IP Library Granted Patent US 11,956,809
Granted Patent B2
US 11,956,809 · App. 17/280,177 · Granted Apr 9, 2024

Resource determining methods and apparatuses

Inventor: Mingju Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W72/53H04W36/06H04W72/044H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,956,809
App. No.
17/280,177
Granted
Apr 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a resource determining method. The method includes: determining a first bandwidth part (BWP) from at least one activated and idle BWP according to pre-set configuration information, wherein the first BWP belongs to a first serving cell for user equipment; and sending, on the first BWP, first indication information and second indication information to the user equipment, wherein the first indication information indicates a target serving cell in which a time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located, and the second indication information indicates a target BWP in which the time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located.

Claims (53)

1. A resource determining method, comprising:

when an activated bandwidth part (BWP) in a target serving cell for a user equipment is not idle or a bandwidth of the BWP cannot satisfy a bandwidth required for the user equipment to process data on the target serving cell, determining a first BWP from at least one activated and idle BWP according to pre-set configuration information, wherein the first BWP belongs to a first serving cell for the user equipment, and a carrier corresponding to the target serving cell belongs to an unlicensed spectrum; and

sending, on the first BWP, first indication information and second indication information to the user equipment, wherein the first indication information indicates a target serving cell in which a time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located, and wherein the second indication information indicates an activated and idle target BWP in which the time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first indication information indicates the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates the first BWP.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first indication information indicates the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates a second BWP other than the first BWP, wherein the second BWP is an inactive but idle BWP of the first serving cell.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first indication information indicates a second serving cell other than the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates a third BWP which is an activated and idle BWP of the second serving cell.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein

the first indication information indicates a second serving cell other than the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates a fourth BWP which is an inactive but idle BWP of the second serving cell.

6. The method according to claim 5 , further comprising:

prior to sending the first indication information and the second indication information on the first BWP to the user equipment, detecting whether an activated BWP of the second serving cell and an inactive BWP of the second serving cell are idle;

when the activated BWP of the second serving cell is not idle but the inactive BWP of the second serving cell is idle, sending the first indication information and the second indication information on the first BWP to the user equipment.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a carrier for the first serving cell is a licensed carrier.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a carrier for the first serving cell is an unlicensed carrier.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein determining the first BWP from at least one activated and idle BWP according to the pre-set configuration information comprises:

monitoring a channel corresponding to an activated BWP of at least one serving cell, to determine whether a BWP corresponding to an idle channel is activated and idle.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication information and the second indication information are comprised in downlink control information.

11. The method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

prior to sending the first indication information and the second indication information to the user equipment, instructing the user equipment with a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message whether the downlink control information comprises at least one of the first indication information or the second indication information.

12. A resource determining method, comprising:

when an activated bandwidth part (BWP) in a target serving cell for a user equipment is not idle or a bandwidth of the BWP cannot satisfy a bandwidth required for the user equipment to process data on the target serving cell, receiving, on a first activated and idle BWP of a first serving cell, first indication information and second indication information from a base station, wherein a carrier corresponding to the target serving cell belongs to an unlicensed spectrum;

determining, according to the first indication information, a target serving cell in which a time-frequency resource for processing data is located;

determining, according to the second indication information, an activated and idle target BWP in which the time-frequency resource for the user equipment processing data is located; and

processing data with the time-frequency resource in the target BWP of the target serving cell.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the first indication information indicates the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates the first BWP.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the first indication information indicates the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates a second BWP other than the first BWP, wherein the second BWP is an inactive but idle BWP of the first serving cell.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein processing data with the target BWP of the target serving cell comprises:

performing handover from the first BWP to the second BWP;

processing data with a time-frequency resource in the second BWP.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the first indication information indicates a second serving cell other than the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates a third BWP which is an activated and idle BWP of the second serving cell.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein

the first indication information indicates a second serving cell other than the first serving cell, and

the second indication information indicates a fourth BWP which is an inactive but idle BWP of the second serving cell.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein processing data with the target BWP in the target serving cell comprises:

performing handover from a third BWP to the fourth BWP which is an activated and idle BWP of the second serving cell;

processing data with a time-frequency resource in the fourth BWP.

19. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first indication information and the second indication information are comprised in downlink control information.

20. An electronic device, comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to implement the resource determining method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 25, 2021
From: LI, MINGJU
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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