Predictive Configured Grant Scheduling for Deterministic Wireless Communications
S. M. Riaz, M.C. Lucas-Estañ, B. Coll-Perales, and J. Gozálvez
2025 IEEE 101th Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Spring)  (Oslo, Norway, June 2025)
Ed. IEEE  ISBN:979-8-3315-3147-8  ISSN:2577-2465  DOI:10.1109/VTC2025-Spring65109.2025.11174458  BIBTEX:@INPROCEEDINGS{11174458, author={Riaz, Syed Morsleen and Lucas-Estañ, M. Carmen and Coll-Perales, Baldomero and Gozalvez, Javier}, booktitle={2025 IEEE 101st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2025-Spring)}, title={Predictive Configured Grant Scheduling for Deterministic Wireless Communications}, year={2025}, volume={}, number={}, pages={1-5}, keywords={6G mobile communication;Vehicular and wireless technologies;5G mobile communication;Wireless networks;Traffic control;Scheduling;Resource management;scheduling;configured grant;predictive;deterministic;time-sensitive;5G;6G}, doi={10.1109/VTC2025-Spring65109.2025.11174458}}

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Future wireless networks must enhance their capacity to sustain deterministic service levels and support emerging time-sensitive services in key verticals. The ability to guarantee bounded latencies heavily depends on efficient radio resource management. Configured Grant (CG) scheduling can reduce latency by pre-allocating resources, but its effectiveness and efficiency decrease under variable traffic patterns. This study presents a novel predictive CG scheduling scheme that pre-allocates resources based on traffic predictions while accounting for prediction inaccuracies. By considering these inaccuracies, the scheme significantly improves the ability to meet bounded latency requirements, which are essential for supporting deterministic service levels. Our evaluations show that the proposed scheme significantly enhances the capacity to support deterministic service levels while improving resource utilization, even in scenarios with variable and mixed traffic flows with diverse requirements.