IP Library Granted Patent US 11,570,643
Granted Patent B2
US 11,570,643 · App. 17/711,290 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Method for operating bandwidth part

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W24/08H04W72/042H04W72/044H04W72/085
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Patent No.
US 11,570,643
App. No.
17/711,290
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a method by which a terminal, in which a primary cell and a secondary cell are set, activate a bandwidth part (BWP) in a wireless communication system, comprising: receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network, the DCI notifying the terminal of the separation of the secondary cell from the dormant BWP; and activating a specific BWP of the secondary cell on the basis of the DCI, the specific BWP being a BWP set by upper layer signaling received through the terminal.

Claims (31)

1. A method for activating a bandwidth part (BWP) performed by a user equipment (UE) for which a primary cell and a secondary cell are configured in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

entering a second BWP, which is a dormant BWP of the secondary cell, from a first BWP of the secondary cell,

wherein the dormant BWP is activated based on a first downlink control information (DCI) received from a network;

transmitting channel state information (CSI) for the dormant BWP of the secondary cell;

receiving, from the network, second DCI informing the UE of a leaving from the dormant BWP for the secondary cell; and

activating a third BWP of the secondary cell based on the second DCI,

wherein the third BWP, which is activated after receiving the second DCI, is configured based on a first higher layer signaling.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE does not perform physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring or does not receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the dormant BWP.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second DCI is transmitted to the UE through the primary cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein an active BWP of the UE before receiving the second DCI is the dormant BWP.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dormant BWP is a BWP configured based on a second higher layer signaling.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a field length of a field indicating the leaving from the dormant BWP in the second DCI is 1 bit.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a maximum number of BWPs configurable for the secondary cell for the UE is four.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the dormant BWP is a BWP included in the maximum number of BWPs.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the dormant BWP is a BWP that is not included in the maximum number of BWPs.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE receives a PDSCH or a PDCCH on the third BWP.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE transmits feedback information for the second DCI to the network after the leaving.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the second DCI does not include PDSCH scheduling information associated with the second DCI.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second DCI informs the UE of the leaving from the dormant BWP in units of a secondary cell group.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the primary cell is a cell in which the UE performs an initial connection establishment procedure or a connection re-establishment procedure, and the secondary cell is a cell in which additional radio resources are provided to the UE.

15. A user equipment (UE) for which a primary cell and a secondary cell are configured, the UE comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors coupling the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers,

wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

enter a second BWP, which is a dormant BWP of the secondary cell, from a first BWP of the secondary cell,

wherein the dormant BWP is activated based on a first downlink control information (DCI) received from a network;

transmit channel state information (CSI) for the dormant BWP of the secondary cell,

receive, from the network, second DCI informing the UE of a leaving from the dormant BWP for the secondary cell; and

activate a third BWP of the secondary cell based on the second DCI,

wherein the third BWP, which is activated after receiving the second DCI, is configured based on a first higher layer signaling.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2022
From: SEO, INKWON; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, SEONWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0129262 · Oct 17, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0141020 · Nov 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTKR2020011442 · Aug 27, 2020
Provisional Application 62932598 · Nov 8, 2019
Related Publication 20220225140A1 · Jul 14, 2022
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