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Granted Patent B2
US 11,431,463 · App. 16/992,920 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Minimum scheduling offset

Inventors: Peter Pui Lok Ang (San Diego, CA); Peter Gaal (San Diego, CA); Huilin Xu (San Diego, CA); Wooseok Nam (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Aamod Dinkar Khandekar (San Diego, CA); Yuanning Yu (Santa Clara, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
H04L5/0091H04W72/042H04W72/0446H04L1/1642H04L5/001H04L5/0092
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Patent No.
US 11,431,463
App. No.
16/992,920
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for wireless communication scheduling. An example method that may be performed by a user equipment (UE) includes receiving, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs); receiving, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at last one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs; determining a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value; and taking at least one action in response to the determination.

Claims (119)

1. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs);

receiving, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs, wherein the control signaling indicates to communicate with the base station via a target BWP that is different from an active BWP;

determining a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to a minimum value associated with the active BWP;

converting the minimum value associated with the active BWP to a numerology of the target BWP, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value; and

taking at least one action in response to the determination.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is determined based on a numerology of the active BWP among the plurality of BWPs.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is selected among a plurality of minimum values, each of the minimum values corresponds to one of the plurality of BWPs.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is determined to have a same numerology as the scheduling offset.

5. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs);

receiving, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs;

determining a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value;

taking at least one action in response to the determination of the value of the scheduling offset;

receiving, from the base station, additional control signaling indicating an updated minimum scheduling offset value;

determining an application delay to apply the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on at least one of an absolute time value, a number of time-domain resources, or a BWP switch delay value; and

applying the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on the application delay.

6. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs);

receiving, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs, wherein the control signaling is received on a first component carrier and indicates to communicate via a second component carrier;

determining a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured according to a numerology of an active BWP of the second component carrier;

converting a minimum value associated with the active BWP of the first component carrier to a numerology of a target BWP of the second component carrier, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value; and

taking at least one action in response to the determination.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one action comprises treating the control signaling as invalid if the value of the scheduling offset is below the minimum scheduling offset value.

8. A method of wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

determining one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs);

transmitting the one or more configurations to a user equipment (UE);

determining a minimum scheduling offset value for a scheduling offset that indicates a scheduling delay to communicate via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs;

configuring the UE with the minimum scheduling offset value, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured per BWP;

transmitting, to the UE, control signaling that indicates to communicate with the base station via a target BWP that is different from an active BWP, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to a minimum value associated with the active BWP; and

converting the minimum value associated with the active BWP to a numerology of the target BWP, the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is determined based on a numerology of the active BWP among the plurality of BWPs.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is selected among a plurality of minimum values, each of the minimum values corresponds to one of the plurality of BWPs.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is determined to have a same numerology as the scheduling offset.

12. A method of wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

determining one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs);

transmitting the one or more configurations to a user equipment (UE);

determining a minimum scheduling offset value for a scheduling offset that indicates a scheduling delay to communicate via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs;

configuring the UE with the minimum scheduling offset value;

determining an updated minimum scheduling offset value;

transmitting, to the UE, control signaling indicating an updated minimum scheduling offset value;

determining an application delay to apply the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on at least one of an absolute time value, a number of time-domain resources, or a BWP switch delay value; and

applying the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on the application delay.

13. A method of wireless communication by a base station, comprising:

determining one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs);

transmitting the one or more configurations to a user equipment (UE);

determining a minimum scheduling offset value for a scheduling offset that indicates a scheduling delay to communicate via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs;

configuring the UE with the minimum scheduling offset value;

transmitting on a first component carrier, to the UE, control signaling that indicates to communicate via a second component carrier,

wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured according to a numerology of an active BWP of the second component carrier; and

converting a minimum value associated with the active BWP of the first component carrier to a numerology of a target BWP of the second component carrier, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value.

14. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and

receive, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs, wherein the control signaling indicates to communicate with the base station via a target BWP that is different from an active BWP;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:

determine a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured per BWP,

convert a minimum value associated with the active BWP to a numerology of the target BWP, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value, and

take at least one action in response to the determination.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is selected among a plurality of minimum values, each of the minimum values corresponds to one of the plurality of BWPs.

16. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein:

the control signaling is received on a first component carrier and indicates to communicate via a second component carrier; and

the minimum scheduling offset value is configured according to a numerology of the active BWP of the second component carrier.

17. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:

determine one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and

determine a minimum scheduling offset value for a scheduling offset that indicates a scheduling delay to communicate via at least one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs; and

a transmitter configured to:

transmit the one or more configurations and the minimum scheduling offset value to a user equipment (UE), and

transmit, to the UE, control signaling that indicates to communicate with the apparatus via a target BWP that is different from an active BWP, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured per BWP, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to a minimum value associated with the active BWP; and

wherein the processor is further configured to convert the minimum value associated with the active BWP to a numerology of the target BWP, the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is selected among a plurality of minimum values, each of the minimum values corresponds to one of the plurality of BWPs.

19. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein:

the control signaling indicates to communicate via a second component carrier; and

wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured according to a numerology of the active BWP of the second component carrier.

20. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and

receive, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at last one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:

determine a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value, and

take at least one action in response to the determination of the value of the scheduling offset;

wherein the receiver is further configured to receive, from the base station, additional control signaling indicating an updated minimum scheduling offset value; and

wherein the processor and the memory are further configured to:

determine an application delay to apply the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on at least one of an absolute time value, a number of time-domain resources, or a BWP switch delay value, and

apply the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on the application delay.

21. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a receiver configured to:

receive, from a base station, one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and

receive, from the base station, control signaling indicating a scheduling offset to communicate with the base station via at last one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs, wherein the control signaling is received on a first component carrier and indicates to communicate via a second component carrier;

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:

determine a value of the scheduling offset based at least in part on a minimum scheduling offset value,

convert a minimum value associated with the active BWP of the first component carrier to a numerology of a target BWP of the second component carrier, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value, and

take at least one action in response to the determination.

22. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:

determine one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and

determine a minimum scheduling offset value for a scheduling offset that indicates a scheduling delay to communicate via at last one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs; and

a transmitter configured to:

transmit the one or more configurations and the minimum scheduling offset value to a user equipment (UE), and

transmit, to the UE, control signaling indicating an updated minimum scheduling offset value;

wherein the processor and the memory are further configured to:

determine an application delay to apply the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on at least one of an absolute time value, a number of time-domain resources, or a BWP switch delay value, and

apply the updated minimum scheduling offset value based on the application delay.

23. An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising:

a memory;

a processor coupled to the memory, the processor and the memory configured to:

determine one or more configurations indicating wireless communication resources including at least one of a plurality of bandwidth parts (BWP) or a plurality of component carriers (CCs), and

determine a minimum scheduling offset value for a scheduling offset that indicates a scheduling delay to communicate via at last one of the BWPs within at least one of the CCs; and

a transmitter configured to:

transmit the one or more configurations and the minimum scheduling offset value to a user equipment (UE),

transmitting on a first component carrier, to the UE, control signaling that indicates to communicate via a second component carrier,

wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is configured according to a numerology of an active BWP of the second component carrier,

wherein the processor and the memory are further configured to convert a minimum value associated with the active BWP of the first component carrier to a numerology of a target BWP of the second component carrier, wherein the minimum scheduling offset value is set according to the converted minimum value.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2021
From: ANG, PETER PUI LOK; GAAL, PETER; XU, HUILIN; NAM, WOOSEOK; ABDELGHAFFAR, MUHAMMAD SAYED KHAIRY; KHANDEKAR, AAMOD DINKAR; YU, YUANNING
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62888269 · Aug 16, 2019
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