IP Library Granted Patent US 12,556,348
Granted Patent B2
US 12,556,348 · App. 17/197,297 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Power-saving active BWP

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Herndon, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kai Xu (Herndon, VA)
Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
H04L5/0098H04W72/0453H04W76/10H04W76/27
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Patent No.
US 12,556,348
App. No.
17/197,297
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives configuration parameters indicating a non-dormant bandwidth part (BWP) for transitioning to a non-dormant state of a cell. The wireless device activates a first BWP as an active BWP in response to activation of the cell. The wireless device activates the non-dormant BWP as the active BWP in response to transitioning the cell from a dormant state to the non-dormant state.

Claims (35)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving at least one radio resource control (RRC) message,

wherein the at least one RRC comprises configuration parameters,

wherein the configuration parameters indicate a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant bandwidth part;

activating the dormant BWP as an active BWP in response to a medium access control command indicating activation of the cell;

activating the non-dormant BWP as the active BWP in response to receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transition to an increased power level; and

activating the dormant BWP as the active BWP to place the cell in a dormant state in response to receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transition to a decreased power level.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell, in the dormant state, stops monitoring for a downlink control information comprising a resource assignment for the cell.

3 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising stopping monitoring for a downlink control information comprising a resource assignment for the cell, in response to the cell being in the dormant state.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a downlink control information comprising a field indicating to transition the cell from the dormant state to the non-dormant state; and

wherein the configuration parameters comprise a dormant BWP index, from a plurality of BWP indices, indicating a transition of the cell from the non-dormant state to the dormant state.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein

the dormant BWP is a first downlink BWP of the cell; and

the non-dormant BWP is a second downlink BWP of the cell.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters for the non-dormant BWP comprise a second BWP index, from a plurality of BWP indices, indicating a transition of the cell from the dormant state to the non-dormant state of the cell.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the configuration parameters for the dormant BWP comprise a dormant BWP index, from the plurality of BWP indices, indicating a transition of the cell from the non-dormant state to the dormant state.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the dormant BWP of the cell is not configured with a search space.

9 . A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, performs the method as claimed in claim 1 .

10 . A wireless device comprising a processor circuit and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the wireless device to perform the method of the claim 1 .

11 . A method comprising:

transmitting at least one radio resource control (RRC) message, wherein the at least one RRC message comprises configuration parameters indicating a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant bandwidth part;

activating the dormant BWP as an active BWP in response to a medium access control command indicating activation of the cell;

activating the non-dormant BWP as the active BWP in response to receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transition to an increased power level; and

activating the dormant BWP as the active BWP to place the cell in a dormant state in response to receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating a transition to a decreased power level.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the cell, in the dormant state, stops monitoring for a downlink control information comprising a resource assignment for the cell.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising stopping monitoring for a downlink control information comprising a resource assignment for the cell, in response to the cell being in the dormant state.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

transmitting a downlink control information comprising a field indicating to transition the cell from the dormant state to the non-dormant state;

wherein the configuration parameters for the dormant BWP comprise a dormant BWP index, from a plurality of BWP indices, indicating a transition of the cell from the non-dormant state to the dormant state.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the configuration parameters for the non-dormant BWP comprise a non-dormant BWP index, from a plurality of BWP indices, indicating a transition of the cell from the dormant state to the non-dormant state of the cell.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein the configuration parameters for the dormant BWP comprises a dormant BWP index, from the plurality of BWP indices, indicating a transition of the cell from the non-dormant state to the dormant state.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the dormant BWP of the cell is not configured with a search space.

18 . A computer program stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the computer program, when executed on a processor, performs the method as claimed in claim 11 .

19 . A base station comprising at least one processor and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the base station to perform the method of the claim 11 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2023
From: OFINNO LLC
To: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Reel/Frame 064478/0148 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2021
From: YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; PARK, KYUNGMIN; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; BABAEI, ALIREZA; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 058396/0377 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2020025802 · Mar 30, 2020
Provisional Application 62825684 · Mar 28, 2019
Related Publication 20210203468A1 · Jul 1, 2021
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