IP Library Granted Patent US 12,206,621
Granted Patent B2
US 12,206,621 · App. 18/511,200 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Restarting a deactivation timer of a secondary cell in a wireless network

Inventor: Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04L5/0053H04L5/0007H04L5/0032H04L5/0094H04W52/02H04W52/0235H04L5/001Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 12,206,621
App. No.
18/511,200
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A base station transmits, to a wireless device, a resource assignment indicating a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with the wireless device. The base station restarts a deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating, via the secondary cell, an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the wireless device during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

Claims (37)

1. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

transmit, to a wireless device, radio resource control (RRC) signaling comprising parameters for a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with the wireless device;

transmit, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink control information (DCI) comprising a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals of the secondary cell for communicating with the wireless device; and

restart a deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating, via the secondary cell, an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the wireless device during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

2. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to restart the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

3. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the RRC signaling comprises an index for the plurality of time intervals.

4. The base station of claim 3 , wherein the DCI comprises:

the index for the plurality of time intervals; and

a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals.

5. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to restart the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

6. The base station of claim 4 , wherein:

the uplink packet comprises an uplink transport block; and

the downlink packet comprises a downlink transport block.

7. The base station of claim 4 , wherein the RRC signaling comprises a time duration for the plurality of time intervals.

8. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the first time interval is a first occurrence in the plurality of time intervals.

9. The base station of claim 1 , wherein a time interval of the plurality of time intervals comprises a subframe.

10. The base station of claim 1 , wherein the RRC signaling comprises a bitmap indicating one or more time intervals of the plurality of time intervals.

11. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

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

transmit, to a wireless device, radio resource control (RRC) signaling comprising parameters of a resource assignment for a plurality of time intervals of a secondary cell for communicating with the wireless device; and

restart a deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating, via the secondary cell, an uplink packet or a downlink packet with the wireless device during a first time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

12. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to restart the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

13. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the RRC signaling comprises an index for the plurality of time intervals.

14. The base station of claim 13 , wherein the instructions cause the base station to transmit, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), downlink control information (DCI) comprising a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals of the secondary cell for communicating with the wireless device, wherein the DCI comprises:

the index for the plurality of time intervals; and

a resource block assignment for the plurality of time intervals.

15. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to restart the deactivation timer associated with the secondary cell in response to communicating a second uplink packet or a second downlink packet during a second time interval of the plurality of time intervals.

16. The base station of claim 14 , wherein:

the uplink packet comprises an uplink transport block; and

the downlink packet comprises a downlink transport block.

17. The base station of claim 14 , wherein the RRC signaling comprises a time duration for the plurality of time intervals.

18. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the first time interval is a first occurrence in the plurality of time intervals.

19. The base station of claim 11 , wherein a time interval of the plurality of time intervals comprises a subframe.

20. The base station of claim 11 , wherein the RRC signaling comprises a bitmap indicating one or more time intervals of the plurality of time intervals.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 8, 2025
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: PENINSULA TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 069849/0289 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2023
From: DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 065929/0848 →
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17313724 · May 6, 2021
Continuation 16432259 · Jun 5, 2019
Continuation 15972466 · May 7, 2018
Continuation 15130511 · Apr 15, 2016
Provisional Application 62148700 · Apr 16, 2015
Related Publication 20240195574A1 · Jun 13, 2024
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