IP Library Granted Patent US 12,557,092
Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,092 · App. 17/694,350 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Data scheduling in high frequency

Inventors: Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Jonghyun Park (Syosset, NY); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/1263H04L27/26025H04W24/08H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,557,092
App. No.
17/694,350
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive one or more configuration parameters, of a cell, for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring. The one or more configuration parameters may indicate a time duration of a span of one or more symbols for the PDCCH monitoring, and a time gap between two consecutive spans. The wireless device may determine a buffering time offset, for buffering data scheduled by a PDCCH transmission, based on the time gap and a subcarrier spacing of the cell. The wireless device may receive, in a first radio resource, downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a transport block (TB) in a second radio resource. The wireless device may drop the TB in response to a duration, in time, between the first radio resource and the second radio resource being less than, or equal to, the buffering time offset.

Claims (54)

1 . 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:

transmit a wireless device capability message indicating that the wireless device supports a maximum number of downlink control information (DCIs) per a span, wherein the span comprises one or more consecutive symbols for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a slot;

receive one or more configuration parameters, of a cell, for PDCCH monitoring indicating:

a time duration of the span comprising the one or more consecutive symbols for the PDCCH monitoring; and

a time gap between starting symbols of two consecutive spans;

determine a buffering time offset, for buffering data scheduled by a PDCCH transmission, based on the time gap between starting symbols of two consecutive spans, a subcarrier spacing of the cell, the maximum number of DCIs per span;

receive, in a first radio resource, a DCI scheduling a transport block (TB) in a second radio resource; and

drop the TB in response to a duration, in time, between the first radio resource and the second radio resource being less than, or equal to, the buffering time offset.

2 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein dropping the TB further comprises skipping buffering the TB.

3 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to:

receive, in a third radio resource, a second DCI scheduling a second TB in a fourth radio resource; and

determine to buffer the second TB in response to a second duration, in time, between the third radio resource and the fourth radio resource being greater than the buffering time offset.

4 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the DCI indicates the duration between the first radio resource and the second radio resource.

5 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first radio resource is a first slot; and

the second radio resource is a second slot.

6 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the buffering time offset is greater than one slot based on the subcarrier spacing of the cell.

7 . The wireless device of claim 1 , when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to determine a processing time of the DCI based on the time gap and the time duration.

8 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the one or more consecutive symbols of the span comprise one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions of one or more search spaces of a control resource set (CORESET) of an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the cell.

9 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to transmit, to a base station, a negative acknowledgement in response to dropping the TB.

10 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the wireless device to determine a processing time of the DCI based on the time gap and the time duration.

11 . A method comprising:

transmitting, by a wireless device, a wireless device capability message indicating that the wireless device supports a maximum number of downlink control information (DCIs) per a span, wherein the span comprises one or more consecutive symbols for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a slot;

receiving one or more configuration parameters, of a cell, for PDCCH monitoring indicating:

a time duration of the span comprising the one or more consecutive symbols for the PDCCH monitoring; and

a time gap between starting symbols of two consecutive spans;

determining a buffering time offset, for buffering data scheduled by a PDCCH transmission, based on the time gap between starting symbols of two consecutive spans, a subcarrier spacing of the cell, and the maximum number of DCIs per span;

receiving, in a first radio resource, a DCI scheduling a transport block (TB) in a second radio resource; and

dropping the TB in response to a duration, in time, between the first radio resource and the second radio resource being less than, or equal to, the buffering time offset.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein dropping the TB further comprises skipping buffering the TB.

13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising transmitting, to a base station, a negative acknowledgement in response to dropping the TB.

14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising:

receiving, in a third radio resource, a second DCI scheduling a second TB in a fourth radio resource; and

determining to buffer the second TB in response to a second duration, in time, between the third radio resource and the fourth radio resource being greater than the buffering time offset.

15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the DCI indicates the duration between the first radio resource and the second radio resource.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the first radio resource is a first slot; and

the second radio resource is a second slot.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the buffering time offset is greater than one slot based on the subcarrier spacing of the cell.

18 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising determining a processing time of the DCI based on the time gap and the time duration.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the one or more consecutive symbols of the span comprise one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions of one or more search spaces of a control resource set (CORESET) of an active bandwidth part (BWP) of the cell.

20 . A system comprising:

a base station comprising one or more first processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more first processors, cause the base station to:

transmit one or more configuration parameters, of a cell, for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring indicating:

a time duration of a span, wherein the span comprises one or more consecutive symbols for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in a slot; and

a time gap between starting symbols of two consecutive spans; and

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

transmit a wireless device capability message indicating that the wireless device supports a maximum number of downlink control information (DCIs) per the span comprising the one or more consecutive symbols for PDCCH monitoring;

receive, from the base station, the one or more configuration parameters;

determine a buffering time offset, for buffering data scheduled by a PDCCH transmission, based on the time gap between starting symbols of two consecutive spans, a subcarrier spacing of the cell, and the maximum number of DCIs per span;

receive, in a first radio resource, a DCI scheduling a transport block (TB) in a second radio resource; and

drop the TB in response to a duration, in time, between the first radio resource and the second radio resource being less than, or equal to, the buffering time offset.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 14, 2022
From: YI, YUNJUNG; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; PARK, JONGHYUN; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63162798 · Mar 18, 2021
Related Publication 20220304015A1 · Sep 22, 2022
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