WO2024043870A1

WO2024043870A1 - Apparatus and method for communicating semi-persistent and dynamic packet(s) using dynamic resources

Info

Publication number: WO2024043870A1
Application number: PCT/US2022/041066
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jian Gu
Original assignee: Zeku, Inc.
Priority date: 2022-08-22
Filing date: 2022-08-22
Publication date: 2024-02-29

Abstract

According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a user equipment is provided. The method may include receiving a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication. The method may include receiving a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources. The method may include receiving an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. The method may include performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

Description

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR COMMUNICATING SEMIPERSISTENT AND DYNAMIC PACKET(S) USING DYNAMIC RESOURCES

BACKGROUND

[0001] Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to apparatus and method for wireless communication.

[0002] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various telecommunication services such as telephony, video, data, messaging, and broadcasts. In cellular communication, such as the 4th-gen eration (4G) Long Term Evolution (LTE) and the 5th- generation (5G) New Radio (NR), the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) defines various operations for semi -persistent scheduling (SPS) and dynamic-resource scheduling of concurrent services.

SUMMARY

[0003] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a user equipment is provided. The method may include receiving, by a Layer 2 subsystem, a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may be within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffictype communication. The method may include, in response to receiving the indication, performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0004] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment is provided. The apparatus may include at least one processor. The apparatus may include memory storing instructions, which may be executed by the at least one processor. The memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, may cause the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving, by a Layer 2 subsystem, a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may be within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. The method may include, in response to receiving the indication, performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0005] According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable medium of a user equipment is provided. The non-transitory computer- readable medium may store instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving, by a Layer 2 subsystem, a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may be within a predetermined time-domain position a time domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. The method may include, in response to receiving the indication, performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0006] According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a base station is provided. The method may include allocating, by an SPS component, semi-persistent resources at a first frequency-domain position and predefined timedomain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. The method may include sending, by a transmission component, an SPS grant allocating the semi -persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include allocating, by a dynamic-scheduling component, dynamic resources at a second frequency-domain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment. The method may include determining, by an SPS-skipping component, the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. The method may include sending, by the transmission component, a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include sending, by the transmission component, an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment. The method may include reallocating, by the dynamic-scheduling component, the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication.

[0007] According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication of a base station is provided. The apparatus may include at least one processor. The apparatus may include memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include allocating semi-persistent resources at a first time-domain position and predefined frequencydomain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. The method may include sending an SPS grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include allocating dynamic resources at a second frequencydomain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment. The method may include determining the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources. The method may include sending a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the timedomain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include sending an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined timedomain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment. The method may include reallocating the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication.

[0008] According to still a further aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable medium of a base station is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include allocating semi-persistent resources at a first time-domain position and predefined frequency-domain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. The method may include sending an SPS grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined timedomain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency-domain position for a second traffictype communication for the user equipment. The method may include determining the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources. The method may include sending a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include sending an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment. The method may include reallocating the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication.

[0009] These illustrative embodiments are mentioned not to limit or define the present disclosure, but to provide examples to aid understanding thereof. Additional embodiments are discussed in the Detailed Description, and further description is provided there.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0010] The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated herein and form a part of the specification, illustrate embodiments of the present disclosure and, together with the description, further serve to explain the principles of the present disclosure and to enable a person skilled in the pertinent art to make and use the present disclosure. [0011] FIG. 1 illustrates a frequency-timing diagram of SPS resources and dynamic resources used to communicate SPS packet(s) and dynamic packets, respectively.

[0012] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary wireless network, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0013] FIG. 3 illustrates a block diagram of an exemplary node, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0014] FIG. 4A illustrates a block diagram of a first exemplary apparatus including a first baseband chip, a first radio frequency (RF) chip, and a first host chip, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0015] FIG. 4B illustrates a block diagram of a second exemplary apparatus including a second baseband chip, a second RF chip, and a second host chip, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0016] FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary scheduling mechanism for SPS resources and dynamic resources used to communicate SPS packet(s) and dynamic packets, respectively, according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0017] FIG. 6 illustrates a flowchart of a first exemplary method of wireless communication, according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0018] FIG. 7 illustrates a flowchart of a second exemplary method of wireless communication, according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure.

[0019] Embodiments of the present disclosure will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0020] Although specific configurations and arrangements are discussed, it should be understood that this is done for illustrative purposes only. A person skilled in the pertinent art will recognize that other configurations and arrangements can be used without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. It will be apparent to a person skilled in the pertinent art that the present disclosure can also be employed in a variety of other applications.

[0021] It is noted that references in the specification to “one embodiment,” “an embodiment,” “an example embodiment,” “some embodiments,” “certain embodiments,” etc., indicate that the embodiment described may include a particular feature, structure, or characteristic, but every embodiment may not necessarily include the particular feature, structure, or characteristic. Moreover, such phrases do not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. Further, when a particular feature, structure, or characteristic is described in connection with an embodiment, it would be within the knowledge of a person skilled in the pertinent art to effect such feature, structure, or characteristic in connection with other embodiments whether or not explicitly described.

[0022] In general, terminology may be understood at least in part from usage in context. For example, the term “one or more” as used herein, depending at least in part upon context, may be used to describe any feature, structure, or characteristic in a singular sense or may be used to describe combinations of features, structures or characteristics in a plural sense. Similarly, terms, such as “a,” “an,” or “the,” again, may be understood to convey a singular usage or to convey a plural usage, depending at least in part upon context. In addition, the term “based on” may be understood as not necessarily intended to convey an exclusive set of factors and may, instead, allow for existence of additional factors not necessarily expressly described, again, depending at least in part on context.

[0023] Various aspects of wireless communication systems will now be described with reference to various apparatus and methods. These apparatus and methods will be described in the following detailed description and illustrated in the accompanying drawings by various blocks, modules, units, components, circuits, steps, operations, processes, algorithms, etc. (collectively referred to as “elements”). These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, firmware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware, firmware, or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

[0024] The techniques described herein may be used for various wireless communication networks, such as code division multiple access (CDMA) system, time division multiple access (TDMA) system, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) system, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) system, single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC- FDMA) system, wireless local area network (WLAN) system, and other networks. The terms “network” and “system” are often used interchangeably. A CDMA network may implement a radio access technology (RAT), such as Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), CDMA 2000, etc. A TDMA network may implement a RAT, such as the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA network may implement a RAT, such as LTE or NR. A WLAN system may implement a RAT, such as Wi-Fi. The techniques described herein may be used for the wireless networks and RATs mentioned above, as well as other wireless networks and RATs.

[0025] Most baseband chips are designed to support different application types, e.g., such as high-throughput data transfers (e.g., video streaming, extended reality (XR) gaming, etc.), as well as low-latency, low-data rate applications such as voice over internet protocol (VoIP). Different types of applications may be run concurrently within the same baseband chip. To schedule shared channel (SCH) resources for a user equipment running concurrent applications of different types, the base station may use different scheduling mechanisms.

[0026] The base station indicates the time and frequency locations of allocated resources using scheduling information, which is sent to the user equipment using a control channel (CCH) or other signaling. Such dynamic channel-dependent scheduling can exploit the selectivity in both the time and frequency domain, and significantly improve the system throughput for high- throughput data transfers, such as video streaming or XR gaming applications, for example. However, applying dynamic scheduling directly for small-packet services, such as VoIP, is not desirable. This is mainly due to the small packet size and the constant inter-arrival time of VoIP packets, which would result in large CCH overhead. Instead, for applications that are associated with a constant or persistent inter-arrival packet time, the base station may employ semi -persistent scheduling (SPS). SPS allocates SCH resources located at a predefined interval (e.g., SPS period) in the time domain using a single semi-persistent grant, which significantly reduces CCH overhead for small-packet services such as VoIP. When a user equipment runs different applications with different quality-of-service (QoS) concurrently, the base station may schedule semi -persistent resource allocation for a first small-packet application and a dynamic resource allocation for a second high-throughput application. For example, FIG. 1 illustrates a frequency -timing diagram 100 of the concurrent scheduling of SPS resources and dynamic resources for different application types.

[0027] Scheduling of semi-persistent resources for first traffic-type communications (e.g., small-packet communications) may be accomplished using downlink control information (DCI) or other signal, for example. This signaling indicates the number of resource(s), the frequency domain position and number of resources, as well as the interval at which the semi -persistent resources are scheduled. For example, referring to FIG. 1, the user equipment may send a first VoIP packet (PktOO) using a first set of SPS resource(s) 102a located in a first SPS period, a second VoIP packet (PktOl) using a second set of SPS resource(s) 102b, a third VoIP packet (Pkt02) using a third set of SPS resource(s) 102c, and so on. The base station may also dynamically allocate resources for use in second traffic-type communications (e.g., high-throughput communications, large-packet communications, etc.).

[0028] Before performing second traffic-type communications, the user equipment waits to receive scheduling information that indicates the dynamically allocated resources for the second traffic-type communications, for example. As shown in FIG. 1, the base station may send DCIi 104a to indicate a first set of dynamic resource(s) 106a allocated for a first dynamic (pktlO) and DCF 104B to indicate a second set of dynamic resource(s) 106a allocated for a second dynamic packet (pkt20), for example.

[0029] When the base station configures the user equipment for SPS, not only does it semi- statically fix the time-frequency locations of the sets of SPS resources 102a, 102b, 102c, etc., but also the transmission format (e.g., the modulation and coding scheme (MCS), multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) rank, etc.). Because the wireless environment changes over time and a user equipment is generally unable to take advantage of channel state information (CSI) feedback for SPS, a conservative SPS transmission format is often used. By configuring a conservative transmission format for SPS communications, the network increases the probability that the SPS communications will be properly received even under poor channel conditions. Thus, even though SPS has certain advantages in terms of reducing CCH overhead, SPS resource(s) may not be well utilized in terms of spectrum efficiency. Spectrum efficiency is decreased even further in scenarios in which concurrent SPS resource(s) and dynamic resource(s) are time-domain proximate. For example, in FIG. 1, second set of SPS resource(s) 102b and second set of dynamic resource(s) 106b are close to one another in the time domain, thereby decreasing the network’s spectrum efficiency.

[0030] Thus, there exists an unmet need for an SPS-scheduling technique that increases spectrum efficiency as compared to other SPS-scheduling techniques.

[0031] To overcome these and other challenges, the present disclosure provides an SPS- scheduling mechanism by which an SPS packet may be sent in the same communication (e.g., uplink or downlink) along with a dynamic packet using dynamically allocated resources that are close to in the time-domain with an iteration of the SPS resource(s). To that end, the base station may send an indication that an upcoming iteration of the SPS resources will be skipped, and that the user equipment is to instead use the dynamic resources for both the dynamic packet and the SPS packet. This indication may be provided as an SPS-skipping bit included in the DCI that allocates the dynamic resources for a DL-dynamic packet or in a dynamic scheduled packet or in a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the SPS resources located in a previous SPS period. In so doing, the base station may reallocate the freed-up SPS resources for other uses, thereby increasing the network’s spectrum efficiency. Additional details of the SPS -scheduling mechanism are provided below in connection with FIGs. 2-7.

[0032] FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary wireless network 200, in which some aspects of the present disclosure may be implemented, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 2, wireless network 200 may include a network of nodes, such as a user equipment 202, an access node 204, and a core network element 206. User equipment 202 may be any terminal device, such as a mobile phone, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a tablet, a vehicle computer, a gaming console, a printer, a positioning device, a wearable electronic device, a smart sensor, or any other device capable of receiving, processing, and transmitting information, such as any member of a vehicle to everything (V2X) network, a cluster network, a smart grid node, or an Intemet-of-Things (loT) node. It is understood that user equipment 202 is illustrated as a mobile phone simply by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.

[0033] Access node 204 may be a device that communicates with user equipment 202, such as a wireless access point, a base station (BS), a Node B, an enhanced Node B (eNodeB or eNB), a next-generation NodeB (gNodeB or gNB), a cluster master node, or the like. Access node 204 may have a wired connection to user equipment 202, a wireless connection to user equipment 202, or any combination thereof. Access node 204 may be connected to user equipment 202 by multiple connections, and user equipment 202 may be connected to other access nodes in addition to access node 204. Access node 204 may also be connected to other user equipments. When configured as a gNB, access node 204 may operate in millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies and/or near mmW frequencies in communication with the user equipment 202. When access node 204 operates in mmW or near mmW frequencies, the access node 204 may be referred to as an mmW base station. Extremely high frequency (EHF) is part of the RF in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHF has a range of 30 GHz to 300 GHz and a wavelength between 1 millimeter and 10 millimeters. Radio waves in the band may be referred to as a millimeter wave. Near mmW may extend down to a frequency of 3 GHz with a wavelength of 200 millimeters. The super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, also referred to as centimeter wave. Communications using the mmW or near mmW radio frequency band have extremely high path loss and a short range. The mmW base station may utilize beamforming with user equipment 202 to compensate for the extremely high path loss and short range. It is understood that access node 204 is illustrated by a radio tower by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.

[0034] Access nodes 204, which are collectively referred to as E-UTRAN in the evolved packet core network (EPC) and as next generation radio access network (NG-RAN) in the 5G core network (5GC), interface with the EPC and 5GC, respectively, through dedicated backhaul links (e.g., SI interface). In addition to other functions, access node 204 may perform one or more of the following functions: transfer of user data, radio channel ciphering and deciphering, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection setup and release, load balancing, distribution for non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and equipment trace, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. Access nodes 204 may communicate directly or indirectly (e.g., through the 5GC) with each other over backhaul links (e.g., X2 interface). The backhaul links may be wired or wireless.

[0035] Core network element 206 may serve access node 204 and user equipment 202 to provide core network services. Examples of core network element 206 may include a home subscriber server (HSS), a mobility management entity (MME), a serving gateway (SGW), or a packet data network gateway (PGW). These are examples of core network elements of an evolved packet core (EPC) system, which is a core network for the LTE system. Other core network elements may be used in LTE and in other communication systems. In some embodiments, core network element 206 includes an access and mobility management function (AMF), a session management function (SMF), or a user plane function (UPF) of the 5GC for the NR system. The AMF may be in communication with a Unified Data Management (UDM). The AMF is the control node that processes the signaling between the user equipment 202 and the 5GC. Generally, the AMF provides QoS flow and session management. All user Internet protocol (IP) packets are transferred through the UPF. The UPF provides user equipment (UE) IP address allocation as well as other functions. The UPF is connected to the IP Services. The IP Services may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), a PS Streaming Service, and/or other IP services. It is understood that core network element 206 is shown as a set of rack-mounted servers by way of illustration and not by way of limitation.

[0036] Core network element 206 may connect with a large network, such as the Internet 208, or another Internet Protocol (IP) network, to communicate packet data over any distance. In this way, data from user equipment 202 may be communicated to other user equipments connected to other access points, including, for example, a computer 210 connected to Internet 208, for example, using a wired connection or a wireless connection, or to a tablet 212 wirelessly connected to Internet 208 via a router 214. Thus, computer 210 and tablet 212 provide additional examples of possible user equipments, and router 214 provides an example of another possible access node. [0037] A generic example of a rack-mounted server is provided as an illustration of core network element 206. However, there may be multiple elements in the core network including database servers, such as a database 216, and security and authentication servers, such as an authentication server 218. Database 216 may, for example, manage data related to user subscription to network services. A home location register (HLR) is an example of a standardized database of subscriber information for a cellular network. Likewise, authentication server 218 may handle authentication of users, sessions, and so on. In the NR system, an authentication server function (AUSF) device may be the entity to perform user equipment authentication. In some embodiments, a single server rack may handle multiple such functions, such that the connections between core network element 206, authentication server 218, and database 216, may be local connections within a single rack.

[0038] Each element in FIG. 2 may be considered a node of wireless network 200. More detail regarding the possible implementation of a node is provided by way of example in the description of a node 300 in FIG. 3. Node 300 may be configured as user equipment 202, access node 204, or core network element 206 in FIG. 2. Similarly, node 300 may also be configured as computer 210, router 214, tablet 212, database 216, or authentication server 218 in FIG. 2. As shown in FIG. 3, node 300 may include a processor 302, a memory 304, and a transceiver 306. These components are shown as connected to one another by a bus, but other connection types are also permitted. When node 300 is user equipment 202, additional components may also be included, such as a user interface (UI), sensors, and the like. Similarly, node 300 may be implemented as a blade in a server system when node 300 is configured as core network element 206. Other implementations are also possible.

[0039] Transceiver 306 may include any suitable device for sending and/or receiving data. Node 300 may include one or more transceivers, although only one transceiver 306 is shown for simplicity of illustration. An antenna 308 is shown as a possible communication mechanism for node 300. Multiple antennas and/or arrays of antennas may be utilized for receiving multiple spatially multiplex data streams. Additionally, examples of node 300 may communicate using wired techniques rather than (or in addition to) wireless techniques. For example, access node 204 may communicate wirelessly to user equipment 202 and may communicate by a wired connection (for example, by optical or coaxial cable) to core network element 206. Other communication hardware, such as a network interface card (NIC), may be included as well.

[0040] As shown in FIG. 3, node 300 may include processor 302. Although only one processor is shown, it is understood that multiple processors can be included. Processor 302 may include microprocessors, microcontroller units (MCUs), digital signal processors (DSPs), application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), state machines, gated logic, discrete hardware circuits, and other suitable hardware configured to perform the various functions described throughout the present disclosure. Processor 302 may be a hardware device having one or more processing cores. Processor 302 may execute software. Software shall be construed broadly to mean instructions, instruction sets, code, code segments, program code, programs, subprograms, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executables, threads of execution, procedures, functions, etc., whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise. Software can include computer instructions written in an interpreted language, a compiled language, or machine code. Other techniques for instructing hardware are also permitted under the broad category of software. [0041] As shown in FIG. 3, node 300 may also include memory 304. Although only one memory is shown, it is understood that multiple memories can be included. Memory 304 can broadly include both memory and storage. For example, memory 304 may include random-access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), static RAM (SRAM), dynamic RAM (DRAM), ferroelectric RAM (FRAM), electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM), compact disc readonly memory (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, hard disk drive (HDD), such as magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, Flash drive, solid-state drive (SSD), or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions that can be accessed and executed by processor 302. Broadly, memory 304 may be embodied by any computer-readable medium, such as a non-transitory computer-readable medium.

[0042] Processor 302, memory 304, and transceiver 306 may be implemented in various forms in node 300 for performing wireless communication functions. In some embodiments, at least two of processor 302, memory 304, and transceiver 306 are integrated into a single system- on-chip (SoC) or a single system-in-package (SiP). In some embodiments, processor 302, memory 304, and transceiver 306 of node 300 are implemented (e.g., integrated) on one or more SoCs. In one example, processor 302 and memory 304 may be integrated on an application processor (AP) SoC (sometimes known as a “host,” referred to herein as a “host chip”) that handles application processing in an operating system (OS) environment, including generating raw data to be transmitted. In another example, processor 302 and memory 304 may be integrated on a baseband processor (BP) SoC (sometimes known as a “modem,” referred to herein as a “baseband chip”) that converts the raw data, e.g., from the host chip, to signals that can be used to modulate the carrier frequency for transmission, and vice versa, which can run a real-time operating system (RTOS). In still another example, processor 302 and transceiver 306 (and memory 304 in some cases) may be integrated on an RF SoC (sometimes known as a “transceiver,” referred to herein as an “RF chip”) that transmits and receives RF signals with antenna 308. It is understood that in some examples, some or all of the host chip, baseband chip, and RF chip may be integrated as a single SoC. For example, a baseband chip and an RF chip may be integrated into a single SoC that manages all the radio functions for cellular communication.

[0043] Referring back to FIG. 2, in some embodiments, user equipment 202 and access node 204 may implement an exemplary SPS-scheduling mechanism by which an SPS packet may be sent in the same communication (e.g., uplink or downlink) along with a dynamic packet using dynamically allocated resources that are within a predetermined time-domain position of an iteration of the SPS resource(s). To that end, the access node 204 may send an indication that the next iteration of the SPS resources will be skipped, and that user equipment 202 is to instead use the dynamic resources for both the dynamic packet and the SPS packet. This indication may be provided an SPS-skipping bit included in the DCI that allocates the dynamic resources, a DL dynamic packet transmitted using dynamic resources in the shared channel prior to the upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, shared channel in dynamic resources or in a DL SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the SPS resources. In so doing, the iteration of the SPS resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the dynamic resources in the time domain may be reallocated by access node 204 for other uses, and the spectrum efficiency of the exemplary wireless network 200 may be improved. Additional details of the SPS packet scheduling mechanism are provided below in connection with FIGs. 4A, 4B, 5, 6, and 7.

[0044] FIG. 4A illustrates a block diagram of a first apparatus 400 including a first baseband chip 402a, a first RF chip 404a, and a first host chip 406a, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 4B illustrates a block diagram of a second apparatus 405 including a second baseband chip 402b, a second RF chip 404b, and a second host chip 406b, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure. First apparatus 400 may be implemented as user equipment 202, and second apparatus 405 may be implemented as access node 204 of wireless network 200 in FIG. 2, respectively. FIGs. 4A and 4B will be described together.

[0045] As shown in FIG. 4A, first apparatus 400 may include first baseband chip 402a, first RF chip 404a, first host chip 406a, and one or more first antennas 410a. In some embodiments, first baseband chip 402a is implemented by a processor and a memory, and first RF chip 404a is implemented by a processor, a memory, and a transceiver. Besides the on-chip memory 418a (also known as “internal memory,” e.g., registers, buffers, or caches) on each chip 402a, 404a, or 406a, first apparatus 400 may further include a first external memory 408a (e.g., the system memory or main memory) that can be shared by each chip 402a, 404a, or 406a through the system/main bus. Although first baseband chip 402a is illustrated as a standalone SoC in FIG. 4A, it is understood that in one example, first baseband chip 402a and first RF chip 404a may be integrated as one SoC or one SiP; in another example, first baseband chip 402a and first host chip 406a may be integrated as one SoC or one SiP; in still another example, first baseband chip 402a, first RF chip 404a, and first host chip 406a may be integrated as one SoC or one SiP, as described above.

[0046] Still referring to FIG. 4A, in the uplink, first host chip 406a may generate raw data (e.g., small-packets associated with first application 440a, high-throughput packets associated with second application 440b, VoIP packets, XR-gaming packets, video packets, etc.) and send it to first baseband chip 402a for encoding, modulation, and mapping. First interface 414a of first baseband chip 402a may receive the data from first host chip 406a. First baseband chip 402a may also access the raw data generated by first host chip 406a and stored in first external memory 408a, for example, using the direct memory access (DMA). First baseband chip 402a may first encode (e.g., by source coding and/or channel coding) the raw data and modulate the coded data using any suitable modulation techniques, such as multi-phase shift keying (MPSK) modulation or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). First baseband chip 402a may perform any other functions, such as symbol or layer mapping, to convert the raw data into a signal that can be used to modulate the carrier frequency for transmission. In the uplink, first baseband chip 402a may send the modulated signal to first RF chip 404a via first interface 414a. First RF chip 404a, through the transmitter, may convert the modulated signal in the digital form into analog signals, i.e., RF signals, and perform any suitable front-end RF functions, such as filtering, digital pre-distortion, up-conversion, or sample-rate conversion. First antenna 410a (e.g., an antenna array) may transmit the RF signals provided by the transmitter of first RF chip 404a.

[0047] In the downlink in FIG. 4A, first antenna 410a may receive RF signals from an access node, such as second apparatus 405, or other wireless devices. The RF signals may be passed to the receiver (Rx) of first RF chip 404a. First RF chip 404a may perform any suitable front-end RF functions, such as filtering, IQ imbalance compensation, down-paging conversion, or sample-rate conversion, and convert the RF signals (e.g., transmission) into low-frequency digital signals (baseband signals) that can be processed by first baseband chip 402a.

[0048] As shown in FIG. 4B, second apparatus 405 may include second baseband chip 402b, second RF chip 404b, second host chip 406b, and one or more second antennas 410b. In some embodiments, second baseband chip 402b is implemented by a processor and a memory, and second RF chip 404b is implemented by a processor, a memory, and a transceiver. Besides the on- chip memory 418b (also known as “internal memory,” e.g., registers, buffers, or caches) on each chip 402b, 404b, or 406b, second apparatus 405 may further include a second external memory 408b (e.g., the system memory or main memory) that can be shared by each chip 402b, 404b, or 406b through the system/main bus. Although second baseband chip 402b is illustrated as a standalone SoC in FIG. 4B, it is understood that in one example, second baseband chip 402b and second RF chip 404b may be integrated as one SoC or one SiP; in another example, second baseband chip 402b and second host chip 406b may be integrated as one SoC or one SiP; in still another example, second baseband chip 402b, second RF chip 404b, and second host chip 406b may be integrated as one SoC or one SiP, as described above.

[0049] In the downlink in FIG. 4B, second host chip 406b may generate raw data and send it to second baseband chip 402b for encoding, modulation, and mapping. Interface 414b of second baseband chip 402b may receive the data from second host chip 406b. Second baseband chip 402b may also access the raw data generated by second host chip 406b and stored in external memory 408b, for example, using the direct memory access (DMA). Second baseband chip 402b may first encode (e.g., by source coding and/or channel coding) the raw data and modulate the coded data using any suitable modulation techniques, such as multi-phase shift keying (MPSK) modulation or quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM). Second baseband chip 402b may perform any other functions, such as symbol or layer mapping, to convert the raw data into a signal that can be used to modulate the carrier frequency for transmission. In the uplink, second baseband chip 402b may send the modulated signal to second RF chip 404b via second interface 414b. Second RF chip 404b, through the transmitter, may convert the modulated signal in the digital form into analog signals, i.e., RF signals, and perform any suitable front-end RF functions, such as filtering, digital pre-distortion, up-conversion, or sample-rate conversion. Second antenna 410b (e.g., an antenna array) may transmit the RF signals provided by the transmitter of second RF chip 404b to, e.g., apparatus 400.

[0050] In the uplink in FIG. 4B, second antenna 410b may receive RF signals from a user equipment, such as first apparatus 400, or other wireless devices. The RF signals may be passed to the receiver (Rx) of second RF chip 404b. Second RF chip 404b may perform any suitable front-end RF functions, such as filtering, IQ imbalance compensation, down-paging conversion, or sample-rate conversion, and convert the RF signals (e.g., transmission) into low-frequency digital signals (baseband signals) that can be processed by second baseband chip 402b.

[0051] As illustrated in FIG. 4A, first baseband chip 402a may include (in addition to first on-chip memory 418a) a Layer 1 subsystem 420, a Layer 2 subsystem 430, a first application 440a, and a second application 440b. First application 440a may be associated with first traffic-type communications, e.g., such as VoIP communications or other small-packet communications. Second application 440b may be associated with second traffic-type communications, e.g., such as video-streaming communications, XR-gaming communications, eMBB communications, ultralow latency communications (URLLC), or massive machine type communications (mMTC). The first traffic-type communications and the second traffic-type communications may be associated with different quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics. The different QoS characteristics may result in different Layer 1/Layer 2/Layer 3 processing. For example, one or more of the QoS flows, radio bearers, logical channel prioritization, etc. used to process VoIP packets and XR-gaming communications by Layer 1 subsystem 420 and/or Layer 2 subsystem 430 may be different. In the following examples, first application 440a is described as a VoIP application, and second application 440b is described as an XR-gaming application. It is understood that first application 440a and second application 440b are not limited thereto. Instead, first application 440a may include any application for which SCH resources are semi-statically allocated using DL SPS gran /UL CG, while second application 440b may include any application for which SCH resource are allocated dynamically.

[0052] As illustrated in FIG. 4B, second baseband chip 402b may include (in addition to second on-chip memory 418b) dynamic-scheduling component 450, SPS component 460, SPS- skipping component 470, first traffic-type communication component 480a, second traffic-type communication component 480b, and combining component 490. SPS component 460 may allocate a set of semi-persistent resources (e.g., SPS for DL and/or CG for UL) with which first apparatus 400 may communicate SPS packet(s) (e.g., VoIP packets or other small packets) associated with first application 440a. The set of semi-persistent resources may occur at predefined intervals (also referred to herein as an “SPS period”) in the time domain. In other words, multiple iterations of the semi-persistent resources are made available until second apparatus 405 removes the SPS configuration.

[0053] Dynamic-scheduling component 450 may allocate a set of dynamic resources with which first apparatus 400 may communicate dynamic packet(s) associated with second application 440b. The set of dynamic resources may include a single iteration of dynamic resources located in a single position in the time domain. Thus, for each communication associated with second application 440b, dynamic-scheduling component 450 may generate a DCI grant (e.g., a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) grant or a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) grant) scheduling one set of dynamic resources for use by first apparatus 400 in the DL direction or UL direction, depending. SPS-skipping component 470 may identify when an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources are within an predetermined time-domain position of the set of dynamic resources. When this happens, second apparatus 405 may include a first SPS-skipping bit value (e.g., bit value of 1) into either the DCI/signaling used to schedule the set of dynamic resources, a DL dynamic packet transmitted using dynamic resources in the shared channel prior to the upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, or a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the set of semi-persistent resources, and which indicates that the SPS packet associated with the upcoming iteration of the SPS resources will instead be communicated with the dynamic packet using the set of dynamic resources. When a second SPS-skipping bit value (e.g., bit value of 0) is included in the DCI, the DL dynamic packet transmitted using dynamic, shared-channel resources prior to the upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, and/or DL-SPS packet sent in the previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources, first apparatus 400 may identify that the SPS packet will be communicated using the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources. Additional details of the exemplary SPS-scheduling mechanism implemented by first apparatus 400 and second apparatus 405 are provided below in connection with FIG. 5.

[0054] FIG. 5 depicts a graphical illustration 500 of an exemplary SPS-scheduling mechanism, according to certain embodiments of the present disclosure. FIG. 5 will be described in connection with FIGs. 4A and 4B.

[0055] Referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, SPS component 460 of second apparatus 405 may configure a set of semi-persistent resources (e.g., SPS resources in the DL direction or CG resource in the UL direction), which first apparatus 400 may use to perform first traffic-type communication. Although not depicted in FIG. 5, second apparatus 405 may schedule the set of semi -persistent resources by sending DCI or other signalings (e.g., MAC signaling, RLC signaling, etc.) that indicates the frequency-domain position and the time-domain interval (e.g., SPS period) of the allocated set of semi-persistent resources. As shown in FIG. 5, the set of semi-persistent resources include a first iteration of semi-persistent resources 502a, a second iteration of semi-persistent resources 502b, a third iteration of semi-persistent resources 502c, and so on.

[0056] In the UL direction, first application 440a generates a UL-SPS packet (PktOO) that is processed by Layer 2 subsystem 430 (e.g., medium access control (MAC) processing, radio link control (RLC) processing, packet data convergence processing (PDCP) processing, etc.) before being passed to Layer 1 subsystem 420. Layer 1 subsystem 420 may perform Layer 1 processing of the UL-SPS packet before sending it to first antenna 410a for transmission over-the-air using the first iteration of set of semi-persistent resources 502a.

[0057] In the DL direction, first RF chip 404a receives a DL-SPS packet (PktOO) sent by second apparatus 405 via the first iteration of the set of semi-persistent resources 502a. First RF chip 404a may send PktOO to Layer 1 subsystem 420, which performs Layer 1 processing. Layer 1 subsystem 420 may send PktOO to Layer 2 subsystem 430. Layer 2 subsystem 430 may perform Layer 2 processing of PktOO using a first set of QoS characteristics (e.g., QoS flows, radio bearer configurations, etc.) before sending it to first application 440a. When PktOO is a DL-VoIP packet, first application 440a may perform its own processing before sending the PktOO to an output device (e.g., such as a speaker or headphones) located at first apparatus 400 or coupled thereto in either a wireless or wired fashion.

[0058] The same or similar operations may be performed for a third-SPS packet (Pkt02) communicated in either the DL or UL direction using the third iteration of the set of semi-persistent resources 502c.

[0059] Before performing second traffic-type communications, first apparatus 400 waits to receive a dynamic grant (e.g., DCI, MAC signaling, RRC signaling, etc.) that indicates the dynamically-allocated resources for a dynamic packet associated with second application 440b, for example. To that end, dynamic-scheduling component 450 may generate a first DCL 504a, which second apparatus 405 sends via the CCH. DCL 504a may indicate to first apparatus 400 a first set of dynamic resource(s) 506a allocated for a first dynamic packet (pklO). Dynamic-scheduling component 450 may generate a second DCh 504b to indicate a second set of dynamic resource(s) 506a allocated for a second dynamic packet (pkt20), for example.

[0060] In the example depicted in FIG. 5, the second iteration of semi-persistent resources 502b and the second set of dynamic resources 506b are within a predetermined time-domain position of one another (e.g., 1ms, 2ms, 5ms, 10ms, 15ms, etc.), which may be identified by SPS- skipping component 470 in FIG. 4B. In some embodiments, SPS-skipping component 470 may cause an SPS-skipping bit with a bit value of 1 to be included in second DCI2 504b. In one example, all DL PDSCH-scheduling DCI for the UE with SPS enable has an SPS skipping bit. In another example, only DL PDSCH-scheduling DCI sent no earlier than a time (e.g., 1/4, 1/8, or 1/16 SPS period) before SPS resource in this SPS cycle has an SPS-skipping bit. Additionally and/or alternatively, SPS-skipping component 470 may cause an SPS-skipping bit with a bit value of 1 to be included in PktOO (a DL SPS packet) or pkt 10 (a DL dynamic packet) when the proximate time-domain position of the dynamic resources and SPS resources in the upcoming SPS period is identified prior to a transmission of PktOO or pktlO to first apparatus 400. To that end, SPS-skipping component 470 may send a signal to indicate the upcoming time-domain proximity to dynamic-scheduling component 450 and/or SPS component 460. Based on the received signal, dynamic-scheduling component 450 may allocate additional resources in the second portion of the frequency domain (associated with second set of dynamic resources 506b) for PktOl. The coding gain for small packets (e.g., VoIP packets) is usually much smaller than that of high-throughput packets (e.g., video packets, XR-gaming packets, etc.), and hence, a set of dynamically-scheduled resources with a high-MCS value and high-MIMO rank may achieve small-packet communication using very few resources. Then, dynamic-scheduling component 450 may reallocate the resources associated with the second iteration of the set of semi -persistent resources 502b to another user equipment or to first apparatus 400 for another use.

[0061] Second DCI2, DL PktOO, and/or DL pktlO may be processed at first apparatus 400 by Layer 1 subsystem 420, which may determine based on the SPS-skipping bit value set to 1 that PktOl will be communicated in a combined transmission with pkt20 (a second dynamic packet) using second set of dynamic resources 506b.

[0062] In the DL direction, first apparatus 400 may determine not to monitor/attempt to decode the second iteration of set of semi-persistent resources 502b when an SPS-skipping bit with a value of 1 is received. First apparatus 400 may monitor/attempt to decode the second set of dynamic resources 506b for a combined transmission including pkt20 and PktOl . First traffic-type communication component 480a may generate PktOl, and second traffic-type communication component 480b may generate pkt20. Combining component 490 (a packet-combining component) may combine PktOl and pkt20 into a combined transmission. Moreover, combining component 490 may generate a header that indicates the starting/ending byte of PktOl and pkt20 within the combined transmission. Error-detection information (e.g., cyclic-redundancy check (CRC), etc.) may also be generated for each of PktOl and pkt20 and included in the combined transmission. The transmission header may identify the respective starting/ending bytes of pkt20 and PktOl within the transmission. Once received by first apparatus 400, Layer 1 subsystem 420 may separate pkt20 and PktOl based on the header information. PktOl and pkt20 may be sent to the appropriate QoS flows in Layer 2 subsystem 430, for example.

[0063] In the UL direction, Layer 2 subsystem 430 may receive PktOl from first application 440a and pkt20 from second application 440b. After performing Layer 2 processing based on their respective QoS flows, Layer 2 subsystem 430 may generate a combined transmission that includes PktOl and pkt20 in a single transmission. Layer 2 subsystem 430 may generate header information indicating the starting/ending bytes and error-detection information for each of PktOl and pkt20, which are included in the combined transmission. Layer 1 subsystem 420 may apply Layer 1 processing to the combined packet before sending the transmission over-the-air. Otherwise, Layer 1 subsystem 420 may combine PktOl and pkt20 into a combined packet before transmission. Once received by second apparatus 405, first traffic-type communication component 480a may process PktOl using a first set of QoS characteristics/flows, while second traffic-type communication component 480b may process pkt20 using a second set of QoS characteristics/flows.

[0064] FIG. 6 illustrates a flowchart of a first exemplary method 600 of wireless communication of a user equipment, according to embodiments of the disclosure. First exemplary method 600 may be performed by an apparatus for wireless communication, e.g., such as a user equipment, a node, an apparatus, a baseband chip, a processor, an on-chip memory, a Layer 1 subsystem, a Layer 2 subsystem, a first application, a second application etc. Method 600 may include steps 602-608 as described below. It is to be appreciated that some of the steps may be optional, and some of the steps may be performed simultaneously, or in a different order than shown in FIG. 6.

[0065] Referring to FIG. 6, at 602, the apparatus may receive an SPS grant allocating semi- persistent resources at a first frequency-domain position for a first traffic-type communication. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, second apparatus 405 may schedule the set of semi- persistent resources by sending DCI or other signalings (e.g., MAC signaling, RRC signaling, etc.) that indicates the frequency-domain position and the time-domain interval (e.g., SPS period) of the allocated set of semi-persistent resources. As shown in FIG. 5, the set of semi-persistent resources include a first iteration of semi-persistent resources 502a, a second iteration of semi-persistent resources 502b, a third iteration of semi-persistent resources 502c, and so on. Layer 1 subsystem 420 and Layer 2 subsystem 430 of first apparatus 400 may receive the SPS grant from second apparatus 405.

[0066] At 604, the apparatus may receive a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. In some embodiments, second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position, and the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, first apparatus 400 waits to receive a dynamic grant (e.g., DCI, MAC signaling, RRC signaling, etc.) that indicates the dynamically-allocated resources for a dynamic packet associated with second application 440b, for example.

[0067] At 606, the apparatus may receive an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, second apparatus 405 may include a first SPS-skipping bit value (e.g., bit value of 1) into either the DCI/signaling used to schedule the set of dynamic resources, aa DL dynamic packet sent in a set of dynamic, shared channel resources prior to an upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, or a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the set of semi- persistent resources. First apparatus 400 may identify the SPS-skipping bit value of 1 in either the DCI/signaling of the dynamic resources, a DL dynamic packet sent in a set of dynamic, shared channel resources prior to an upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, or the DL-SPS packet. From the SPS-skipping bit, first apparatus 400 may determine that the SPS packet associated with the upcoming iteration of the SPS resources will instead be communicated with the dynamic packet using the set of dynamic resources.

[0068] At 608, the apparatus may, in response to receiving the indication, perform the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, Second DCF and/or DL PktOO may be processed at first apparatus 400 by Layer 1 subsystem 420, which may determine based on the SPS-skipping bit value set to 1 that PktOl will be communicated in a combined transmission with pkt20 (a second dynamic packet) using second set of dynamic resources 506b. In the DL direction, first apparatus 400 may determine not to moni tor/ attempt to decode the second iteration of set of semi-persistent resources 502b when an SPS-skipping bit with a value of 1 is received. First apparatus 400 may monitor/attempt to decode the second set of dynamic resources 506b for a combined transmission including pkt20 and PktOl . First traffic-type communication component 480a may generate PktOl, and second traffic-type communication component 480b may generate pkt20. Combining component 490 (a packet-combining component) may combine PktOl and pkt20 into a combined transmission. Moreover, combining component 490 may generate a header that indicates the starting/ending byte of PktOl and pkt20 within the combined transmission. Error-detection information (e.g., cyclic-redundancy check (CRC), etc.) may also be generated for each of PktOl and pkt20 and included in the combined transmission. The transmission header may identify the respective starting/ending bytes of pkt20 and PktOl within the transmission. Once received by first apparatus 400, Layer 1 subsystem 420 may separate pkt20 and PktOl based on the header information. PktOl and pkt20 may be sent to the appropriate QoS flows in Layer 2 subsystem 430, for example. In the UL direction, Layer 2 subsystem 430 may receive PktOl from first application 440a and pkt20 from second application 440b. After performing Layer 2 processing based on their respective QoS flows, Layer 2 subsystem 430 may generate a combined transmission that includes PktOl and pkt20 in a single transmission. Layer 2 subsystem 430 may generate header information indicating the starting/ending bytes and error-detection information for each of PktOl and pkt20, which are included in the combined transmission. Layer 1 subsystem 420 may apply Layer 1 processing to the combined packet before sending the transmission over-the-air. Otherwise, Layer 1 subsystem 420 may combine PktOl and pkt20 into a combined packet before transmission.

[0069] FIG. 7 illustrates a flowchart of a second exemplary method 700 of wireless communication of a base station, according to embodiments of the disclosure. Second exemplary method 700 may be performed by an apparatus for wireless communication, e.g., such as an access node, a node, an apparatus, a baseband chip, a processor, an on-chip memory, a dynamicscheduling component, an SPS component, an SPS-skipping component, a first traffic-type communication component 480a, a second traffic-type communication component, a combining component, etc. Method 700 may include steps 702-716 as described below. It is to be appreciated that some of the steps may be optional, and some of the steps may be performed simultaneously, or in a different order than shown in FIG. 7. [0070] Referring to FIG. 7, at 702, the apparatus may allocate semi -persistent resources at a first frequency-domain position and predefined time-domain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, SPS component 460 of second apparatus 405 may configure a set of semi-persistent resources (e.g., SPS resources in the DL direction or CG resource in the UL direction), which first apparatus 400 may use to perform first traffic-type communication. The set of semi -persistent resources include a first iteration of semi-persistent resources 502a, a second iteration of semi-persistent resources 502b, a third iteration of semi -persistent resources 502c, and so on.

[0071] At 704, the apparatus may send a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined timedomain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, second apparatus 405 may schedule the set of semi -persistent resources by sending DCI or other signalings (e.g., MAC signaling, RRC signaling, etc.) that indicates the frequency-domain position and the time-domain interval (e.g., SPS period) of the allocated set of semi -persistent resources to first apparatus 400.

[0072] At 706, the apparatus may allocate dynamic resources at a second frequencydomain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, dynamic-scheduling component 450 may allocate a first set of dynamic resources for pktlO at a first time and a second set of dynamic resources pkt20 at a second time.

[0073] At 708, the apparatus may determine the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources. For example, referring to FIGs. 4B and 5, the second iteration of semi -persistent resources 502b and the second set of dynamic resources 506b are within a predetermined time-domain position of one another, which may be identified by SPS-skipping component 470.

[0074] At 710, the apparatus may send a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, dynamicscheduling component 450 may generate a first DCIi 504a, which second apparatus 405 sends via the CCH. DCIi 504a may indicate to first apparatus 400 a first set of dynamic resource(s) 506a allocated for a first dynamic packet (pklO). Dynamic-scheduling component 450 may generate a second DCI2 504b to indicate a second set of dynamic resource(s) 506a allocated for a second dynamic packet (pkt20), for example.

[0075] At 712, the apparatus may send an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources to the user equipment. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, second apparatus 405 may include a first SPS-skipping bit value (e.g., bit value of 1) into either the DCI/signaling used to schedule the set of dynamic resources, a DL dynamic packet sent in a set of dynamic, shared channel resources prior to an upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, or a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the set of semi-persistent resources. First apparatus 400 may identify the SPS-skipping bit value of 1 in either the DCI/signaling of the dynamic resources, a DL dynamic packet sent in a set of dynamic, shared channel resources prior to an upcoming iteration of the SPS resources, or the DL-SPS packet.

[0076] At 714, the apparatus may reallocate the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, dynamicscheduling component 450 may reallocate the resources associated with the second iteration of the set of semi-persistent resources 502b to another user equipment or to first apparatus 400 for another use.

[0077] At 716, the apparatus may perform the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant. For example, referring to FIGs. 4A, 4B, and 5, first traffic-type communication component 480a may generate PktOl, and second traffic-type communication component 480b may generate pkt20. Combining component 490 (a packet-combining component) may combine PktOl and pkt20 into a combined transmission. Moreover, combining component 490 may generate a header that indicates the starting/ending byte of PktOl and pkt20 within the combined transmission. Error-detection information (e.g., cyclic-redundancy check (CRC), etc.) may also be generated for each of PktOl and pkt20 and included in the combined transmission. The transmission header may identify the respective starting/ending bytes of pkt20 and PktOl within the transmission. In the UL direction, when a combined transmission is received by second apparatus 405, first traffic-type communication component 480a may process PktOl using a first set of QoS characteristics/flows, while second traffic-type communication component 480b may process pkt20 using a second set of QoS characteristics/flows. [0078] In various aspects of the present disclosure, the functions described herein may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded as instructions or code on a non-transitory computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computing device, such as node 300 in FIG. 3. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, HDD, such as magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, Flash drive, SSD, or any other medium that can be used to carry or store desired program code in the form of instructions or data structures and that can be accessed by a processing system, such as a mobile device or a computer. Disk and disc, as used herein, includes CD, laser disc, optical disc, digital video disc (DVD), and floppy disk where disks usually reproduce data magnetically, while discs reproduce data optically with lasers. Combinations of the above should also be included within the scope of computer-readable media. [0079] According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a user equipment is provided. The method may include receiving, by a Layer 2 subsystem, a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may be within a predetermined time-domain position of a upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. The method may include receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. The method may include, in response to receiving the indication, performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0080] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent grant may be a downlink SPS. In some embodiments, the dynamic grant may be a DCI grant for downlink reception. In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may include SPS packet reception for a first application associated with first QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the second traffictype communication may include dynamic packet reception for a second application associated with second QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics. [0081] In some embodiments, the performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include receiving, by the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant, a transmission that includes an SPS packet for the first application and a dynamic packet for the second application. In some embodiments, the performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include performing first downlink processing of the SPS packet for the first application based on the first QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include performing second downlink processing of the dynamic packet for the second application based on the second QoS characteristics.

[0082] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent grant may be an uplink CG. In some embodiments, the dynamic grant is a DCI grant for an uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may include SPS packet transmission for a first application associated with a first set of QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the second traffic-type communication may include dynamic packet transmission for a second application associated with a second set of QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

[0083] In some embodiments, the method may further include generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an SPS packet based on the uplink CG. In some embodiments, the method may further include generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic packet based on the dynamic grant. In some embodiments, the method may further include, in response to determining that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for transmitting the SPS packet, generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet. In some embodiments, the method may further include transmitting, by a Layer 1 subsystem, the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0084] In some embodiments, the generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet may include generating a header that indicates a first starting byte and a first ending byte of the SPS packet and a second starting byte and second ending byte of the dynamic packet within the combined packet.

[0085] In some embodiments, the dynamic grant may include a DCI grant for PDSCH scheduling or PUSCH scheduling. In some embodiments, the receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include receiving, in the DCI grant, an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

[0086] In some embodiments, the receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include receiving, by upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources, a dynamic scheduled packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. [0087] In some embodiments, the receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include receiving, by a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources, an SPS packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

[0088] In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may be an SPS communication. In some embodiments, the second traffic-type communication may be a dy nami cally- schedul ed communi cati on .

[0089] In some embodiments, the SPS communication may be a VoIP communication. In some embodiments, the second traffic-type communication may be one or more of a video communication, an XR-gaming communication, an eMBB communication, a URLLC, or an mMTC.

[0090] According to another aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment is provided. The apparatus may include at least one processor. The apparatus may include memory storing instructions, which may be executed by the at least one processor. The memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, may cause the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving a semi-persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication. The method may include receiving a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may be within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. The method may include receiving an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. The method may include, in response to receiving the indication, performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0091] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent grant may be a downlink SPS. In some embodiments, the dynamic grant may be a DCI grant for downlink reception. In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may include SPS packet reception for a first application associated with first QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the second traffictype communication may include dynamic packet reception for a second application associated with second QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

[0092] In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include receiving, by the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant, a transmission that includes an SPS packet for the first application, and a dynamic packet for the second application. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include performing first downlink processing of the SPS packet for the first application based on the first QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include performing second downlink processing of the dynamic packet for the second application based on the second QoS characteristics.

[0093] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent grant may be an uplink CG. In some embodiments, the dynamic grant is a DCI grant for an uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may include SPS packet transmission for a first application associated with a first set of QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the second traffic-type communication may include dynamic packet transmission for a second application associated with a second set of QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

[0094] In some embodiments, the method may further include generating an SPS packet based on the uplink CG. In some embodiments, the method may further include generating a dynamic packet based on the dynamic grant. In some embodiments, the method may further include, in response to determining that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for transmitting the SPS packet, generating a combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet. In some embodiments, the method may further include transmitting the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0095] In some embodiments, the generating the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet may include generating a header that indicates a first starting byte and a first ending byte of the SPS packet and a second starting byte and second ending byte of the dynamic packet within the combined packet.

[0096] In some embodiments, the dynamic grant may include a DCI grant for PDSCH scheduling or PUSCH scheduling. In some embodiments, the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include receiving, in the DCI grant, an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

[0097] In some embodiments, the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include receiving, by upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources, an dynamic scheduled packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

[0098] In some embodiments, the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include receiving, by a previous iteration of the semi -persistent resources, an SPS packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

[0099] According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable medium of a user equipment is provided. The non-transitory computer- readable medium may store instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include receiving a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffictype communication. The method may include receiving a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication. The second frequency domain position may be different than the first frequency domain position. The dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may be within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources. The method may include receiving an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication. The method may include, in response to receiving the indication, performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0100] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent grant may be a downlink SPS. In some embodiments, the dynamic grant may be a DCI grant for downlink reception. In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may include SPS packet reception for a first application associated with first QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the second traffictype communication may include dynamic packet reception for a second application associated with second QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

[0101] In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include receiving, by the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant, a transmission that includes an SPS packet for the first application, and a dynamic packet for the second application. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include performing first downlink processing of the SPS packet for the first application based on the first QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include performing second downlink processing of the dynamic packet for the second application based on the second QoS characteristics.

[0102] In some embodiments, the semi-persistent grant may be an uplink CG. In some embodiments, the dynamic grant is a DCI grant for an uplink transmission. In some embodiments, the first traffic-type communication may include SPS packet transmission for a first application associated with a first set of QoS characteristics. In some embodiments, the second traffic-type communication may include dynamic packet transmission for a second application associated with a second set of QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

[0103] In some embodiments, the method may further include generating an SPS packet based on the uplink CG. In some embodiments, the method may further include generating a dynamic packet based on the dynamic grant. In some embodiments, the method may further include, in response to determining that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for transmitting the SPS packet, generating a combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet. In some embodiments, the method may further include transmitting the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0104] In some embodiments, the generating the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet may include generating a header that indicates a first starting byte and a first ending byte of the SPS packet and a second starting byte and second ending byte of the dynamic packet within the combined packet.

[0105] In some embodiments, the dynamic grant may include a DCI grant for PDSCH scheduling or PUSCH scheduling. In some embodiments, the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication may include one or more of : receiving, in the DCI grant, an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; receiving, by upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources, a DL-dynamic packet that includes the SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; or receiving, by a previous iteration of the semi -persistent resources, an SPS packet that includes the SPS- skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

[0106] According to still another aspect of the present disclosure, a method of wireless communication of a base station is provided. The method may include allocating, by an SPS component, semi-persistent resources at a first frequency-domain position and predefined timedomain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. The method may include sending, by a transmission component, an SPS grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include allocating, by a dynamic-scheduling component, dynamic resources at a second frequency-domain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment. The method may include determining, by an SPS-skipping component, the dynamic resources may be within a predetermined timedomain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources. The method may include sending, by the transmission component, a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include sending, by the transmission component, an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment. The method may include reallocating, by the dynamic-scheduling component, the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication.

[0107] In some embodiments, the indication may be sent as an SPS-skipping bit included in the dynamic grant. In some embodiments, the indication may be included in a DL-dynamic packet sent before upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

[0108] In some embodiments, the indication is included in a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

[0109] In some embodiments, the method may include performing, by a set of components, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0110] In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include generating, by a first traffic-type communication component, a DL-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication. In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include generating, by a second traffic-type communication component, a DL-dynamic packet associated with the second traffic-type communication. In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include combining, by a packet-combining component, the SPS packet and DL-dynamic packet into a combined DL-transmission. In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include sending, by the transmission component, the combined-DL transmission that includes the DL-SPS packet and the DL-dynamic packet to the user equipment using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

[OHl] In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include receiving, by a reception component, a combined transmission that includes a UL-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication and a UL-dynamic packet from the user equipment. In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include processing, by a first traffic-type communication component, the UL-SPS packet using a first set of QoS operations. In some embodiments, the performing, by the set of components, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffictype communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include processing, by a second traffic-type communication component, the UL-dynamic packet using a second set of QoS operations different than the first set of QoS operations.

[0112] According to yet another aspect of the present disclosure, an apparatus for wireless communication of a base station is provided. The apparatus may include at least one processor. The apparatus may include memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, causes the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include allocating semi-persistent resources at a first time-domain position and predefined frequencydomain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. The method may include sending an SPS grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include allocating dynamic resources at a second frequencydomain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment. The method may include determining the dynamic resources are close to with a time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources. The method may include sending a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the timedomain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include sending an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are close to the time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment. The method may include reallocating the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication.

[0113] In some embodiments, the indication may be sent as an SPS-skipping bit included in the dynamic grant.

[0114] In some embodiments, the indication may be included in a DL-dynamic packet sent before the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources.

[0115] In some embodiments, the indication may be included in a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the semi -persistent resources.

[0116] In some embodiments, the method may further include performing the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0117] In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include generating a DL-SPS packet associated with the first traffictype communication. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include generating a DL-dynamic packet associated with the second traffic-type communication. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include combining the SPS packet and DL- dynamic packet into a combined DL-transmission. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include sending the combined- DL transmission that includes the DL-SPS packet and the DL-dynamic packet to the user equipment using the dynamic resources that are close to in the time-domain position with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

[0118] In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include receiving a combined transmission that includes a UL-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication and a UL-dynamic packet from the user equipment. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include processing the UL-SPS packet using a first set of QoS operations. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include processing the UL-dynamic packet using a second set of QoS operations different than the first set of QoS operations.

[0119] According to still a further aspect of the present disclosure, a non-transitory computer-readable medium of a base station is provided. The non-transitory computer-readable medium may store instructions, which when executed by at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform a method. The method may include allocating semi-persistent resources at a first time-domain position and predefined frequency-domain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment. The method may include sending an SPS grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency-domain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment. The method may include determining the dynamic resources are close to with a time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources. The method may include sending a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment. The method may include sending an indication that the first-traffic type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are close to the time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment. The method may include reallocating the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources for another communication.

[0120] In some embodiments, the indication may be sent as an SPS-skipping bit included in the dynamic grant.

[0121] In some embodiments, the indication is included in a DL-dynamic packet sent before upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

[0122] In some embodiments, the indication may be included in a DL-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the semi -persistent resources. [0123] In some embodiments, the method may further include performing the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

[0124] In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include generating a DL-SPS packet associated with the first traffictype communication. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include generating a DL-dynamic packet associated with the second traffic-type communication. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include combining the SPS packet and DL- dynamic packet into a combined DL-transmission. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include sending the combined- DL transmission that includes the DL-SPS packet and the DL-dynamic packet to the user equipment using the dynamic resources that are close to in the time-domain position with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

[0125] In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include receiving a combined transmission that includes a UL-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication and a UL-dynamic packet from the user equipment. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include processing the UL-SPS packet using a first set of QoS operations. In some embodiments, the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant may include processing the UL-dynamic packet using a second set of QoS operations different than the first set of QoS operations.

[0126] The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so reveal the general nature of the present disclosure that others can, by applying knowledge within the skill of the art, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments, without undue experimentation, without departing from the general concept of the present disclosure. Therefore, such adaptations and modifications are intended to be within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments, based on the teaching and guidance presented herein. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation, such that the terminology or phraseology of the present specification is to be interpreted by the skilled artisan in light of the teachings and guidance.

[0127] Embodiments of the present disclosure have been described above with the aid of functional building blocks illustrating the implementation of specified functions and relationships thereof. The boundaries of these functional building blocks have been arbitrarily defined herein for the convenience of the description. Alternate boundaries can be defined so long as the specified functions and relationships thereof are appropriately performed.

[0128] The Summary and Abstract sections may set forth one or more but not all exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure as contemplated by the inventor(s), and thus, are not intended to limit the present disclosure and the appended claims in any way.

[0129] Various functional blocks, modules, and steps are disclosed above. The particular arrangements provided are illustrative and without limitation. Accordingly, the functional blocks, modules, and steps may be re-ordered or combined in different ways than in the examples provided above. Likewise, certain embodiments include only a subset of the functional blocks, modules, and steps, and any such subset is permitted.

[0130] The breadth and scope of the present disclosure should not be limited by any of the above-described exemplary embodiments, but should be defined only in accordance with the following claims and their equivalents.

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A method of wireless communication of a user equipment, comprising: receiving, by a Layer 2 subsystem, a semi-persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication; receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication, the second frequency domain position being different than the first frequency domain position, and the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources; receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; and in response to receiving the indication, performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein: the semi-persistent grant is a downlink semi -persistent scheduling (SPS) grant, the dynamic grant is a downlink control information (DCI) grant for downlink reception, the first traffic-type communication includes SPS packet reception for a first application associated with first quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics, and the second traffic-type communication includes dynamic packet reception for a second application associated with second QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the performing, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant comprises: receiving, by the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant, a transmission that includes an SPS packet for the first application and a dynamic packet for the second application; performing first downlink processing of the SPS packet for the first application based on the first QoS characteristics; and performing second downlink processing of the dynamic packet for the second application based on the second QoS characteristics.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein: the semi-persistent grant is an uplink configured grant (CG), the dynamic grant is a downlink control information (DCI) grant for an uplink transmission, the first traffic-type communication includes SPS packet transmission for a first application associated with a first set of quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics, and the second traffic-type communication includes dynamic packet transmission for a second application associated with a second set of QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising: generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, an SPS packet based on the uplink CG; generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a dynamic packet based on the dynamic grant; in response to determining that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for transmitting the SPS packet, generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, a combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet; and transmitting, by a Layer 1 subsystem, the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the generating, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet comprises: generating a header that indicates a first starting byte and a first ending byte of the SPS packet and a second starting byte and second ending byte of the dynamic packet within the combined packet.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein: the dynamic grant includes a downlink control information (DCI) grant for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduling, and the receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication comprises: receiving, in the DCI grant, an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication comprises: receiving, by a previous set of dynamic resources, a downlink (DL)-dynamic packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving, by the Layer 2 subsystem, the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication comprises: receiving, by a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources, a semi -persistent (SPS) packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein: the first traffic-type communication is a semi -persistent scheduling (SPS) communication, the second traffic-type communication is a dynamically-scheduled communication, the SPS communication is a voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communication, and the second traffic-type communication is one or more of a video communication, an extended reality (XR)-gaming communication, an enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) communication, an ultra-reliable low-latency communication (URLLC), or a massive machinetype communication (mMTC).

11. An apparatus for wireless communication of a user equipment, comprising: at least one processor; and memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform: receiving a semi-persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication; receiving a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication, the second frequency domain position being different than the first frequency domain position, and the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant are within a predetermined time-domain position of a upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources; receiving an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; and in response to receiving the indication, performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein: the semi-persistent grant is a downlink semi -persistent scheduling (SPS) grant, the dynamic grant is a downlink control information (DCI) grant for downlink reception, the first traffic-type communication includes SPS packet reception for a first application associated with first quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics, the second traffic-type communication includes dynamic packet reception for a second application associated with second QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics, and the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant by: receiving, by the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant, a transmission that includes an SPS packet for the first application and a dynamic packet for the second application; performing first downlink processing of the SPS packet for the first application based on the first QoS characteristics; and performing second downlink processing of the dynamic packet for the second application based on the second QoS characteristics.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein: the semi-persistent grant is an uplink configured grant (CG), the dynamic grant is a downlink control information (DCI) grant for an uplink transmission, the first traffic-type communication includes SPS packet transmission for a first application associated with a first set of quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics, the second traffic-type communication includes dynamic packet transmission for a second application associated with a second set of QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics, and the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, further causes the at least one processor to perform: generating an SPS packet based on the uplink CG; generating a dynamic packet based on the dynamic grant; in response to determining that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for transmitting the SPS packet, generating a combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet; and transmitting the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein: the dynamic grant includes a downlink control information (DCI) grant for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduling, and the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication by: receiving, in the DCI grant, an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffictype communication by: receiving, by a previous set of dynamic resources, a downlink (DL)-dynamic packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffictype communication by: receiving, by a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources, a semi-persistent (SPS) packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of user equipment, cause the at least one processor to perform: receiving a semi -persistent grant allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency domain position for a first traffic-type communication; receiving a dynamic grant allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency domain position for a second traffic-type communication, the second frequency domain position being different than the first frequency domain position, and the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources; receiving an indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; and in response to receiving the indication, performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein: the semi-persistent grant is a downlink semi -persistent scheduling (SPS) grant, the dynamic grant is a downlink control information (DCI) grant for downlink reception, the first traffic-type communication includes SPS packet reception for a first application associated with first quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics, the second traffic-type communication includes dynamic packet reception for a second application associated with second QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics, and the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffictype communication using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant by: receiving, by the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant, a transmission that includes an SPS packet for the first application and a dynamic packet for the second application; performing first downlink processing of the SPS packet for the first application based on the first QoS characteristics; and performing second downlink processing of the dynamic packet for the second application based on the second QoS characteristics.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein: the semi-persistent grant is an uplink configured grant (CG), the dynamic grant is a downlink control information (DCI) grant for an uplink transmission, the first traffic-type communication includes SPS packet transmission for a first application associated with a first set of quality-of-service (QoS) characteristics, the second traffic-type communication includes dynamic packet transmission for a second application associated with a second set of QoS characteristics different than the first QoS characteristics, and the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to perform: generating an SPS packet based on the uplink CG; generating a dynamic packet based on the dynamic grant; in response to determining that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for transmitting the SPS packet, generating a combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet; and transmitting the combined packet that includes the SPS packet and the dynamic packet using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein: the dynamic grant includes a downlink control information (DCI) grant for physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduling or physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduling, and the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the receiving the indication that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication by one or more of: receiving, in the DCI grant, an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; receiving, by a previous set of dynamic resources, a DL dynamic packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication; or receiving, by a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources, a semi -persistent (SPS) packet that includes an SPS-skipping bit that indicates that the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will not be used for the first traffic-type communication.

21. A method of wireless communication of a base station, comprising: allocating, by a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) component, semi-persistent resources at a first frequency-domain position and predefined time-domain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment; sending, by a transmission component, an SPS grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment; allocating, by a dynamic-scheduling component, dynamic resources at a second frequencydomain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment; determining, by an SPS-skipping component, the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources; sending, by the transmission component, a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment; sending, by the transmission component, an indication that the first traffic-type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources to the user equipment; and reallocating, by the dynamic-scheduling component, the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources for another communication.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the indication is sent as an SPS-skipping bit included in the dynamic grant.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the indication is included in a downlink (DL)-dynamic packet sent before the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the indication is included in a downlink (DL)-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

25. The method of claim 21, further comprising: performing, by a set of components, the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the performing, by the set of components, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant comprises: generating, by a first traffic-type communication component, a downlink (DL)-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication; generating, by a second traffic-type communication component, a DL-dynamic packet associated with the second traffic-type communication; combining, by a packet-combining component, the DL-SPS packet and DL-dynamic packet into a combined DL-transmission; and sending, by the transmission component, the combined-DL transmission that includes the DL-SPS packet and the DL-dynamic packet to the user equipment using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources.

27. The method of claim 25, wherein the performing, by the set of components, the first traffictype communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant comprises: receiving, by a reception component, a combined transmission that includes an uplink (UL)-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication and a UL-dynamic packet from the user equipment; processing, by a first traffic-type communication component, the UL-SPS packet using a first set of quality-of-service (QoS) operations; and processing, by a second traffic-type communication component, the UL-dynamic packet using a second set of QoS operations different than the first set of QoS operations.

28. An apparatus for wireless communication of a base station, comprising: at least one processor; and memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform: allocating semi-persistent resources at a first time-domain position and predefined frequency-domain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment; sending a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffic-type communication to the user equipment; allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency-domain position for a second traffic-type communication for the user equipment; determining the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources; sending a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequencydomain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment; sending an indication that the first traffic-type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment; and reallocating the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources for another communication.

29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the indication is sent as an SPS-skipping bit included in the dynamic grant.

30. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the indication is included in a downlink (DL)-dynamic packet sent before the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources.

31. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the indication is included in a downlink (DL)-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

32. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the at least one processor to perform: performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

33. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant by: generating a downlink (DL)-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication; generating a DL-dynamic packet associated with the second traffic-type communication; combining the DL-SPS packet and DL-dynamic packet into a combined DL-transmission; and sending the combined-DL transmission that includes the DL-SPS packet and the DL- dynamic packet to the user equipment using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

34. The apparatus of claim 32, wherein the memory storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant by: receiving a combined transmission that includes an uplink (UL)-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication and a UL-dynamic packet from the user equipment; processing the UL-SPS packet using a first set of quality-of-service (QoS) operations; and processing the UL-dynamic packet using a second set of QoS operations different than the first set of QoS operations.

35. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by at least one processor of a base station, cause the at least one processor to perform: allocating semi-persistent resources at a first frequency-domain position and predefined time-domain interval for a first traffic-type communication for a user equipment; sending a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) grant allocating the semi-persistent resources at the first frequency-domain position and the predefined time-domain interval for the first traffictype communication to the user equipment; allocating dynamic resources at a second frequency-domain position for a second traffictype communication for the user equipment; determining the dynamic resources are within a predetermined time-domain position of an upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources; sending a dynamic grant allocating the dynamic resources at the second frequency-domain position and the time-domain position for the second traffic-type communication to the user equipment; sending an indication that the first traffic-type communication associated with the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources will be communicated along with the second traffic-type communication using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined timedomain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources to the user equipment; and reallocating the upcoming iteration of the semi -persistent resources for another communication.

36. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the indication is sent as an SPS-skipping bit included in the dynamic grant.

37. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the indication is included in a downlink (DL)-dynamic packet sent before the upcoming iteration of the semi- persistent resources.

38. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the indication is included in a downlink (DL)-SPS packet sent in a previous iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

39. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 35, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, further causes the at least one processor to perform: performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant.

40. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 39, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant by: generating a downlink (DL)-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication; generating a DL-dynamic packet associated with the second traffic-type communication; combining, by a packet-combining component, the DL-SPS packet and DL-dynamic packet into a combined DL-transmission; and sending the combined-DL transmission that includes the DL-SPS packet and the DL- dynamic packet to the user equipment using the dynamic resources that are within the predetermined time-domain position of the upcoming iteration of the semi-persistent resources.

41. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 39, wherein the instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform the performing the first traffic-type communication and the second traffic-type communication with the user equipment using the dynamic resources allocated by the dynamic grant by: receiving a combined transmission that includes an uplink (UL)-SPS packet associated with the first traffic-type communication and a UL-dynamic packet from the user equipment; processing the UL-SPS packet using a first set of quality-of-service (QoS) operations; and processing the UL-dynamic packet using a second set of QoS operations different than the first set of QoS operations.