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US 11,503,645 · App. 16/697,878 · Granted Nov 15, 2022

Method and apparatus for performing communication in wireless communication system

Inventors: Anil Agiwal (Suwon-si, KR); Jaehyuk Jang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W74/0833H04L5/0092H04W28/0278H04W72/1268H04W72/14H04W80/02
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Patent No.
US 11,503,645
App. No.
16/697,878
Granted
Nov 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for performing communication in a wireless communication system are provided. The method, performed by a user equipment (UE), of performing the communication in the wireless communication system, according to an embodiment, includes identifying an ongoing random access (RA) procedure triggered for a pending scheduling request (SR) transmission, identifying whether an active uplink bandwidth part (UL BWP) or an active downlink bandwidth part (DL BWP) is switched at an initiation of the ongoing RA procedure and performing an operation of switching the active UL BWP or the active DL BWP to an initiation BWP or an operation of terminating the ongoing RA procedure based on a result of the identification.

Claims (20)

1. A method of performing communication in a wireless communication system, by a user equipment (UE), comprising:

initiating a random access (RA) procedure based on no valid physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources configured for a pending scheduling request (SR);

in case that a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) associated with the SR is transmitted using an uplink (UL) grant other than a UL grant provided by a random access response or at least one UL grant is able to accommodate all pending data available for transmission, terminating the initiated RA procedure;

identifying whether an active UL bandwidth part (BWP) is switched to an initial UL BWP at the initiation of the RA procedure; and

in case that the active UL BWP is switched at the initiation of the RA procedure, switching the active UL BWP from the initial UL BWP to a UL BWP activated before the initiation of the RA procedure based on the termination of the initiated RA procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

identifying whether an active downlink bandwidth part (DL BWP) is switched to an initial DL BWP at the initiation of the RA procedure; and

in case that the active DL BWP is switched at the initiation of the RA procedure, switching the active DL BWP from the initial DL BWP to a DL BWP activated before the initiation of the RA procedure.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the RA procedure is performed on a special cell (SpCell).

4. A user equipment (UE) of performing communication in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

initiate a random access (RA) procedure based on no valid physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) resources configured for a pending scheduling request (SR),

in case that a medium access control protocol data unit (MAC PDU) associated with the SR is transmitted using an uplink (UL) grant other than a UL grant provided by a random access response or at least one UL grant is able to accommodate all pending data available for transmission, terminate the initiated RA procedure,

identify whether an active UL bandwidth part (BWP) is switched to an initial UL BWP at the initiation of the RA procedure, and

in case that the active UL BWP is switched at the initiation of the RA procedure, switch the active UL BWP from the initial UL BWP to a UL BWP activated before the initiation of the RA procedure, based on the termination of the initiated RA procedure.

5. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify whether an active downlink bandwidth part (DL BWP) is switched to an initial DL BWP at the initiation of the RA procedure, and

in case that the active DL BWP is switched at the initiation of the RA procedure, switch the active DL BWP from the initial DL BWP to a DL BWP activated before the initiation of the RA procedure.

6. The UE of claim 4 , wherein the RA procedure is performed on a special cell (SpCell).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2019
From: AGIWAL, ANIL; JANG, JAEHYUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051130/0174 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62772156 · Nov 28, 2018
Related Publication 20200170046A1 · May 28, 2020