IP Library Granted Patent US 11,362,727
Granted Patent B2
US 11,362,727 · App. 17/086,849 · Granted Jun 14, 2022

Restarting a bandwidth part inactivity timer of a wireless device

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Herndon, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04B7/088H04B7/0639H04L5/0023H04W36/0069H04W72/005H04W72/042H04W72/0453H04W72/085H04W74/006H04W74/0833H04W76/11H04W76/19H04W76/38H04W74/0866
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Patent No.
US 11,362,727
App. No.
17/086,849
Granted
Jun 14, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating a timer value of a bandwidth part (BWP) inactivity timer. The BWP inactivity timer associated with the timer value is started in response to switching to a first BWP as an active BWP. The BWP inactivity timer is stopped based on initiating a random-access procedure. In response to receiving a control information, the random-access procedure is stopped before the random-access procedure completes. The BWP inactivity timer is restarted based on the stopping of the random-access procedure.

Claims (44)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, configuration parameters indicating a timer value of a bandwidth part (BWP) inactivity timer;

starting the BWP inactivity timer associated with the timer value in response to switching to a first BWP as an active BWP;

stopping the BWP inactivity timer based on initiating a random-access procedure;

in response to receiving a control information, stopping the random-access procedure before the random-access procedure completes; and

restarting the BWP inactivity timer based on the stopping the random-access procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first BWP is a non-default BWP.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate one or more reference signals for the first BWP.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more reference signals comprise:

one or more channel state information reference signals.

5. The method of claim 3 , wherein the one or more reference signals comprise one or more synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel blocks.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a beam failure instance indication of the beam failure instance indications comprises an assessment of one or more reference signals with radio quality lower than a threshold.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate the threshold.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the restarting the BWP inactivity timer further comprises restarting the BWP inactivity timer based on the timer value.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the control information comprises an uplink grant or a downlink assignment.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching to the first BWP as the active BWP is based on receiving a downlink control information indicating the first BWP.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive configuration parameters indicating a timer value of a bandwidth part (BWP) inactivity timer;

start the BWP inactivity timer associated with the timer value in response to switching to a first BWP as an active BWP;

stop the BWP inactivity timer based on initiating a random-access procedure;

in response to receiving a control information, stop the random-access procedure before the random-access procedure completes; and

restart the BWP inactivity timer based on the stopping of the random-access procedure.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the first BWP is a non-default BWP.

13. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate one or more reference signals for the first BWP.

14. The wireless device of claim 13 , wherein the one or more reference signals comprise one or more channel state information reference signals.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein a beam failure instance indication of the beam failure instance indications comprises an assessment of one or more reference signals with radio quality lower than a threshold.

16. The wireless device of claim 15 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate the threshold.

17. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the restarting of the BWP inactivity timer further comprises restarting the BWP inactivity timer based on the timer value.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the control information comprises an uplink grant or a downlink assignment.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the switching to the first BWP as the active BWP is based on receiving a downlink control information indicating the first BWP.

20. A system comprising:

a base station comprising:

one or more first processors; and

first memory storing first instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to transmit configuration parameters indicating a timer value of a bandwidth part (BWP) inactivity timer; and

a wireless device comprising:

one or more second processors; and

second memory storing second instructions that, when executed by the one or more second processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive the configuration parameters;

start the BWP inactivity timer associated with the timer value in response to switching to a first BWP as an active BWP;

stop the BWP inactivity timer based on initiating a random-access procedure;

in response to receiving a control information, stop the random-access procedure before the random-access procedure completes; and

restart the BWP inactivity timer based on the stopping of the random-access procedure.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: PENINSULA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069849/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2021
From: CIRIK, ALI; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; BABAEI, ALIREZA
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 055317/0937 →