IP Library Granted Patent US 12,549,219
Granted Patent B2
US 12,549,219 · App. 18/125,023 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Frequency hopping operation for new radio

Inventors: Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04B1/713H04B1/7143H04W72/23H04W76/38
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,549,219
App. No.
18/125,023
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device may receive configuration parameters indicating a hopping pattern of bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a cell. The wireless device may start a BWP inactivity timer in response to activating a first BWP of the cell. In response to activating the hopping pattern, the wireless device may stop the BWP inactivity timer or it may deactivate the first BWP.

Claims (57)

1 . A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

receive, from a base station, configuration parameters indicating a hopping pattern of bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a cell;

start a BWP inactivity timer in response to activating a first BWP of the cell;

restart the BWP inactivity timer in response to receiving a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink assignment or uplink grant for the first BWP;

in response to activating the hopping pattern, stopping the BWP inactivity timer; and

in response to deactivating the hopping pattern, restarting the BWP inactivity timer.

2 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate the hopping pattern, of the BWPs, across time slots.

3 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate a plurality of BWPs of the cell comprising a BWP set, wherein the hopping pattern is on the BWP set.

4 . The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to determine to activate the hopping pattern for the BWP set.

5 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to, after deactivating the hopping pattern, switch from the first BWP to a default BWP in response to the BWP inactivity timer expiring.

6 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to:

receive an indication to activate the hopping pattern, wherein the indication is received via one of:

the downlink control information;

a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE); or

a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

activate the hopping pattern in response to receiving the indication.

7 . The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to determine to activate the hopping pattern based on a periodicity of the hopping pattern.

8 . The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate:

the periodicity of the hopping pattern; and

a hopping timer.

9 . The wireless device of claim 7 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to determine to activate the hopping pattern based on measuring a value of a channel parameter to be at least one of:

below a first threshold; or

above a second threshold.

10 . A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

transmit, to a wireless device, configuration parameters indicating a hopping pattern of bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a cell;

start a BWP inactivity timer, for the wireless device, in response to activating a first BWP of the cell for the wireless device;

restart the BWP inactivity timer in response to transmitting a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink assignment or uplink grant for the first BWP;

in response to activating the hopping pattern, stopping the BWP inactivity timer; and

in response to deactivating the hopping pattern, restarting the BWP inactivity timer.

11 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate the hopping pattern, of the BWPs, across time slots.

12 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate a plurality of BWPs of the cell comprising a BWP set, wherein the hopping pattern is on the BWP set.

13 . The base station of claim 12 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to determine to activate the hopping pattern for the BWP set.

14 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to, after deactivating the hopping pattern, switch from the first BWP to a default BWP in response to the BWP inactivity timer expiring.

15 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to:

transmit an indication to activate the hopping pattern, wherein the indication is transmitted via one of:

the downlink control information;

a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE); or

a radio resource control (RRC) message; and

activate the hopping pattern in response to transmitting the indication.

16 . The base station of claim 10 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to determine to activate the hopping pattern based on a periodicity of the hopping pattern.

17 . The base station of claim 16 , wherein the configuration parameters further indicate:

the periodicity of the hopping pattern; and

a hopping timer.

18 . The base station of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to determine to activate the hopping pattern based on measuring a value of a channel parameter to be at least one of:

below a first threshold; or

above a second threshold.

19 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

receive, from a base station, configuration parameters indicating a hopping pattern of bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a cell;

start a BWP inactivity timer in response to activating a first BWP of the cell;

restart the BWP inactivity timer in response to receiving a downlink control information (DCI) scheduling a downlink assignment or uplink grant for the first BWP;

in response to activating the hopping pattern, stopping the BWP inactivity timer; and

in response to deactivating the hopping pattern, restarting the BWP inactivity timer.

20 . The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein the configuration parameters indicate the hopping pattern, of the BWPs, across time slots.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2023
From: RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; YI, YUNJUNG; ZHOU, HUA; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 063636/0186 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTUS2021052666 · Sep 29, 2021
Provisional Application 63084807 · Sep 29, 2020
Related Publication 20230223985A1 · Jul 13, 2023
References Cited (40)
US 10574419B2 · Chatterjee et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20150131579A1 · Li · 2015 [cited by examiner]
US 20160295345A1 · Oh · 2016 [cited by applicant]
US 20190053211A1 · Ying · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20190109732A1 · Choi · 2019 [cited by examiner]
US 20190132109A1 · Zhou et al. · 2019 [cited by applicant]
US 20200145169A1 · Zhou et al. · 2020 [cited by applicant]
US 20200259601A1 · Zhou · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20200314885A1 · Cirik · 2020 [cited by examiner]
US 20210051673A1 · Chae · 2021 [cited by examiner]
US 20210075579A1 · Liu et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
CN 111406378A · 2020 [cited by applicant]
EP 3462795A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
EP 3531566A1 · 2019 [cited by applicant]
WO 2020033785A1 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 36.331 V15.4.0 (Dec. 2018); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Radio Resource Co… [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 38.211 V16.2.0 (Jun. 2020); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Physical channels and modulation; (Release 16). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 38.212 V16.2.0 (Jun. 2020); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Multiplexing and channel coding; (Release 16). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 38.213 V16.2.0 (Jun. 2020); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Physical layer procedures for control; (Release 16). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 38.214 V16.2.0 (Jun. 2020); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Physical layer procedures for data; (Release 16). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 38.321 V16.1.0 (Jul. 2020); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Medium Access Control (MAC) protocol specification; (Release 16). [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 38.331 V16.1.0 (Jul. 2020); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; NR; Radio Resource Control (RRC) protocol specification; (Release 16). [cited by applicant]
R1-2005234; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda Item: 8.6.1; Source: Ericsson; Title: Potential UE complexity reduction features for RedCap; Document for: Discussion and Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2005236; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #102e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda Item: 8.6.3; Source: Ericsson; Title: Coverage recovery and capacity impact for RedCap; Document for: Discussion and Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2005271; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #102-e; E-meeting, Aug. 17-Aug. 28, 2020; Agenda Item: 8.6.3; Source: Huawei, HiSilicon; Title: Functionality for coverage recovery; Document for: Discussion and Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2005385; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 #102; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Source: vivo, Guangdong Genius, GDCNI; Title: Discussion on functionality for coverage recovery; Agenda Item: 8.6.3; Document for: Discussion and Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2005474; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1#102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Title: Potential UE complexity reduction features; Source: ZTE; Agenda item: 8.3.1; Document for: Discussion and decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2006406; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #102-e; E-meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda Item: 8.6.4; Source: Huawei, HiSilicon; Title: Framework and principles for reduced capability devices; Document for: Discussion and Decis… [cited by applicant]
R1-2006542; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda item: 8.6.1; Source: Quectel; Title: On Impacts of UE Bandwidth Reduction; Document for: Discussion and Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2006630; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-Aug. 28, 2020; Agenda item: 8.6.3 Coverage recovery and capacity impact; Title: On coverage recovery for reduced capability UEs; Source: Convida Wireless; Document… [cited by applicant]
R1-2006811; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #102; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-Aug. 28, 2020; Agenda item: 8.6.1; Source: Qualcomm Incorporated; Title: UE Complexity Reduction for NR RedCap Devices; Document for: Discussion/Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2006813; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda item: 8.6.3; Source: Qualcomm Incorporated; Title: Coverage Recovery for RedCap Devices; Document for: Discussion/Decision. [cited by applicant]
R1-2007312; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda item: 8.6.3; Source: Moderator (Qualcomm Inc.); Title: FL summary #3 on Coverage Recovery and Capacity Impact for NR RedCap; Document for: Discuss… [cited by applicant]
R1-2007331; 3GPP TSG-RAN WG1 Meeting #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Agenda Item:8.6.1; Title: FL summary #5 for Potential UE complexity reduction features for RedCap; Source: Moderator (Ericsson); Document for: Di… [cited by applicant]
3GPP TS 36.211 V15.4.0 (Dec. 2018); Technical Specification; 3rd Generation Partnership Project; Technical Specification Group Radio Access Network; Evolved Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (E-UTRA); Physical channels… [cited by applicant]
3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #102-e; e-Meeting, Aug. 17-28, 2020; Title: RAN1 Chairman's Notes. [cited by applicant]
3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #101-e; e-Meeting, May 25-Jun. 5, 2020; Title: RAN1 Chairman's Notes. [cited by applicant]
MEHARI; Frequency Hopping in LTE Uplink; Mar. 2009; Blekinge Institute of Technology; MEE09:23; Ericsson. [cited by applicant]
International Search Report and Written Opinion of the International Searching authority mailed Mar. 22, 2022, in International Application No. PCT/US2021/052666. [cited by applicant]
R1-1804643; 3GPP TSG RAN WG1 Meeting #92bis; Sanya, China, Apr. 16-20, 2018; Source: Panasonic; Title: On support of faster inter-bandwidth part hopping for increased reliability; Agenda Item: 7.2.5; Document for: Discu… [cited by applicant]