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Granted Patent B2
US 12,022,475 · App. 16/990,169 · Granted Jun 25, 2024

Method for bandwidth part management in communication system and apparatus for the same

Inventors: Eunkyung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Tae Joong Kim (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Seo Park (Daejeon, KR); An Seok Lee (Daejeon, KR); Yu Ro Lee (Daejeon, KR); Hyun Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04W72/23H04L27/2666H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,022,475
App. No.
16/990,169
Granted
Jun 25, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An operation method of a terminal in a communication system may include receiving bandwidth part (BWP) change information from a base station in a BWP i; changing an operation BWP of the terminal from the BWP i to a BWP j even when a transmission and reception procedure of first data in the BWP i is not completed at a BWP changing point indicated by the BWP change information; and performing a data transmission and reception procedure of second data in the BWP j, wherein the BWP i and the BWP j are different BWPs, and i and j are different integers.

Claims (33)

1. An operation method of a terminal in a communication system, the operation method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a first radio resource control (RRC) message including bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information which includes information indicating a location and a size of each of BWPs, information indicating subcarrier spacing for the each of BWPs, and information indicating cyclic prefix for the each of BWPs;

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) in a BWP i configured by the first RRC message;

identifying resource assignment information, a BWP changing point, and BWP indication information included in the DCI;

identifying a point indicated by the BWP changing point in a time domain;

performing a first communication with the base station before the point in the BWP i;

changing an active BWP from the BWP i to a BWP j indicated by the BWP indication information at the point indicated by the BWP changing point even when the first communication is not completed at the point;

performing a second communication with the base station after the point in the BWP j configured by the first RRC message; and

performing the first communication in the BWP j without changing from the BWP j to the BWP i, after performing the second communication in the BWP j,

wherein i and j are different natural numbers.

2. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI is a DCI format 1_1.

3. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further includes a BWP change notification indicating that a BWP change is requested.

4. The operation method of claim 1 , wherein the point is one of a starting point of a slot, a starting point of a subframe, a starting point of a transmission time interval (TTI), an ending point of a guard period (GP), and a starting point of an uplink transmission period.

5. The operation method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the base station, a second RRC message including a BWP inactivity timer used for changing the active BWP.

6. The operation method of claim 5 , wherein, when the BWP inactivity timer expires, the active BWP is changed to a default BWP.

7. The operation method of claim 5 , wherein a change of the active BWP triggered by the BWP inactivity timer is delayed when the DCI including the BWP indication information is received.

8. An operation method of a base station in a communication system, the operation method comprising:

transmitting a first radio resource control (RRC) message including bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information which includes information indicating a location and a size of each of BWPs, information indicating subcarrier spacing for the each of BWPs, and information indicating cyclic prefix for the each of BWPs;

generating downlink control information (DCI) including resource assignment information, a BWP changing point, and BWP indication information;

transmitting, to a terminal, the DCI in a BWP i configured by the first RRC message;

identifying a point indicated by the BWP changing point in a time domain;

performing a first communication with the terminal before the point in the BWP i;

changing an active BWP from the BWP i to a BWP j indicated by the BWP indication information at the point indicated by the BWP changing point even when the first communication is not completed at the point; and

performing a second communication with the terminal after the point in the BWP j configured by the first RRC message; and

performing the first communication in the BWP j without changing from the BWP j to the BWP i, after performing the second communication in the BWP j,

wherein i and j are different natural numbers.

9. The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the DCI is a DCI format 1_1.

10. The operation method of claim 8 , wherein the DCI further includes a BWP change notification indicating that a BWP change is requested.

11. The operation method of claim 8 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the terminal, a second RRC message including a BWP inactivity timer used for changing the active BWP.

12. The operation method of claim 11 , wherein, when the BWP inactivity timer expires, the active BWP is changed to a default BWP.

13. The operation method of claim 11 , wherein a change of the active BWP triggered by the BWP inactivity timer is delayed when the DCI including the BWP indication information is transmitted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2020
From: KIM, EUNKYUNG; KIM, TAE JOONG; PARK, HYUN SEO; LEE, AN SEOK; LEE, YU RO; LEE, HYUN
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 053455/0633 →
Priority Claims (5)
KR 10-2018-0019494 · Feb 19, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0054331 · May 11, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0147830 · Nov 26, 2018 · national
KR 10-2019-0003404 · Jan 10, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0016979 · Feb 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16277228 · Feb 15, 2019
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