Granted Patent B2

US 12,593,361 · App. 18/218,013 · Granted Mar 31, 2026

Inventors: Qi Jiang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC

H04W76/10H04W8/24H04W72/1263

Abstract

Claims (46)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive a first information block,

determine, based on the first information block, determine a first set of first-type cell sets, and

receive a first signaling comprising a first field and a second field,

determine, based on the first signaling, a first cell set out of the first set of first-type cell sets, wherein the first cell set comprises a plurality of serving cells,

determine, based on the first field, a starting serving cell from the first cell set and a number of serving cells in a second cell set,

determine the second cell set based on the starting serving cell and the number of serving cells in the second cell set, wherein each serving cell in the second cell set belongs to the first cell, and wherein the first cell set and the second cell set respectively correspond to schedulings of links in different directions, and

determine, based on the second field, a direction of a link scheduled by the first signaling.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first field is indicative of a first indication value that is linear with an index of the starting serving cell in the first cell set, and wherein the number of serving cells in a second cell set is not greater than a first threshold, and wherein the first threshold is equal to a parameter value of a capability report of the UE, or the first threshold is configurable.

3 . The UE according to claim 2 , wherein a number of serving cells comprised in a given first-type cell set among the first set of first-type cell sets is not less than a number of serving cells comprised in any first-type cell set among the first set of first-type cell sets, and wherein the given first-type cell set comprises a set of serving cells and wherein the first threshold is related to a value of a number of sets of serving cells in the given first-type cell set or is related to a value of a number of first-type cell sets in the first set of first-type cell sets.

4 . The UE according to claim 3 , wherein the first field comprised in the first signaling occupies X1 bits, where X1 is a positive integer greater than 1, and a value of X1 is related to the first threshold.

5 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first cell set comprises W1 serving cells, and wherein the W1 serving cells are sorted in an order according to cell identifiers, and wherein the second cell set comprises W2 serving cells of the W1 serving cells, and wherein where the starting serving cell is a first one of the W2 serving cells, and wherein the number of serving cells in a second cell set is equal to a value of W2, and wherein W2 is a positive integer no greater than W1.

6 . The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the W2 serving cells are consecutive among the W1 serving cells.

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a first signal, wherein the first cell set corresponds to scheduling for downlink and the second cell set corresponds to scheduling for uplink, and wherein the second cell set comprises W2 serving cells, W2 being a positive integer greater than 1, and wherein the first signal comprises W2 first sub-signals, the W2 first sub-signals respectively occupying W2 frequency-domain resource sets corresponding to the W2 serving cells.

8 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first cell set and the second cell set both correspond to a second indication value, the second indication value being a non-negative integer, and wherein the second indication value is used to determine at least one Control Channel Element (CCE) occupied by the first signaling, the first signaling determining the second indication value.

9 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a second information block, wherein the second information block is indicative of a capability parameter set of a transmitter of the second information block, the capability parameter set of the transmitter of the second information block at least comprising a first parameter and a second parameter, and wherein the first parameter is used to indicate a number of downlink serving cells simultaneously scheduled by a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) that are supported by the transmitter of the second information block, and the second parameter is used to indicate a number of uplink serving cells simultaneously scheduled by a PDCCH that are supported by the transmitter of the second information block.

10 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein any serving cell comprised in the second cell set is used for uplink scheduling, while any serving cell comprised in the first cell set is used for downlink scheduling.

11 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first field comprised in the first signaling is used for scheduling one serving cell or multiple serving cells simultaneously.

12 . A base station for wireless communications, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a first information block, wherein the first information block is used to determine a set of first-type cell sets,

transmit a first signaling,

wherein the first signaling comprises a first field used to determine a first indication value corresponding to a starting serving cell and a first quantity value, and wherein the starting serving cell is a serving cell comprised in the first cell set and a second cell set, and wherein any serving cell comprised in the second cell set belongs to the first cell set, with a number of serving cells comprised in the second cell set being equal to the first quantity value, and

wherein the first signaling is used to determine a first cell set out of the first set of first-type cell sets, and wherein the first cell set comprises a plurality of serving cells,

wherein the first cell set and the second cell set respectively correspond to schedulings of links in different directions, and wherein a second field comprised in the first signaling is used to determine a direction of a link scheduled by the first signaling.

13 . The base station according to claim 12 , wherein that the first indication value is linear with an index of the starting serving cell in the first cell set, and wherein the first quantity value is no greater than a first threshold, and wherein the first threshold is equal to a parameter value of a capability report of the US, or the first threshold is configurable.

14 . The base station according to claim 13 , characterized in that a number of serving cells comprised in a given first-type cell set among the first set of first-type cell sets is no less than a number of serving cells comprised in any given first-type cell set among the first set of first-type cell sets, and wherein the given first-type cell set comprises P serving cells, and wherein the first threshold is related to a value of P or is related to a value of M1.

15 . The base station according to claim 14 , wherein the first field comprised in the first signaling occupies X1 bits, where X1 is a positive integer greater than 1, and a value of X1 is related to the first threshold.

16 . The base station according to claim 12 , wherein the first cell set comprises W1 serving cells, and the W1 serving cells are sorted in an order according to cell identifiers, and wherein the second cell set comprises W2 serving cells of the W1 serving cells, where the starting serving cell is a first one of the W2 serving cells, and the first quantity value is equal to a value of W2, and wherein W2 is a positive integer no greater than W1.

17 . The base station according to claim 16 , wherein the W2 serving cells are consecutive among the W1 serving cells.

18 . The base station according to claim 12 , wherein the ransceiver and the processor are further configured to:

receive a first signal, wherein the first cell set corresponds to scheduling for downlink and the second cell set corresponds to scheduling for uplink, and wherein the second cell set comprises W2 serving cells and wherein the first signal comprises W2 first sub-signals, and wherein the W2 first sub-signals respectively occupying W2 frequency-domain resource sets corresponding to the W2 serving cells.

19 . The base station according to claim 12 , wherein the first cell set and the second cell set both correspond to a second indication value, the second indication value being a non-negative integer, and wherein the second indication value is used to determine at least one CCE occupied by the first signaling, the first signaling determining the second indication value.

20 . A method in a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving a first information block;

determining, based on the first information block, a first set of first-type cell sets; and

receiving a first signaling comprising a first field and a second field;

determining, based on the first signaling, a first cell set out of the first set of first-type cell sets, wherein the first cell set comprises a plurality of serving cells;

determining, based on the first field, a starting serving cell from the first cell set and a number of serving cells in a second cell set;

determining the second cell set based on the starting serving cell and the number of serving cells in the second cell set, wherein each serving cell in the second cell set belongs to the first cell, and wherein the first cell set and the second cell set respectively correspond to schedulings of links in different directions; and

determining, based on the second field, a direction of a link scheduled by the first signaling.

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