METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ENABLING GRANT-FREE TRANSMISSION IN ADVANCED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

摘要

Advanced wireless communication systems, and methods for use in advanced wireless communication systems, to provide grant-free transmission between mobile devices (16) and an associated base station (11) are disclosed. The method comprises: transmitting, from the advanced base station (11) and to one or more mobile devices (16), grant-free transmission configuration information defining one or more resources that have been allocated to grant-free transmission; monitoring, at the advanced base station (11), the one or more resources that have been allocated to grant-free transmission; receiving, at the advanced base station (11) and on a resource of the one or more monitored resources, precoded data from a mobile device of the one or more mobile devices (16); and transmitting, from the advanced base station (11) and to the mobile device, acknowledgement of receipt of the precoded data.