WO2021068238A1

WO2021068238A1 - Managing dmrs based on an uplink grant cancellation

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Publication number: WO2021068238A1
Application number: PCT/CN2019/110805
Authority: WO
Inventors: Qiaoyu Li; Chao Wei; Hao Xu
Original assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
Priority date: 2019-10-12
Filing date: 2019-10-12
Publication date: 2021-04-15

Abstract

In an aspect, a BS transmits, to a UE, a UL grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more DMRS symbols associated with at least one PUSCH slot. The BS later transmits, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource. In response to the UL cancellation indication, the UE transmits the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant. In some designs, the UE identifies the at least one second UL resource in accordance with pre-defined information, whereas in other designs the UE identifies the at least one second UL resource via information from the BS.

Description

MANAGING DMRS BASED ON AN UPLINK GRANT CANCELLATION

BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSURE

1. Field of the Disclosure

Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to wireless communications and to techniques and apparatuses for managing Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) based on an uplink grant cancellation.

2. Description of the Related Art

Wireless communication systems have developed through various generations, including a first-generation analog wireless phone service (1G) , a second-generation (2G) digital wireless phone service (including interim 2.5G networks) , a third-generation (3G) high speed data, Internet-capable wireless service, and a fourth-generation (4G) service (e.g., Long-Term Evolution (LTE) , WiMax) . There are presently many different types of wireless communication systems in use, including cellular and personal communications service (PCS) systems. Examples of known cellular systems include the cellular Analog Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) , and digital cellular systems based on code division multiple access (CDMA) , frequency division multiple access (FDMA) , time division multiple access (TDMA) , the Global System for Mobile access (GSM) variation of TDMA, etc.

A fifth generation (5G) mobile standard calls for higher data transfer speeds, greater numbers of connections, and better coverage, among other improvements. The 5G standard (also referred to as “New Radio” or “NR” ) , according to the Next Generation Mobile Networks Alliance, is designed to provide data rates of several tens of megabits per second to each of tens of thousands of users, with 1 gigabit per second to tens of workers on an office floor. Several hundreds of thousands of simultaneous connections should be supported in order to support large sensor deployments. Consequently, the spectral efficiency of 5G mobile communications should be significantly enhanced compared to the current 4G/LTE standard. Furthermore, signaling efficiencies should be enhanced and latency should be substantially reduced compared to current standards.

SUMMARY

The following presents a simplified summary of one or more aspects in order to provide a basic understanding of such aspects. This summary is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is intended to neither identify key or critical elements of all aspects nor delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

In some systems (e.g., 3GPP Rel. 16+) , enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) traffic and ultra-reliable low latency communication (URLLC) uplink (UL) traffic is multiplexed. For example, when a base station (e.g., gNB) detects that a PUSCH for an eMBB UE is operating in a time-frequency resource that overlaps with a time-frequency resource for an upcoming PUSCH for a URLLC UE, the base station may send the eMBB UE a signal that instructs the eMBB UE either to cease transmission on the whole eMBB PUSCH or on the overlapping part of the eMBB PUSCH. This signaling is referred to herein as a UL cancellation indication (or more specifically, a PUSCH cancellation indication) . Alternatively, the base station may send a signal to the URLLC UE that instructs the URLLC UE to boost its transmission power on the overlapping part of the URLLC PUSCH.

It is possible for the UE to receive a UL cancellation indication that cancels some or all DMRS symbol (s) within the PUSCH. In this scenario, the base station may not be able to estimate the channel of this PUSCH. For example, even if the non-DMRS symbol (s) carrying UL shared channel (UL-SCH) data are transmitted, the UL-SCH data may not be decoded by the base station due to the DMRS cancellation.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are related managing DMRS based on a UL cancellation information. In some aspects, canceled DMRS symbol (s) from first UL resource (s) can be ‘shifted’ onto second UL resource (s) at another location which was not originally allocated to DMRS (e.g., later in the same PUSCH slot, on a subsequent PUSCH, or onto a different configured grant PUSCH) .

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a UE. The UE may receive an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot. The UE may further receive a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource. The UE may further transmit , in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.

In an aspect of the disclosure, a method, a computer-readable medium, and an apparatus are provided. The apparatus may be a base station. The base station may transmit, to a user equipment (UE) , an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot. The UE may base station may further transmit, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource. The base station may further receive, from the UE in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.

Aspects generally include a method, apparatus, system, computer program product, non-transitory computer-readable medium, user equipment, cIoT user equipment, base station, wireless communication device, and/or processing system as substantially described with reference to and as illustrated by the drawings, specification.

The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of examples according to the disclosure in order that the detailed description that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages will be described hereinafter. The conception and specific examples disclosed may be readily utilized as a basis for modifying or designing other structures for carrying out the same purposes of the present disclosure. Such equivalent constructions do not depart from the scope of the appended claims. Characteristics of the concepts disclosed herein, both their organization and method of operation, together with associated advantages will be better understood from the following description when considered in connection with the accompanying figures. Each of the figures is provided for the purposes of illustration and description, and not as a definition of the limits of the claims.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication network.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a base station in communication with a UE in a wireless communication network.

FIG. 3 depicts time-frequency resource elements (REs) , a portion of which are allocated to a PUSCH for a UE.

FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary process of wireless communications according to an aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary process of wireless communications according to an aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 6 illustrates time-frequency REs based on an example implementation of the processes of FIGS. 4-5 according to an aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 7 illustrates time-frequency REs based on an example implementation of the processes of FIGS. 4-5 according to another aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 8 illustrates time-frequency REs based on an example implementation of the processes of FIGS. 4-5 according to another aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example implementation of the processes of FIGS. 4-5 in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual data flow diagram illustrating data flow between different means/components according to an aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 11 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system according to an aspect of the disclosure.

FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus employing a processing system according to another aspect of the disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION

The detailed description set forth below in connection with the appended drawings is intended as a description of various configurations and is not intended to represent the configurations in which the concepts described herein may be practiced. The detailed description includes specific details for the purposes of providing a thorough understanding of various concepts. However, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that these concepts may be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and components are shown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring such concepts.

Several aspects of telecommunication systems will now be presented 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, components, circuits, steps, processes, algorithms, and/or the like (collectively referred to as “elements” ) . These elements may be implemented using electronic hardware, computer software, or any combination thereof. Whether such elements are implemented as hardware or software depends upon the particular application and design constraints imposed on the overall system.

By way of example, an element, or any portion of an element, or any combination of elements may be implemented with a “processing system” that includes one or more processors. Examples of processors include microprocessors, microcontrollers, digital signal processors (DSPs) , 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 functionality described throughout this disclosure. One or more processors in the processing system 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, and/or the like, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description language, or otherwise.

Accordingly, in one or more example embodiments, the functions described may be implemented in hardware, software, firmware, or any combination thereof. If implemented in software, the functions may be stored on or encoded as one or more instructions or code on a computer-readable medium. Computer-readable media includes computer storage media. Storage media may be any available media that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example, and not limitation, such computer-readable media can comprise a random-access memory (RAM) , a read-only memory (ROM) , an electrically erasable programmable ROM (EEPROM) , compact disk ROM (CD-ROM) or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, combinations of the aforementioned types of computer-readable media, or any other medium that can be used to store computer executable code in the form of instructions or data structures that can be accessed by a computer.

It should be noted that while aspects may be described herein using terminology commonly associated with 3G and/or 4G wireless technologies, aspects of the present disclosure can be applied in other generation-based communication systems, such as 5G and later, including 5G technologies.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a wireless network 100 in which aspects of the present disclosure may be practiced. The wireless network 100 may be an LTE network or some other wireless network, such as a 5G network. The wireless network 100 may include a number of BSs 110 (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d) and other network entities. A BS is an entity that communicates with user equipment (UEs) and may also be referred to as a base station, a 5G BS, a Node B, a gNB, a 5G NB, an access point, a transmit receive point (TRP) , and/or the like. Each BS may provide communication coverage for a particular geographic area. In 3GPP, the term “cell” can refer to a coverage area of a BS and/or a BS subsystem serving this coverage area, depending on the context in which the term is used.

A BS may provide communication coverage for a macro cell, a pico cell, a femto cell, and/or another type of cell. A macro cell may cover a relatively large geographic area (e.g., several kilometers in radius) and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A pico cell may cover a relatively small geographic area and may allow unrestricted access by UEs with service subscription. A femto cell may cover a relatively small geographic area (e.g., a home) and may allow restricted access by UEs having association with the femto cell (e.g., UEs in a closed subscriber group (CSG) ) . A BS for a macro cell may be referred to as a macro BS. A BS for a pico cell may be referred to as a pico BS. A BS for a femto cell may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a BS 110a may be a macro BS for a macro cell 102a, a BS 110b may be a pico BS for a pico cell 102b, and a BS 110c may be a femto BS for a femto cell 102c. A BS may support one or multiple (e.g., three) cells. The terms “eNB” , “base station” , “5G BS” , “gNB” , “TRP” , “AP” , “node B” , “5G NB” , and “cell” may be used interchangeably herein.

In some examples, a cell may not necessarily be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of a mobile BS. In some examples, the BSs may be interconnected to one another and/or to one or more other BSs or network nodes (not shown) in the wireless network 100 through various types of backhaul interfaces such as a direct physical connection, a virtual network, and/or the like using any suitable transport network.

Wireless network 100 may also include relay stations. A relay station is an entity that can receive a transmission of data from an upstream station (e.g., a BS or a UE) and send a transmission of the data to a downstream station (e.g., a UE or a BS) . A relay station may also be a UE that can relay transmissions for other UEs. In the example shown in FIG. 1, a relay station 110d may communicate with macro BS 110a and a UE 120d in order to facilitate communication between BS 110a and UE 120d. A relay station may also be referred to as a relay BS, a relay base station, a relay, and/or the like.

Wireless network 100 may be a heterogeneous network that includes BSs of different types, e.g., macro BSs, pico BSs, femto BSs, relay BSs, and/or the like. These different types of BSs may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different impacts on interference in wireless network 100. For example, macro BSs may have a high transmit power level (e.g., 5 to 40 Watts) whereas pico BSs, femto BSs, and relay BSs may have lower transmit power levels (e.g., 0.1 to 2 Watts) .

A network controller 130 may couple to a set of BSs and may provide coordination and control for these BSs. Network controller 130 may communicate with the BSs via a backhaul. The BSs may also communicate with one another, e.g., directly or indirectly via a wireless or wireline backhaul.

UEs 120 (e.g., 120a, 120b, 120c) may be dispersed throughout wireless network 100, and each UE may be stationary or mobile. A UE may also be referred to as an access terminal, a terminal, a mobile station, a subscriber unit, a station, etc. A UE may be a cellular phone (e.g., a smart phone) , a personal digital assistant (PDA) , a wireless modem, a wireless communication device, a handheld device, a laptop computer, a cordless phone, a wireless local loop (WLL) station, a tablet, a camera, a gaming device, a netbook, a smartbook, an ultrabook, a medical device or equipment, biometric sensors/devices, wearable devices (smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart wrist bands, smart jewelry (e.g., smart ring, smart bracelet) ) , an entertainment device (e.g., a music or video device, or a satellite radio) , a vehicular component or sensor, smart meters/sensors, industrial manufacturing equipment, a global positioning system device, or any other suitable device that is configured to communicate via a wireless or wired medium.

Some UEs may be considered machine-type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine-type communication (eMTC) UEs. “MTC” may refer to MTC or eMTC. MTC UEs include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., that may communicate with a base station, another device (e.g., remote device) , or some other entity. A wireless node may provide, for example, connectivity for or to a network (e.g., a wide area network such as Internet or a cellular network) via a wired or wireless communication link. Some UEs may be considered Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices, and/or may be implemented as NB-IoT (narrowband internet of things) devices. IoT UEs, eMTC UEs, coverage enhancement (CE) mode UEs, bandwidth-limited (BL) UEs, and other types of UEs that operate using diminished power consumption relative to a baseline UE may be referred to herein as cellular IoT (cIoT) UEs. Some UEs may be considered a Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) . UE 120 may be included inside a housing that houses components of UE 120, such as processor components, memory components, and/or the like.

In general, any number of wireless networks may be deployed in a given geographic area. Each wireless network may support a particular RAT and may operate on one or more frequencies. A RAT may also be referred to as a radio technology, an air interface, and/or the like. A frequency may also be referred to as a carrier, a frequency channel, and/or the like. Each frequency may support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between wireless networks of different RATs. In some cases, 5G RAT networks may be deployed.

In some examples, access to the air interface may be scheduled, wherein a scheduling entity (e.g., a base station) allocates resources for communication among some or all devices and equipment within the scheduling entity’s service area or cell. Within the present disclosure, as discussed further below, the scheduling entity may be responsible for scheduling, assigning, reconfiguring, and releasing resources for one or more subordinate entities. That is, for scheduled communication, subordinate entities utilize resources allocated by the scheduling entity. Access to the air interface may be controlled, for example, using a unified access control (UAC) system in which UEs are associated with an access identity (e.g., an access class and/or the like) , which may aim to ensure that certain high-priority UEs (e.g., emergency response UEs, mission critical UEs, and/or the like) can access the air interface even in congested conditions. Updates to the UAC parameters (e.g., priority levels associated with access identities, which access identities are permitted to access the air interface, and/or the like) may be provided for cIoT UEs using a message, such as a paging message or a direct indication information, which may conserve battery power of cIoT UEs.

Base stations are not the only entities that may function as a scheduling entity. That is, in some examples, a UE may function as a scheduling entity, scheduling resources for one or more subordinate entities (e.g., one or more other UEs) . In this example, the UE is functioning as a scheduling entity, and other UEs utilize resources scheduled by the UE for wireless communication. A UE may function as a scheduling entity in a peer-to-peer (P2P) network, and/or in a mesh network. In a mesh network example, UEs may optionally communicate directly with one another in addition to communicating with the scheduling entity.

Thus, in a wireless communication network with a scheduled access to time–frequency resources and having a cellular configuration, a P2P configuration, and a mesh configuration, a scheduling entity and one or more subordinate entities may communicate utilizing the scheduled resources.

As indicated above, FIG. 1 is provided merely as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to FIG. 1.

FIG. 2 shows a block diagram 200 of a design of base station 110 and UE 120, which may be one of the base stations and one of the UEs in FIG. 1. Base station 110 may be equipped with T antennas 234a through 234t, and UE 120 may be equipped with R antennas 252a through 252r, where in general T ≥ 1 and R ≥ 1.

At base station 110, a transmit processor 220 may receive data from a data source 212 for one or more UEs, may select a modulation and coding scheme (MCS) for each UE based at least in part on channel quality indicators (CQIs) received from the UE, process (e.g., encode and modulate) the data for each UE based at least in part on the MCS selected for the UE, and provide data symbols for all UEs. Transmit processor 220 may also process system information (e.g., for semi-static resource partitioning information (SRPI) , and/or the like) and control information (e.g., CQI requests, grants, upper layer signaling, and/or the like) and provide overhead symbols and control symbols. Transmit processor 220 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals (e.g., the cell-specific reference signal) and synchronization signals (e.g., the primary synchronization signal (PSS) and secondary synchronization signal (SSS) ) . A transmit (TX) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) processor 230 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on the data symbols, the control symbols, the overhead symbols, and/or the reference symbols, if applicable, and may provide T output symbol streams to T modulators (MODs) 232a through 232t. Each modulator 232 may process a respective output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator 232 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and upconvert) the output sample stream to obtain a downlink signal. T downlink signals from modulators 232a through 232t may be transmitted via T antennas 234a through 234t, respectively. According to various aspects described in more detail below, the synchronization signals can be generated with location encoding to convey additional information.

At UE 120, antennas 252a through 252r may receive the downlink signals from base station 110 and/or other base stations and may provide received signals to demodulators (DEMODs) 254a through 254r, respectively. Each demodulator 254 may condition (e.g., filter, amplify, downconvert, and digitize) a received signal to obtain input samples. Each demodulator 254 may further process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM and/or the like) to obtain received symbols. A MIMO detector 256 may obtain received symbols from all R demodulators 254a through 254r, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols if applicable, and provide detected symbols. A receive (RX) processor 258 may process (e.g., demodulate and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for UE 120 to a data sink 260, and provide decoded control information and system information to a controller/processor 280. A channel processor may determine reference signal received power (RSRP) , received signal strength indicator (RSSI) , a reference signal received quality (RSRQ) , a channel quality indicator (CQI) , and/or the like.

On the uplink, at UE 120, a transmit processor 264 may receive and process data from a data source 262 and control information (e.g., for reports comprising RSRP, RSSI, RSRQ, CQI, and/or the like) from controller/processor 280. Transmit processor 264 may also generate reference symbols for one or more reference signals. The symbols from transmit processor 264 may be precoded by a TX MIMO processor 266 if applicable, further processed by modulators 254a through 254r (e.g., for DFT-s-OFDM, CP-OFDM, and/or the like) , and transmitted to base station 110. At base station 110, the uplink signals from UE 120 and other UEs may be received by antennas 234, processed by demodulators 232, detected by a MIMO detector 236 if applicable, and further processed by a receive processor 238 to obtain decoded data and control information sent by UE 120. Receive processor 238 may provide the decoded data to a data sink 239 and the decoded control information to controller/processor 240. Base station 110 may include communication unit 244 and communicate to network controller 130 via communication unit 244. Network controller 130 may include communication unit 294, controller/processor 290, and memory 292.

Controller/processor 240 of base station 110, controller/processor 280 of UE 120, and/or any other component (s) of FIG. 2 may perform one or more techniques associated with UAC parameter updating, as described in more detail elsewhere herein. For example, controller/processor 240 of base station 110, controller/processor 280 of UE 120, and/or any other component (s) of FIG. 2 may perform or direct operations of, for example, process 500 of FIG. 5, and/or other processes as described herein.

Memories

242 and 282 may store data and program codes for BS 110 and UE 120, respectively. A scheduler 246 may schedule UEs for data transmission on the downlink and/or uplink.

As indicated above, FIG. 2 is provided merely as an example. Other examples may differ from what is described with regard to FIG. 2.

FIG. 3 depicts time-frequency resource elements (REs) 300, a portion of which are allocated to a PUSCH for a UE. A subset of the REs 300 in the PUSCH are specifically allocated to DMRS symbol (s) for transmission by the UE. In this arrangement, the PUSCH can be characterized as comprising a DMRS transmission in accordance with an associated UL grant that allocated the PUSCH to the UE.

Referring to FIG. 3, it is possible for the UE to receive a UL cancellation indication that cancels some or all DMRS symbol (s) within the PUSCH. In this scenario, the base station may not be able to estimate the channel of this PUSCH. For example, even if the non-DMRS symbol (s) carrying UL shared channel (UL-SCH) data are transmitted, the UL-SCH data may not be decoded by the base station due to the DMRS cancellation.

Embodiments of the present disclosure are related managing DMRS based on a UL cancellation information. As will be described in more detail below, canceled DMRS symbol (s) from first UL resource (s) can be ‘shifted’ onto second UL resource (s) at another location which was not originally allocated to DMRS (e.g., later in the same PUSCH slot, on a subsequent PUSCH, or onto a different configured grant PUSCH) .

FIG. 4 illustrates an exemplary process 400 of wireless communications according to an aspect of the disclosure. The process 400 of FIG. 4 is performed by UE 120.

At 402, UE 120 (e.g., antenna (s) 252a ... 252r, demodulators (s) 254a ... 254r, MIMO detector 256, RX processor 258, TX MIMO processor 266) receives a UL grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more DMRS symbols associated with at least one PUSCH slot. In some designs, the UL grant of 402 may be a dynamic grant that allocates a UL resource (s) in a single scheduling period. In other designs, the UL grant of 402 may be a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions (e.g., semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) ) .

At 404, UE 120 (e.g., antenna (s) 252a ... 252r, demodulators (s) 254a ... 254r, MIMO detector 256, RX processor 258, TX MIMO processor 266) optionally receives another UL grant. For example, assume that the UL grant from 402 is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions. In this case, the optional UL grant at 404 may be a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions. As will be discussed below, UE 120 is not limited to shifting DMRS transmission to a different part of a configured grant PUSCH on which DMRS symbol (s) are cancelled, but in some designs can shift the DMRS symbol (s) onto a different configured grant PUSCH altogether.

At 406, UE 120 (e.g., antenna (s) 252a ... 252r, demodulators (s) 254a ... 254r, MIMO detector 256, RX processor 258, TX MIMO processor 266) receives a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource. For example, the UE 120 may be an eMBB UE, and the UL cancellation indication may be received from a base station in response to detection of a PUSCH time-frequency resource overlap with a URLLC UE. As will be discussed below in more detail, the UL cancellation indication may optionally include information related to how the canceled DMRS symbol (s) and/or canceled UL PUSCH data may be transmitted.

At 408, the UE 120 (e.g., antenna (s) 252a ... 252r, TX MIMO processor 266, modulators (s) 254a ... 254r, TX processor 264) transmits, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant from 402. In some designs, the at least one second UL resource is in the same PUSCH slot that comprises the at least one first UL resource, and the at least one second UL resource is later than the at least one first UL resource in a time domain. In some designs, the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant, and the at least one second UL resource is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant from 402. In some designs, assume that optional 404 is performed, and that the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant. In this case, in an example, the another UL grant at 404 is a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions, and the at least one second UL resource may be part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the another UL grant at 404.

FIG. 5 illustrates an exemplary process 500 of wireless communications according to an aspect of the disclosure. The process 500 of FIG. 5 is performed by BS 110.

At 502, BS 110 (e.g., antenna (s) 234a ... 234t, modulators (s) 232a ... 232a, TX MIMO processor 230, TX processor 220) transmits, to a UE, a UL grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more DMRS symbols associated with at least one PUSCH slot. In some designs, the UL grant of 502 may be a dynamic grant that allocates a UL resource (s) in a single scheduling period. In other designs, the UL grant of 502 may be a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions (e.g., SPS) .

At 504, BS 110 (e.g., antenna (s) 234a ... 234t, modulators (s) 232a ... 232a, TX MIMO processor 230, TX processor 220) optionally transmits another UL grant to the UE.For example, assume that the UL grant from 502 is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions. In this case, the optional UL grant at 504 may be a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions. As will be discussed below, UE 120 is not limited to shifting DMRS transmission to a different part of a configured grant PUSCH on which DMRS symbol (s) are cancelled, but in some designs can shift the DMRS symbol (s) onto a different configured grant PUSCH altogether.

At 506, BS 110 (e.g., antenna (s) 234a ... 234t, modulators (s) 232a ... 232a, TX MIMO processor 230, TX processor 220) transmits a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource. For example, the UE may be an eMBB UE, and the UL cancellation indication may be transmitted from BS 110 in response to detection of a PUSCH time-frequency resource overlap with a URLLC UE. As will be discussed below in more detail, the UL cancellation indication may optionally include information related to how the canceled DMRS symbol (s) and/or canceled UL PUSCH data may be transmitted.

At 508, BS 110 (e.g., antenna (s) 234a ... 234t, demodulators (s) 232a ... 232a, MIMO detector 236, RX processor 238) receives, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant from 502. In some designs, the at least one second UL resource is in the same PUSCH slot that comprises the at least one first UL resource, and the at least one second UL resource is later than the at least one first UL resource in a time domain. In some designs, the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant, and the at least one second UL resource is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant. In some designs, assume that optional 504 is performed, and that the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant from 502. In this case, in an example, the another UL grant at 504 is a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions, and the at least one second UL resource may be part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the another UL grant at 504.

FIG. 6 illustrates time-frequency REs 600 based on an example implementation of the processes 400-500 of FIGS. 4-5 whereby the at least one second UL resource 604, is in the same PUSCH slot that comprises the at least one first UL resource 602, and the at least one second UL resource 604 is later than the at least one first UL resource 602 in a time domain.

In some designs, information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 can be pre-defined (e.g., a pre-defined offset from the at least one first UL resource 702, which can be defined in the relevant 3GPP standard) . In other designs, information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 can be conveyed to the UE 120 by the base station. In yet other designs, some information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 can be pre-defined, while other information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 can be conveyed to the UE 120 by the base station. Examples of information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 that can be determined at the UE 120 (e.g., via BS conveyance or pre-defined rule) includes at least the following:

· a location of the at least one second UL resource 604 within the first scheduling period;

· a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource 604;

· that originally scheduled REs in the at least one second UL resource 604 are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource 604; and/or

· that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.

Referring to FIG. 6, in an example, the information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 may be conveyed by the base station via a separate radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication. Alternatively, as noted above, the information associated with the at least one second UL resource 604 may be conveyed by the base station via the UL cancellation indication from 406 of FIG. 4 or 506 of FIG. 5.

Referring to FIG. 6, the at least one second UL resource 604 does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant from 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5. Rather, the at least one second UL resource 604 is reconfigured for DMRS transmission only after the UL cancellation indication is received at the UE 120 at 406 of FIG. 4 or 506 of FIG. 5. In some designs, any UL-SCH data that was originally scheduled on the at least one second UL resource 604 may be re-scheduled so as to accommodate the DMRS transmission.

FIG. 7 illustrates time-frequency REs 700 based on an example implementation of the processes 400-500 of FIGS. 4-5 whereby the UL grant at 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5 is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions. In FIG. 7, the at least one first UL resource 702 is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant at 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5, and the at least one second UL resource 704 is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant at 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5. More specifically, in FIG. 7, the at least one second UL resource 704 is part of a next scheduling period that directly follows the scheduling period comprising the at least one first UL resource 702. In other designs, the respective scheduling periods need not be directly adjacent (e.g., the at least one second UL resource 704 may be two scheduling periods removed or offset from the first scheduling period, three scheduling periods removed or offset from the first scheduling period, etc. ) . The at least one second UL resource 704 is later than the at least one first UL resource 702 in a time domain.

In some designs, information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 can be pre-defined (e.g., a pre-defined offset from the at least one first UL resource 702, which can be defined in the relevant 3GPP standard) . In other designs, information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 can be conveyed to the UE 120 by the base station. In yet other designs, some information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 can be pre-defined, while other information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 can be conveyed to the UE 120 by the base station. Examples of information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 that can be determined at the UE 120 (e.g., via BS conveyance or pre-defined rule) includes at least the following:

· a location of the at least one second UL resource 704 within the second scheduling period;

· a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource 704;

· that originally scheduled REs in the at least one second UL resource 704 are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource 704; and/or

Referring to FIG. 7, in an example, the information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 may be conveyed by the base station via a separate RRC message, a MAC-CE, a DCI communication. Alternatively, as noted above, the information associated with the at least one second UL resource 704 may be conveyed by the base station via the UL cancellation indication from 406 of FIG. 4 or 506 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 8 illustrates time-frequency REs 800 based on an example implementation of the processes 400-500 of FIGS. 4-5 whereby the UL grant at 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5 is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions. In FIG. 8, the UE is allocated four (4) separate configured grant PUSCH configurations denoted as CG-PUSCH Config #0, CG-PUSCH Config #1, CG-PUSCH Config #2, CG-PUSCH, and Config #3. In this example, the various scheduling periods for the configured grant PUSCH configurations repeatedly alternate as #0, #1, #2, #3, #0, etc.

In FIG. 8, the at least one first UL resource 802 is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period (CG-PUSCH Config #0) allocated to the UE by the UL grant from 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5, and the at least one second UL resource 804 is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period (CG-PUSCH Config #1) allocated to the UE by another UL grant (e.g., 404 of FIG. 4 or 505 of FIG. 5) . More specifically, in FIG. 8, the at least one second UL resource 804 is part of a next scheduling period that directly follows the scheduling period comprising the at least one first UL resource 802. In other designs, the respective scheduling periods need not be directly adjacent (e.g., the at least one second UL resource 804 may be two scheduling periods removed or offset from the first scheduling period so as to be associated with CG-PUSCH Config #2, three scheduling periods removed or offset from the first scheduling period so as to be associated with CG-PUSCH Config #3, etc. ) . The at least one second UL resource 804 is later than the at least one first UL resource 802 in a time domain.

In some designs, information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 can be pre-defined (e.g., a pre-defined offset from the at least one first UL resource 802, which can be defined in the relevant 3GPP standard) . In other designs, information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 can be conveyed to the UE 120 by the base station. In yet other designs, some information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 can be pre-defined, while other information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 can be conveyed to the UE 120 by the base station. Examples of information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 that can be determined at the UE 120 (e.g., via BS conveyance or pre-defined rule) includes at least the following:

· a location of the at least one second UL resource 804 within the second scheduling period;

· a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource 804;

· that originally scheduled REs in the at least one second UL resource 804 are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource 804; and/or

Referring to FIG. 8, in an example, the information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 may be conveyed by the base station via a separate RRC message, a MAC-CE, a DCI communication. Alternatively, as noted above, the information associated with the at least one second UL resource 804 may be conveyed by the base station via the UL cancellation indication from 406 of FIG. 4 or 506 of FIG. 5.

FIG. 9 illustrates an example implementation 900 of the processes 400-500 of FIGS. 4-5 in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. At 902 (e.g., as in 402 of FIG. 4 or 502 of FIG. 5) , BS 120 transmits a first UL grant to UE 110. The first UL grant allocated Resource #1, which comprises REs configured for DMRS transmission. At 904 (e.g., as in 404 of FIG. 4 or 504 of FIG. 5) , BS 120 optionally transmits a second UL grant to UE 110 (e.g., setting up multiple configured grant PUSCH configurations) . At 906 (e.g., as in 406 of FIG. 4 or 506 of FIG. 5) , BS 120 transmits a UL cancellation indication to UE 120 that cancels DMRS symbol (s) in Resource #1. At 908, BS 120 optionally transmits information associated with Resource #2. At 910 (e.g., as in 408 of FIG. 4 or 508 of FIG. 5) , UE 110 transmits the canceled DMRS symbol (s) on Resource #2, which may be determined either from the optional information at 908 or via a pre-defined rule at UE 110.

FIG. 10 is a conceptual data flow diagram 1000 illustrating the data flow between different means/components in

exemplary apparatuses

1002 and 1080 in accordance with an embodiment of the disclosure. The apparatus 1002 may be a UE (e.g., UE 120) in communication with an apparatus 1080, which may be a base station (e.g., base station 100) .

The apparatus 1002 includes a transmission component 1004, which may correspond to transmitter circuitry in UE 120 as depicted in FIG. 2, including controller/processor 280, antenna (s) 252a ... 252r, modulators (s) 254a ... 254r, TX MIMO processor 266, TX processor 264. The apparatus 1006 further includes a resource determination component 1006, which may correspond to processor circuitry in UE 120 as depicted in FIG. 2, including controller/processor 280, etc. The apparatus 1002 further includes a reception component 1008, which may correspond to receiver circuitry in UE 120 as depicted in FIG. 2, including controller/processor 280, antenna (s) 252a ... 252r, demodulators (s) 254a ... 254r, MIMO detector 256, RX processor 258.

The apparatus 1080 includes a reception component 1082, which may correspond to receiver circuitry in BS 110 as depicted in FIG. 2, including controller/processor 240, antenna (s) 234a ... 234r, demodulators (s) 232a ... 232r, MIMO detector 236, RX processor 238, communication unit 244. The apparatus 1080 further a includes a resource management component 1084, which may correspond to processor circuitry in BS 110 as depicted in FIG. 2, including controller/processor 240. The apparatus 1080 further includes a transmission component 1086, which may correspond to transmission circuitry in BS 110 as depicted in FIG. 2, including e.g., controller/processor 240, antenna (s) 234a ... 234r, modulators (s) 232a ... 232r, Tx MIMO processor 230, TX processor 220, communication unit 244.

Referring to FIG. 10, the resource determination component 1006 determines resources on which DMRS symbols and UE-SCH data traffic are to be transmitted by the transmission component 1004 to the reception component 1082 at the apparatus 1080 (e.g., such as in response to a UL cancellation indication) . The resource determinations by the resource determination component 1006 can be based upon pre-defined rule (s) at the apparatus 1002. Alternatively, the resource management component 1084 may determine resource information, which is then sent by the transmission component 1086 to the reception component 1008 and then forwarded to the resource determination component 1006. In this case, the resource determinations by the resource determination component 1006 can be based at least in part the resource information from the apparatus 1080. The resource determination component 1006 can also make various resource determinations related to various UL transmissions based on UL grant (s) from the transmission component 1086, some of which may later be canceled via a UL cancellation indication from the transmission component 1086.

One or more components of the apparatus 1002 and apparatus 1080 may perform each of the blocks of the algorithm in the aforementioned flowcharts of FIGS. 4-5 and 9. As such, each block in the aforementioned flowcharts of FIGS. 4-5 and 9 may be performed by a component and the apparatus 1002 and apparatus 1080 may include one or more of those components. The components may be one or more hardware components specifically configured to carry out the stated processes/algorithm, implemented by a processor configured to perform the stated processes/algorithm, stored within a computer-readable medium for implementation by a processor, or some combination thereof.

FIG. 11 is a diagram 1100 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus 1002 employing a processing system 1114. The processing system 1114 may be implemented with a bus architecture, represented generally by the bus 1124. The bus 1124 may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges depending on the specific application of the processing system 1114 and the overall design constraints. The bus 1124 links together various circuits including one or more processors and/or hardware components, represented by the processor 1104, the

components

1004, 1006 and 1008, and the computer-readable medium /memory 1106. The bus 1124 may also link various other circuits such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further.

The processing system 1114 may be coupled to a transceiver 1110. The transceiver 1110 is coupled to one or more antennas 1120. The transceiver 1110 provides a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The transceiver 1110 receives a signal from the one or more antennas 1120, extracts information from the received signal, and provides the extracted information to the processing system 1114, specifically the reception component 1008. In addition, the transceiver 1110 receives information from the processing system 1114, specifically the transmission component 1004, and based on the received information, generates a signal to be applied to the one or more antennas 1120. The processing system 1114 includes a processor 1104 coupled to a computer-readable medium /memory 1106. The processor 1104 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium /memory 1106. The software, when executed by the processor 1104, causes the processing system 1114 to perform the various functions described supra for any particular apparatus. The computer-readable medium /memory 1106 may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor 1104 when executing software. The processing system 1114 further includes at least one of the

components

1004, 1006 and 1008. The components may be software components running in the processor 1104, resident/stored in the computer readable medium /memory 1106, one or more hardware components coupled to the processor 1104, or some combination thereof. The processing system 1114 may be a component of the UE 120 of FIG. 2 and may include the memory 282, and/or at least one of the TX processor 264, the RX processor 258, and the controller/processor 280.

In one configuration, the apparatus 1002 (e.g., a UE) for wireless communication includes means for receiving a UL grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more DMRS symbols associated with at least one PUSCH slot, means for receiving a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource, and means for transmitting, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant. In some designs, if the UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions, the apparatus 1002 may further include means for receiving another UL grant, wherein the another UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions. The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned components of the apparatus 1002 and/or the processing system 1114 of the apparatus 1002 configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described supra, the processing system 1114 may include the TX processor 264, the RX processor 258, and the controller/processor 280.

FIG. 12 is a diagram 1200 illustrating an example of a hardware implementation for an apparatus 1080 employing a processing system 1214. The processing system 1214 may be implemented with a bus architecture, represented generally by the bus 1224. The bus 1224 may include any number of interconnecting buses and bridges depending on the specific application of the processing system 1214 and the overall design constraints. The bus 1224 links together various circuits including one or more processors and/or hardware components, represented by the processor 1204, the

components

1082, 1084 and 1086, and the computer-readable medium /memory 1206. The bus 1224 may also link various other circuits such as timing sources, peripherals, voltage regulators, and power management circuits, which are well known in the art, and therefore, will not be described any further.

The processing system 1214 may be coupled to a transceiver 1210. The transceiver 1210 is coupled to one or more antennas 1220. The transceiver 1210 provides a means for communicating with various other apparatus over a transmission medium. The transceiver 1210 receives a signal from the one or more antennas 1220, extracts information from the received signal, and provides the extracted information to the processing system 1214, specifically the reception component 1082. In addition, the transceiver 1210 receives information from the processing system 1214, specifically the transmission component 1086, and based on the received information, generates a signal to be applied to the one or more antennas 1220. The processing system 1214 includes a processor 1204 coupled to a computer-readable medium /memory 1206. The processor 1204 is responsible for general processing, including the execution of software stored on the computer-readable medium /memory 1206. The software, when executed by the processor 1204, causes the processing system 1214 to perform the various functions described supra for any particular apparatus. The computer-readable medium /memory 1206 may also be used for storing data that is manipulated by the processor 1204 when executing software. The processing system 1214 further includes at least one of the

components

1082, 1084 and 1086. The components may be software components running in the processor 1204, resident/stored in the computer readable medium /memory 1206, one or more hardware components coupled to the processor 1204, or some combination thereof. The processing system 1214 may be a component of the BS 110 of FIG. 2 and may include the memory 242, and/or at least one of the TX processor 220, the RX processor 238, and the controller/processor 240.

In one configuration, the apparatus 1080 (e.g., a BS) for wireless communication includes means for transmitting, to a UE, a UL grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more DMRS symbols associated with at least one PUSCH slot, means for transmitting, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource, and means for receiving, from the UE in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant. In some designs, if the UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions, the apparatus 1080 may further include means for transmitting another UL grant, wherein the another UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions. The aforementioned means may be one or more of the aforementioned components of the apparatus 1080 and/or the processing system 1214 of the apparatus 1080 configured to perform the functions recited by the aforementioned means. As described supra, the processing system 1214 may include the TX processor 220, the RX processor 238, and the controller/processor 240.

As used herein, the term “component” is intended to be broadly construed as hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software. As used herein, a processor is implemented in hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software.

As used herein, satisfying a threshold may, depending on the context, refer to a value being greater than the threshold, greater than or equal to the threshold, less than the threshold, less than or equal to the threshold, equal to the threshold, not equal to the threshold, and/or the like.

It will be apparent that systems and/or methods described herein may be implemented in different forms of hardware, firmware, and/or a combination of hardware and software. The actual specialized control hardware or software code used to implement these systems and/or methods is not limiting of the aspects. Thus, the operation and behavior of the systems and/or methods were described herein without reference to specific software code-it being understood that software and hardware can be designed to implement the systems and/or methods based, at least in part, on the description herein.

Even though particular combinations of features are recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification, these combinations are not intended to limit the disclosure of various aspects. In fact, many of these features may be combined in ways not specifically recited in the claims and/or disclosed in the specification. Although each dependent claim listed below may directly depend on only one claim, the disclosure of various aspects includes each dependent claim in combination with every other claim in the claim set. A phrase referring to “at least one of” a list of items refers to any combination of those items, including single members. As an example, “at least one of: a, b, or c” is intended to cover a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c, as well as any combination with multiples of the same element (e.g., a-a, a-a-a, a-a-b, a-a-c, a-b-b, a-c-c, b-b, b-b-b, b-b-c, c-c, and c-c-c or any other ordering of a, b, and c) .

No element, act, or instruction used herein should be construed as critical or essential unless explicitly described as such. Also, as used herein, the articles “a” and “an” are intended to include one or more items, and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Furthermore, as used herein, the terms “set” and “group” are intended to include one or more items (e.g., related items, unrelated items, a combination of related and unrelated items, and/or the like) , and may be used interchangeably with “one or more. ” Where only one item is intended, the phrase “only one” or similar language is used. Also, as used herein, the terms “has, ” “have, ” “having, ” and/or the like are intended to be open-ended terms. Further, the phrase “based on” is intended to mean “based, at least in part, on” unless explicitly stated otherwise.

Claims

A method of operating a user equipment (UE) , comprising:

receiving an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

receiving a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

transmitting, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
The method of claim 1, wherein the UL grant is a dynamic grant of the at least one resource in a single scheduling period.
The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one second UL resource is in the same PUSCH slot that comprises the at least one first UL resource, and the at least one second UL resource is later than the at least one first UL resource in a time domain.
The method of claim 3, wherein information comprising at least one of the following is pre-defined, or indicated to the UE by a base station:

a location of the at least one second UL resource within the first scheduling period;

a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource;

that originally scheduled resource elements (REs) in the at least one second UL resource are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource; and/or

that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.
The method of claim 4, wherein the information is indicated by the base station via a separate a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication, or the UL cancellation indication.
The method of claim 1, wherein the UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions.
The method of claim 6,

wherein the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant, and

wherein the at least one second UL resource is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant.
The method of claim 7, wherein the second scheduling period is a next scheduling period following the first scheduling period.
The method of claim 7, wherein information comprising at least one of the following is pre-defined, or indicated to the UE by a base station:

a location of the at least one second UL resource within the second scheduling period;

a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource;

that originally scheduled resource elements (REs) in the at least one second UL resource are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource; and/or

that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.
The method of claim 9, wherein the information is indicated by the base station via a separate a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication, or the UL cancellation indication.
The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving another UL grant, wherein the another UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions,

wherein the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant, and

wherein the at least one second UL resource is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the another UL grant.
The method of claim 11, wherein the second scheduling period is a next scheduling period, for any configured grant associated with the UE, following the first scheduling period.
The method of claim 11, wherein information comprising at least one of the following is pre-defined, or indicated to the UE by a base station:

a location of the at least one second UL resource within the second scheduling period;

a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource;

that originally scheduled resource elements (REs) in the at least one second UL resource are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource; and/or

that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.
The method of claim 13, wherein the information is indicated by the base station via a separate a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication, or the UL cancellation indication.
A method of operating a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) , an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

transmitting, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

receiving, from the UE in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
The method of claim 15, wherein the UL grant is a dynamic grant of the at least one resource in a single scheduling period.
The method of claim 15, wherein the at least one second UL resource is in the same PUSCH slot that comprises the at least one first UL resource, and the at least one second UL resource is later than the at least one first UL resource in a time domain.
The method of claim 17, wherein information comprising at least one of the following is pre-defined, or indicated to the UE by the base station:

a location of the at least one second UL resource within the first scheduling period;

a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource;

that originally scheduled resource elements (REs) in the at least one second UL resource are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource; and/or

that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.
The method of claim 18, wherein the information is indicated by the base station via a separate a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication, or the UL cancellation indication.
The method of claim 15, wherein the UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a series of PUSCH transmissions.
The method of claim 20,

wherein the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant, and

wherein the at least one second UL resource is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant.
The method of claim 21, wherein the second scheduling period is a next scheduling period following the first scheduling period.
The method of claim 21, wherein information comprising at least one of the following is pre-defined, or indicated to the UE by the base station:

a location of the at least one second UL resource within the second scheduling period;

a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource;

that originally scheduled resource elements (REs) in the at least one second UL resource are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource; and/or

that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.
The method of claim 23, wherein the information is indicated by the base station via a separate a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication, or the UL cancellation indication.
The method of claim 20, further comprising:

transmitting another UL grant, wherein the another UL grant is a configured grant that allocates a second series of periodic UL resources across multiple scheduling periods for a second series of PUSCH transmissions,

wherein the at least one first UL resource is part of a first set of periodic UL resources of a first scheduling period allocated to the UE by the UL grant, and

wherein the at least one second UL resource is part of a second set of periodic UL resources of a second scheduling period allocated to the UE by the another UL grant.
The method of claim 25, wherein the second scheduling period is a next scheduling period, for any configured grant associated with the UE, following the first scheduling period.
The method of claim 25, wherein information comprising at least one of the following is pre-defined, or indicated to the UE by the base station:

a location of the at least one second UL resource within the second scheduling period;

a new DMRS port to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource;

that originally scheduled resource elements (REs) in the at least one second UL resource are to be dropped to facilitate the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols in the at least one second UL resource; and/or

that originally scheduled UL PUSCH data is rate-matched based at least in part on the UL cancellation indication and the at least one second UL resource to transmit the one or more DMRS symbols.
The method of claim 27, wherein the information is indicated by the base station via a separate a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) command element (CE) , a downlink control information (DCI) communication, or the UL cancellation indication.
A user equipment (UE) , comprising:

means for receiving an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

means for receiving a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

means for transmitting, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
A base station, comprising:

means for transmitting, to a user equipment (UE) , an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

means for transmitting, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

means for receiving, from the UE in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
A user equipment (UE) , comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

receive an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

receive a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

transmit, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
A base station, comprising:

a memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) , an uplink (UL) grant allocating rst UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

transmit, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

receive, from the UE in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, for causing at least one processor in a user equipment (UE) to:

receive an uplink (UL) grant allocating at least one first UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

receive a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

transmit, in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions stored thereon, for causing at least one processor in a base station to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE) , an uplink (UL) grant allocating rst UL resource for transmission of one or more Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) symbols associated with at least one physical UL shared channel (PUSCH) slot;

transmit, to the UE, a UL cancellation indication that cancels the transmission of the one or more DMRS symbols on the at least one first UL resource; and

receive, from the UE in response to the UL cancellation indication, the one or more DMRS symbols on at least one second UL resource that does not comprise any DMRS transmission according to the UL grant.