IP Library Granted Patent US 11,277,862
Granted Patent B2
US 11,277,862 · App. 16/171,966 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Activation and deactivation of configured grant

Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon (Oakton, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (Herndon, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Kyungmin Park (Arlington, VA); Ali Cirik (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W72/14H04L5/001H04L5/0039H04L5/0092H04L5/0098H04W72/0453H04W72/1289
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Patent No.
US 11,277,862
App. No.
16/171,966
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The pre-configuration of a grant of a non-active bandwidth part (BWP) or other wireless resource may be beneficial to reduce signaling overhead. A base station may not need to transmit a DCI to activate a configured grant if the configured grant on a non-active BWP is activated based on switching an active BWP to a pre-configured BWP. If a configured grant on a non-active BWP is activated, a base station may not need to transmit a DCI on a new active BWP for a resource grant. A wireless device may receive a DCI indicating a switch an active BWP from a first BWP to a second BWP for a particular cell. The configured grants may be type 1 grant-free transmission that may not need activation signaling. The activation and/or deactivation of the one or more configured grants may depend on the state of the second BWP.

Claims (64)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, at least one message comprising:

first configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part and of a second bandwidth part; and

second configuration parameters of a configured grant of the first bandwidth part, wherein the second configuration parameters comprise an indication of radio resources of the configured grant of the first bandwidth part;

determining to switch from the second bandwidth part to the first bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part;

based on the determining to switch, activating the first bandwidth part;

based on the activating the first bandwidth part, activating the configured grant according to the second configuration parameters; and

transmitting one or more transport blocks via the radio resources.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

activating the second bandwidth part as the active bandwidth part; and

starting, based on a timer value and the activating the second bandwidth part, a bandwidth part inactivity timer.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving downlink control information comprising:

a bandwidth part identifier indicating the first bandwidth part.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the downlink control information comprises at least one of:

an uplink grant;

an uplink grant indicating one or more radio resources of the first bandwidth part; or a downlink assignment.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the bandwidth part identifier indicates a downlink bandwidth part that is paired with the first bandwidth part.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determining to switch is based on receiving downlink control information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configured grant is a configured grant Type 1.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration parameters indicate at least one of:

a subcarrier spacing,

a cyclic prefix,

a quantity of contiguous physical radio resource blocks, or an offset of a first PRB.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration parameters indicate at least one of:

a radio network temporary identifier,

a periodicity, or

an offset of a resource with respect to a first system frame number.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the first system frame number is zero.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one message comprises one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages.

12. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, at least one message comprising:

first configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part and of a second bandwidth part, wherein the first configuration parameters comprise an indication of a timer value of a bandwidth part inactivity timer; and

second configuration parameters of a configured grant of the first bandwidth part, wherein the second configuration parameters comprise an indication of radio resources of the configured grant of the first bandwidth part;

activating the second bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part;

starting, based on the timer value and the activating the second bandwidth part, the bandwidth part inactivity timer;

determining to switch from the second bandwidth part to the first bandwidth part as the active bandwidth part;

based on the determining to switch, activating the first bandwidth part;

based on the activating the first bandwidth part, activating the configured grant according to the second configuration parameters; and

transmitting one or more transport blocks via the radio resources.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first configuration parameters further indicate at least one of:

the first bandwidth part is a default bandwidth part; or

the first bandwidth part is an initial bandwidth part.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining to switch is based on an expiry of the bandwidth part inactivity timer.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the determining to switch is based on receiving downlink control information.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the at least one message comprises one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages.

17. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device from a base station, at least one message comprising:

first configuration parameters of a first bandwidth part and of a second bandwidth part;

second configuration parameters of a configured grant of the first bandwidth part, wherein the second configuration parameters comprise an indication of radio resources of the configured grant of the first bandwidth part; and

third configuration parameters of a second configured grant of the second bandwidth part;

determining to switch from the second bandwidth part to the first bandwidth part as an active bandwidth part;

based on the determining to switch:

deactivating the second bandwidth part; and

activating the first bandwidth part;

based on the activating the first bandwidth part, activating the configured grant according to the second configuration parameters; and

transmitting one or more transport blocks via the radio resources.

18. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:

based on the deactivating the second bandwidth part, deactivating the second configured grant.

19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the third configuration parameters indicate at least one of:

a second radio network temporary identifier,

a second periodicity, or

a second offset of a second resource with respect to a second system frame number being zero.

20. The method of claim 17 , wherein the determining to switch is further based on comprising determining an expiry of a bandwidth part inactivity timer.

21. The method of claim 17 , wherein the at least one message comprises one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2024
From: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 069743/0577 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 26, 2020
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL; BABAEI, ALIREZA; ZHOU, HUA; PARK, KYUNGMIN; CIRIK, ALI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 053050/0156 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2019
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL; BABAEI, ALIREZA; ZHOU, HUA; PARK, KYUNGMIN; CIRIK, ALI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 048778/0404 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62577540 · Oct 26, 2017
Related Publication 20190132862A1 · May 2, 2019
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