IP Library Granted Patent US 12,218,885
Granted Patent B2
US 12,218,885 · App. 18/502,504 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

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 12,218,885
App. No.
18/502,504
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device comprising switches to a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP) as an active BWP during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time. The wireless device, in response to switching to the first downlink BWP, starts a BWP inactivity timer of the first downlink BWP. The wireless device transmits a packet via a transmission interval of periodic resources indicated by a configured grant. The wireless device restarts the BWP inactivity timer at a time based on the transmission interval. The wireless device, in response to an expiration of the BWP inactivity timer, switches to a second downlink BWP as the active BWP during the DRX active time. The wireless device receives a DCI via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the second downlink BWP.

Claims (40)

1. A method comprising:

switching, by a wireless device, to a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP) as an active BWP during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time;

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

transmitting 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;

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

receiving a downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the second downlink BWP.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from a base station, 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 2 , wherein switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP comprises deactivating the first uplink BWP, and wherein the method further comprises deactivating the configured grant of the first uplink BWP in response to deactivating the first uplink BWP.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from a base station, 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.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from a base station, at least one message indicating a timer value of the BWP inactivity timer.

7. 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.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising stopping monitoring of the PDCCH of the active BWP after an end of the DRX active time, wherein the end of the DRX active time is based on an expiration of a DRX inactivity timer.

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

10. 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, being running.

11. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

switch to a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP) as an active BWP during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time;

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

transmit 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;

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

receive a downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the second downlink BWP.

12. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from a base station, 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 wireless device 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 wireless device of claim 12 , wherein switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP comprises deactivating the first uplink BWP.

15. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from a base station, 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.

16. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from a base station, at least one message indicating a timer value of the BWP inactivity timer.

17. The wireless device 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.

18. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to stop monitoring the PDCCH of the active BWP after an end of the DRX active time, wherein the end of the DRX active time is based on an expiration of a DRX inactivity timer.

19. The wireless device of claim 11 , wherein switching to the second downlink BWP as the active BWP comprises deactivating the first downlink BWP.

20. 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:

switch to a first downlink bandwidth part (BWP) as an active BWP during a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time;

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

transmit 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;

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

receive a downlink control information (DCI) via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the second downlink BWP.

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 Dec 6, 2023
From: JEON, HYOUNGSUK; DINAN, ESMAEL; ZHOU, HUA; BABAEI, ALIREZA; PARK, KYUNGMIN; CIRIK, ALI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065784/0559 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17830077 · Jun 1, 2022
Continuation 16857669 · Apr 24, 2020
Continuation PCTUS2018058395 · Oct 31, 2018
Provisional Application 62577800 · Oct 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62577542 · Oct 26, 2017
Related Publication 20240072979A1 · Feb 29, 2024
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