method of any of Claims 1-2, further comprising performing a listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure either during the predefined duration of the gap (33) or after the predefined duration of the gap (33).
4. The method of any of Claims 3, further comprising receiving, from the network node (28), a notification indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed.
5. The method of any of Claims 1-4, further comprising receiving, from the network node (28), a notification indicating that the gap (33) should be delayed by a timeframe equal to the time period in the timing advance (31) value relative to a start of the first uplink subframe (35).
6. The method of any of Claims 4-5, wherein the notification from the network node (28) indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed is transmitted using a physical dedicated control channel, PDCCH, downlink control indicator, DCI.
7. The method of any of Claims 4-5, wherein the notification from the network node (28) indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed, is provided in an uplink grant.
8. The method of any of Claims 1-7, further comprising receiving a notification from the network node (28) indicating that the gap (33) should occur at one of a beginning of the first uplink subframe (35), a location within the first uplink subframe (35) that is a function of the time period indicated by the timing advance (31) value, and at an end of a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol (41) in the first uplink subframe (35).
9. The method of any of Claims 1-8, further comprising receiving a notification from the network node (28) indicating whether the location of the gap (33) is fixed or variable
10. The method of any of Claims 1-9, further comprising:', 'determining that the gap (33) in the first uplink subframe (35) occurred after the time period indicated in the timing advance (31) value;', 'establishing another gap (33) at the start of the second uplink subframe (37); and', 'implementing the other gap (33) at the start of a second uplink subframe (37)
11. The method of any of Claims 1-10, further comprising:', 'receiving a notification from the network node (28) indicating whether the network node (28) is employing partial transmission time intervals, TTIs, within a downlink subframe (39) immediately preceding the first uplink subframe (35);', 'determining whether the downlink subframe (39) is partial based on the received notification;', 'if it is determined that the downlink subframe (39) is partial:', 'maintaining the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35);', 'if it is determined that the downlink subframe (39) is not partial:', 'determining if the first uplink subframe (35) occurs after the downlink subframe (39); and', 'moving the location of the gap (33) based on the time period in the timing advance (31) value if the first uplink subframe (35) occurs after the downlink subframe (39)
12. The method of any of Claims 1-11, wherein the location of the gap (33) is in a first discrete-Fourier-transform spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, DFTS-OFDM, symbol (41) of the first uplink subframe (35) and a location of a second gap (33) is in a last DFTS-OFDM symbol (41) of the first uplink subframe (35), wherein the predefined duration of the gap (33) and the predefined duration of the second gap (33) are different
13. The method of Claim 12, wherein implementing the location of the second gap in the last DFTS-OFDM symbol (41) of the first uplink subframe (35) is based on a type of listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure indicated for the communication device (12) in a second uplink subframe (37)
14. A communication device (12) configured to manage uplink transmissions, the communication device (12) comprising:', 'a communication interface (29); and', 'processing circuitry (20) including a memory (24) and a processor (22), the memory (24) in communication with the processor (22), the memory (24) having instructions that, when executed by the processor (22), configure the processor (22) to:', 'obtain a timing advance (31) value, the timing advance (31) value indicating a time period in which the communication device (12) shall advance a first uplink subframe (35) transmission to a network node (28);', 'obtain information about a location of a gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), the gap (33) having a predefined duration, the location of the gap (33) occurring after the time period indicated in the timing advance (31) value; and', 'configure the communication interface (12) to perform the first uplink subframe (35) transmission after the predefined duration
15. The communication device (12) of Claim 14, wherein the location of a gap (33) in a second uplink subframe (37) is different than the location of the gap (33) in the first uplink subframe (35)
16. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-15, the processor (22) further configured to perform a listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure either during the predefined duration of the gap (33) or after the predefined duration of the gap (33)
17. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 16, wherein the communication interface (29) is further configured to receive, from the network node (28), a notification indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33),
the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed
18. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-17, wherein the communication interface (29) is further configured to receive, from the network node (28), a notification indicating that the gap (33) should be delayed by a timeframe equal to the time period in the timing advance (31) value relative to a start of the first uplink subframe (35)
19. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-18, wherein the notification from the network node (28) indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed is transmitted using a physical dedicated control channel, PDCCH, downlink control indicator, DCI.
20. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 17-18, wherein the notification from the network node (28) indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed, is provided in an uplink grant.
21. The communication device (1) of any of Claims 14-20, wherein the communication interface (29) further comprises receiving a notification from the network node (28) indicating that the gap (33) should occur at one of a beginning of the first uplink subframe (35), a location within the first uplink subframe (35) that is a function of the time period indicated by the timing advance (31) value, and at an end of a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol (41) in the first uplink subframe (35).
22. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-21, wherein the communication interface (29) is further configured to receive a notification from the network node (28) indicating whether the location of the gap (33) is fixed or variable.
23. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-22, wherein the processor (20) is further configured to:', 'determine that the gap (33) in the first uplink subframe (35) occurred after the time period indicated in the timing advance (31) value;', 'establishing another gap (33) at the start of the second uplink subframe (37); and', 'implement another gap (33) at the start of a second uplink subframe (37).
24. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-23, wherein the communication interface (29) is further configured to receive a notification from the network node (28) indicating if the network node (28) is employing partial transmission time intervals, TTIs, within a downlink subframe (39) immediately preceding the first uplink subframe (35), the processor (20) further configured to: determine whether the downlink subframe (39) is partial based on the received notification;', 'if it is determined that the downlink subframe (39) is partial, the processor (20) is further configured to:', 'maintain the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe', '(35);', 'if it is determined that the downlink subframe (39) is not partial, the processor', '(20) is further configured to:', 'determine if the first uplink subframe (35) occurs after the downlink subframe (39); and
move the location of the gap (33) based on the time period in the timing advance (31) value if the first uplink subframe (35) occurs after the downlink subframe (39).
25. The communication device (12) of any of Claims 14-24, wherein the location of the gap (33) is in a first discrete-Fourier-transform spread-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, DFTS-OFDM, symbol (41) of the first uplink subframe (35) and a location of a second gap (33) is in a last DFTS-OFDM symbol (41) of the first uplink subframe (35), wherein the predefined duration of the gap (33) and the predefined duration of the second gap (33) are different.
26. The communication device (1) of Claim 25, wherein implementing the location of the second gap (33) in the last DFTS-OFDM symbol (41) of the first uplink subframe (35) is based on a type of listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure indicated for the communication device (12) in a second uplink subframe (370.
27. A method in a network node (28) for managing uplink transmissions with a communication device (12), the method comprising:', 'determining a timing advance (31) value, the timing advance (31) value indicating a time period in which a communication device (12) shall advance a first uplink subframe (35) transmission to the network node (28) (S1510);', 'determining information about a location of a gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), the gap (33) having a predefined duration, the location of the gap (33) occurring after the time period indicated in the timing advance (31) value (SI 520); transmitting, to the communication device (12), the timing advance (31) value and the information about the location in the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35) (S1530); and', 'receiving, from the communication device (12), the first uplink subframe (35) transmission after the predefined duration (SI 540).
28. The method of Claim 27, wherein the location of a gap (33) in a second uplink subframe (37) is different than the location of the gap (33) in the first uplink subframe (35).
29. The method of any of Claims 27-28, further comprising transmitting, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether a listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure is to be performed.
30. The method of any of Claims 27-29, further comprising transmitting, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating that the gap (33) should be delayed by a timeframe equal to the time period in the timing advance (31) value relative to a start of the first uplink subframe (35).
31. The method of any of Claims 29-30, wherein the notification to the communication device (12) indicates at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed is transmitted using a physical dedicated control channel, PDCCH, downlink control indicator, DCI.
32. The method of any of Claims 29-30, wherein the notification to the communication device (12) indicates at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed, is provided in an uplink grant.
33. The method of any of Claims 27-32, further comprising transmitting, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating that the gap (33) should
occur at one of a beginning of the first uplink subframe (35), a location within the first uplink subframe (35) that is a function of the time period indicated by the timing advance (31) value, and at an end of a first orthogonal frequency division', 'multiplexing, OFDM, symbol (41) in the first uplink subframe (35).
34. The method of any of Claims 27-33, further comprising transmitting, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating whether the location of the gap (33) is fixed or variable.
35. The method of any of Claims 27-34, further comprising:', 'transmitting, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating if the network node (28) is employing partial transmission time intervals, TTIs, within a downlink subframe (39) immediately preceding the first uplink subframe (35).
36. A network node (28) configured to manage uplink transmissions, the network node (28) comprising:', 'processing circuitry (36) including a memory (40) and a processor (38), the memory (40) in communication with the processor (38), the memory (40) having instructions that, when executed by the processor (38), configure the processor(38) to:', 'determine a timing advance (31) value, the timing advance (31) value indicating a time period in which a communication device (12) shall advance a first uplink subframe (35) transmission to a network node (28); and', 'determine information about a location of a gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), the gap (33) having a predefined duration, the location of the gap (33) occurring after the time period indicated in the timing advance (31) value; and', 'a communication interface (45) configured to:', 'transmit, to the communication device (12), the timing advance (31) value and the information about the location in the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35); and
receive, from the communication device (12), the first uplink subframe (35) transmission after the predefined duration.
37. The network node (28) of Claim 36, wherein the location of a gap (33) in a second uplink subframe (37) is different than the location of the gap (33) in the first uplink subframe (35).
38. The network node (28) of any of Claims 36-37, wherein the processor (38) configures the communication interface (45) to transmit, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether a listen-before-talk, LBT, procedure is to be performed.
39. The network node (28) of any of Claims 36-38, wherein the processor (38) configures the communication interface (45) to transmit, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating that the gap (33) should be delayed by a timeframe equal to the time period in the timing advance (31) value relative to a start of the first uplink subframe (35).
40. The network node (28) of any of Claims 38-39, wherein the notification to the communication device (12) indicating at least one of the predefined duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed is transmitted using a physical dedicated control channel, PDCCH, downlink control indicator, DCI.
41. The network node (28) of any of Claims 38-39, wherein the notification to the communication device (12) indicating at least one of the predefined
duration of the gap (33), the location of the gap (33) within the first uplink subframe (35), and whether the LBT procedure is to be performed, is provided in an uplink grant.
42. The network node (28)of any of Claims 36-41, wherein the processor', '(38) configures the communication interface (45) to transmit, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating that the gap (33) should occur at one of a beginning of the first uplink subframe (35), a location within the first uplink subframe (35) that is a function of the time period indicated by the timing advance (31) value, and at an end of a first orthogonal frequency division multiplexing, OFDM, symbol (41) in the first uplink subframe (35).
43. The network node (28) of any of Claims 36-42, wherein the processor (38) configures the communication interface (45) to transmit, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating whether the location of the gap (33) is fixed or variable.
44. The network node (28) of any of Claims 36-43, wherein the processor (38) configures the communication interface (45) to transmit, to the communication device (12), a notification indicating if the network node (28) is employing partial transmission time intervals, TTIs, within a downlink subframe (39) immediately preceding the first uplink subframe (37).
45. A communication device (12) configured to manage uplink transmissions, the communication device 912) comprising:', 'a communication interface module (46); and', 'a uplink subframe transmission module (48) configured to:']
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