IP Library Granted Patent US 11,811,706
Granted Patent B2
US 11,811,706 · App. 17/830,077 · Granted Nov 7, 2023

Bandwidth part inactivity timer

Inventors: Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04L5/0092H04B7/0626H04B17/318H04L5/0051H04L5/0094H04L5/0098H04L27/2607H04W24/08H04W72/23H04W76/27H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 11,811,706
App. No.
17/830,077
Granted
Nov 7, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station may transmit, to a wireless device, first downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of an active bandwidth part (BWP), of the wireless device, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time. The base station may switch to a first downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time. The base station may start, in response to the switching, a BWP inactivity timer of the first downlink BWP. The base station may transmit a second DCI via a PDCCH of the first downlink BWP. The base station may receive a packet via a transmission interval of periodic resources indicated by a configured grant. The base station may restart the BWP inactivity timer at a time based on the transmission interval. The base station may switch, in response to an expiration of the BWP inactivity timer, to a second downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time. The base station may transmit a third DCI via a PDCCH of the second downlink BWP.

Claims (48)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, a first downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of an active bandwidth part (BWP), of the wireless device, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time;

switching to a first downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time;

starting, in response to the switching, a BWP inactivity timer of the first downlink BWP;

transmitting a second DCI via a PDCCH of the first downlink BWP;

receiving a packet via a transmission interval of periodic resources indicated by a configured grant;

restarting the BWP inactivity timer at a time based on the transmission interval;

switching, in response to an expiration of the BWP inactivity timer, to a second downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time; and

transmitting a third DCI via a PDCCH of the second downlink BWP.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the wireless device, at least one message indicating the periodic resources of the configured grant, wherein the configured grant is configured in a first uplink BWP that is paired with the first downlink BWP.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the at least one message further indicates:

a first number of first contiguous physical radio resource blocks of the first uplink BWP; and

a first offset of a first physical radio resource block of the first contiguous physical radio resource blocks.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the wireless device, at least one message indicating:

a first subcarrier spacing and a first cyclic prefix of the first downlink BWP; and

a second subcarrier spacing and a second cyclic prefix of the second downlink BWP.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting, to the wireless device, at least one message indicating a timer value of the BWP inactivity timer.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second downlink BWP is a default BWP, and a bandwidth of the second downlink BWP is smaller than a bandwidth of the first downlink BWP.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP comprises deactivating the first downlink BWP.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP comprises deactivating a first uplink BWP, and wherein the method further comprises deactivating a configured grant of the first uplink BWP in response to deactivating the first uplink BWP.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink BWP is maintained as the active BWP based on the BWP inactivity timer, of the first downlink BWP, running.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configured grant is one of a Type 1 configured grant or a Type 2 configured grant.

11. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

transmit, to a wireless device, a first downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of an active bandwidth part (BWP), of the wireless device, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time;

switch to a first downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time;

start, in response to the switching, a BWP inactivity timer of the first downlink BWP;

transmit a second DCI via a PDCCH of the first downlink BWP;

receive a packet via a transmission interval of periodic resources indicated by a configured grant;

restart the BWP inactivity timer at a time based on the transmission interval;

switch, in response to an expiration of the BWP inactivity timer, to a second downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time; and

transmit a third DCI via a PDCCH of the second downlink BWP.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device, at least one message indicating the periodic resources of the configured grant, wherein the configured grant is configured in a first uplink BWP that is paired with the first downlink BWP.

13. The base station of claim 12 , wherein the at least one message further indicates:

a first number of first contiguous physical radio resource blocks of the first uplink BWP; and

a first offset of a first physical radio resource block of the first contiguous physical radio resource blocks.

14. The base station of claim 11 , further comprising wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device, at least one message indicating:

a first subcarrier spacing and a first cyclic prefix of the first downlink BWP; and

a second subcarrier spacing and a second cyclic prefix of the second downlink BWP.

15. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device, at least one message indicating a timer value of the BWP inactivity timer.

16. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the second downlink BWP is a default BWP, and a bandwidth of the second downlink BWP is smaller than a bandwidth of the first downlink BWP.

17. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to deactivate the first downlink BWP when switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP.

18. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

deactivate a first uplink BWP when switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP; and

deactivate a configured grant of the first uplink BWP in response to deactivating the first uplink BWP.

19. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the first downlink BWP is maintained as the active BWP based on the BWP inactivity timer, of the first downlink BWP, running.

20. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the configured grant is one of a Type 1 configured grant or a Type 2 configured grant.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: BLOOMSBURY DESIGN LABS LLC
Reel/Frame 072764/0532 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 8, 2022
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA; PARK, KYUNGMIN; CIRIK, ALI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 060460/0015 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16857669 · Apr 24, 2020
Continuation PCTUS2018058395 · Oct 31, 2018
Provisional Application 62577800 · Oct 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62577542 · Oct 26, 2017
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