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US 12,396,005 · App. 18/210,774 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Configured grant processes for wireless devices

Inventors: Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Alireza Babaei (Fairfax, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Nazanin Rastegardoost (McLean, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA); Youngwoo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Kyungmin Park (Vienna, VA); Bing Hui (Nanjing, CN)
Assignee: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
H04W72/23H04L5/0092H04L5/0098H04W74/0808H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 12,396,005
App. No.
18/210,774
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device receives downlink control information (DCI) comprising one or more fields set to one or more values. The wireless device validates, based on the one or more values, the DCI as an activation or a release of a configured grant of a bandwidth part (BWP) of BWPs of a cell. The wireless device transmits, based on validating the DCI, a confirmation of receiving the DCI, wherein the confirmation comprises an identifier of the BWP and an identifier of a sub-band of a plurality of sub-bands of the BWP.

Claims (37)

1. A method comprising:

receiving downlink control information (DCI) comprising one or more fields set to one or more values;

validating, based on the one or more values, the DCI as an activation or a release of a configured grant of a bandwidth part (BWP) of BWPs of a cell; and

transmitting, based on validating the DCI, a confirmation of the receiving the DCI, wherein the confirmation comprises:

an identifier of the BWP; and

an identifier of a sub-band of a plurality of sub-bands of the BWP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configured grant is for the sub-band of the BWP.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the sub-band is a listen-before-talk sub-band.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation further comprises an identifier of the cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation further comprises an identifier of the configured grant.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation is a medium-access control control element (MAC CE).

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the confirmation further comprises a bitmap, wherein one or more bits of the bitmap correspond to one or both of the identifier of the BWP and the identifier of the sub-band.

8. A wireless device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory coupled to the one or more processors and configured to store instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

receive downlink control information (DCI) comprising one or more fields set to one or more values;

validate, based on the one or more values, the DCI as an activation or a release of a configured grant of a bandwidth part (BWP) of BWPs of a cell; and

transmit, based on validating the DCI, a confirmation of receiving the DCI, wherein the confirmation comprises:

an identifier of the BWP; and

an identifier of a sub-band of a plurality of sub-bands of the BWP.

9. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the configured grant is for the sub-band of the BWP.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the sub-band is a listen-before-talk sub-band.

11. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the confirmation further comprises an identifier of the cell.

12. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the confirmation further comprises an identifier of the configured grant.

13. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the confirmation is a medium-access control control element (MAC CE).

14. The wireless device of claim 8 , wherein the confirmation further comprises one or more bits of a bitmap corresponding to one or both of the identifier of the BWP and the identifier of the sub-band.

15. 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 downlink control information (DCI) comprising one or more fields set to one or more values;

validate, based on the one or more values, the DCI as an activation or a release of a configured grant of a bandwidth part (BWP) of BWPs of a cell; and

transmit, based on validating the DCI, a confirmation of receiving the DCI, wherein the confirmation comprises:

an identifier of the BWP; and

an identifier of a sub-band of a plurality of sub-bands of the BWP.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the configured grant is for the sub-band of the BWP.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the sub-band is a listen-before-talk sub-band.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the confirmation further comprises an identifier of the cell.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the confirmation further comprises an identifier of the configured grant.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the confirmation is a medium-access control control element (MAC CE).

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 4, 2023
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: HONOR DEVICE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065749/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2023
From: CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; BABAEI, ALIREZA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; ZHOU, HUA; YI, YUNJUNG; XU, KAI; KWAK, YOUNGWOO; PARK, KYUNGMIN; HUI, BING; RASTEGARDOOST, NAZANIN
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 064046/0636 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16827006 · Mar 23, 2020
Provisional Application 62825314 · Mar 28, 2019
Related Publication 20230337247A1 · Oct 19, 2023
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