IP Library Granted Patent US 11,737,107
Granted Patent B2
US 11,737,107 · App. 17/187,125 · Granted Aug 22, 2023

Scheduling wireless communications

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Ali Cirik (Herndon, VA); Bing Hui (Herndon, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA)
Assignee: Comcast Cable Communications, LLC
H04W72/23H04L5/0032H04W24/08H04W48/12H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/0466H04W72/535H04W76/11H04W76/27H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,737,107
App. No.
17/187,125
Granted
Aug 22, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Control information may be used to schedule communications between a wireless device and a base station. The wireless device may monitor control channels associated with one or more cells to receive the control information.

Claims (74)

1. A method comprising:

monitoring, by a wireless device, for first downlink control information (DCI) indicating resources of a primary cell, a common search space of the primary cell;

monitoring, for second DCI indicating resources of the primary cell, a first wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell; and

based on cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell:

continuing monitoring, for the first DCI, the common search space of the primary cell;

stopping monitoring, for the second DCI, the first wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell; and

starting monitoring, for third DCI indicating resources of the primary cell, a second wireless device-specific search space of a secondary cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, receiving one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for the primary cell, wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

the common search space of the primary cell;

the first wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell; and

the second wireless device-specific search space, of the secondary cell, for cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via the second wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell, DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell; and

communicating, based on the receiving the DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell, via the first resources of the primary cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, via the common search space of the primary cell, DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell; and

communicating, based on the receiving the DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell, via the first resources of the primary cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first DCI is based on one or more first DCI formats;

the second DCI is based on one or more second DCI formats; and

the third DCI is based on the one or more second DCI formats.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages indicating a cell indicator of the secondary cell.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising enabling cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell based on receiving at least one of:

a radio resource control (RRC) message;

a medium access control control element (MAC CE); or

DCI.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the starting monitoring the second wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell comprises starting monitoring the second wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell based on enabling cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the first DCI comprises cyclic redundancy check (CRC) bits scrambled with one of one or more first radio network temporary identifier (RNTIs);

the second DCI comprises CRC bits scrambled with one of one or more second RNTIs; and

the third DCI comprises CRC bits scrambled with the one of one or more second RNTIs.

10. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more first message comprising configuration parameters for a primary cell, wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

a common search space of the primary cell; and

a first wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell;

based on the receiving the one or more first messages:

monitoring, for first downlink control information (DCI) indicating resources of the primary cell, the common search space of the primary cell; and

monitoring, for second DCI indicating resources of the primary cell, the first wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell;

receiving one or more second messages indicating a second wireless device-specific search space, of a secondary cell, for cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell; and

based on the receiving the one or more second messages:

continuing monitoring, for the first DCI, the common search space of the primary cell; and

starting monitoring, for third DCI indicating resources of the primary cell, the second wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising, based on receiving the one or more second messages, stopping monitoring, for the second DCI, the first wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell.

12. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, via the second wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell, DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell; and

communicating, based on the receiving the DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell, via the first resources of the primary cell.

13. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:

receiving, via the common search space of the primary cell, DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell; and

communicating, based on the receiving the DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell, via the first resources of the primary cell.

14. The method of claim 10 , further comprising enabling cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell based on receiving at least one of:

the one or more second messages;

a radio resource control (RRC) message;

a medium access control control element (MAC CE); or

DCI.

15. The method of claim 10 , wherein the one or more second messages indicate a cell indicator of the secondary cell.

16. A method comprising:

receiving, by a wireless device, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters for a primary cell, wherein the configuration parameters indicate:

a common search space of the primary cell; and

a wireless device-specific search space, of a secondary cell, for cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell; and

based on the receiving the one or more messages:

monitoring, based on a first DCI format and for first downlink control information (DCI) indicating resources of the primary cell, the common search space of the primary cell; and

monitoring, based on a second DCI format and for second DCI indicating resources of the primary cell, the wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell, wherein the second DCI format is different from the first DCI format.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate a second wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a command indicating deactivation of cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell; and

based on the receiving the command:

stopping monitoring, for the second DCI, the wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell; and

starting monitoring, for third DCI based on the second DCI format, the second wireless device-specific search space of the primary cell.

18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving, via the wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell, DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell; and

communicating, based on the receiving the DCI indicating the first resources of the primary cell, via the first resources of the primary cell.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

receiving, via the common search space of the primary cell, DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell; and

communicating, based on the receiving the DCI indicating first resources of the primary cell, via the first resources of the primary cell.

20. The method of claim 16 , further comprising enabling cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell based on the receiving the one or more messages, wherein the monitoring the wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell comprises monitoring the wireless device-specific search space of the secondary cell based on the enabling cross-carrier scheduling of the primary cell.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; HUI, BING; CIRIK, ALI
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059956/0622 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; HUI, BING; CIRIK, ALI; XU, KAI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059961/0582 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; HUI, BING; CIRIK, ALI; XU, KAI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 059956/0685 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI; HUI, BING; XU, KAI; JEON, HYOUNGSUK
To: COMCAST CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
Reel/Frame 060384/0509 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17186572 · Feb 26, 2021
Provisional Application 62982846 · Feb 28, 2020
Provisional Application 62982909 · Feb 28, 2020
Provisional Application 62982849 · Feb 28, 2020
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