Indicating an availability of sub-slots in a sub-band full duplex slot
Various aspects of the present disclosure generally relate to wireless communication. In some aspects, a user equipment (UE) may receive, from a network node, an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) slot, wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bit indicating an availability of a sub-band in the SBFD slot. The UE may perform, with the network node, a communication based at least in part on the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration. Numerous other aspects are described.
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive, from a network node, an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) slot, wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bit indicating an availability of a sub-band in the SBFD slot; and
perform, with the network node, a communication based at least in part on the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bitmap that indicates a bit for each sub-band, of a plurality of sub-bands, associated with the SBFD slot.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot is for a downlink reception.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot is for an uplink transmission.
5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE is configured with resources that are unavailable for downlink reception or uplink transmission, and wherein the resources overlap with the sub-band that is available in the SBFD slot.
6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bit explicitly indicates the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot based at least in part on the UE not being indicated with an SBFD frequency domain slot format associated with the SBFD slot.
7. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, and wherein the downlink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band and is considered unavailable for a downlink reception, or the uplink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the downlink sub-band and is considered unavailable for an uplink reception.
8. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, wherein a sub-band size of the downlink sub-band that at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band is adjusted to fit within the downlink sub-band, and wherein the sub-band size is adjusted based at least in part on a minimum sub-band size configuration.
9. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the sub-band is formed starting from an initial physical resource block and an offset, wherein the offset is adapted so that the sub-band includes available resources for a downlink reception and does not include unavailable resources for the downlink reception, and wherein a start of a frequency domain resource allocation overlaps with the available resources.
10. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the UE is an eRedCap UE.
11. An apparatus for wireless communication at a network node, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) slot, wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bit indicating an availability of a sub-band in the SBFD slot; and
perform, with the UE, a communication based at least in part on the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration.
12. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the UE is configured with resources that are unavailable for downlink reception or uplink transmission, and wherein the resources overlap with the sub-band that is available in the SBFD slot.
13. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the bit explicitly indicates the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot based at least in part on the UE not being indicated with an SBFD frequency domain slot format associated with the SBFD slot.
14. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, and wherein the downlink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band and is considered unavailable for a downlink reception, or the uplink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the downlink sub-band and is considered unavailable for an uplink reception.
15. The apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, wherein a sub-band size of the downlink sub-band that at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band is adjusted to fit within the downlink sub-band, and wherein the sub-band size is adjusted based at least in part on a minimum sub-band size configuration.
16. A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
receiving, from a network node, an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) slot, wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bit indicating an availability of a sub-band in the SBFD slot; and
performing, with the network node, a communication based at least in part on the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration.
17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bitmap that indicates a bit for each sub-band, of a plurality of sub-bands, associated with the SBFD slot.
18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot is for a downlink reception.
19. The method of claim 16 , wherein the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot is for an uplink transmission.
20. The method of claim 16 , wherein the UE is configured with resources that are unavailable for downlink reception or uplink transmission, and wherein the resources overlap with the sub-band that is available in the SBFD slot.
21. The method of claim 16 , wherein the bit explicitly indicates the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot based at least in part on the UE not being indicated with an SBFD frequency domain slot format associated with the SBFD slot.
22. The method of claim 16 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, and wherein the downlink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band and is considered unavailable for a downlink reception, or the uplink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the downlink sub-band and is considered unavailable for an uplink reception.
23. The method of claim 16 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, wherein a sub-band size of the downlink sub-band that at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band is adjusted to fit within the downlink sub-band, and wherein the sub-band size is adjusted based at least in part on a minimum sub-band size configuration.
24. The method of claim 16 , wherein the sub-band is formed starting from an initial physical resource block and an offset, wherein the offset is adapted so that the sub-band includes available resources for a downlink reception and does not include unavailable resources for the downlink reception, and wherein a start of a frequency domain resource allocation overlaps with the available resources.
25. The method of claim 16 , wherein the UE is an eRedCap UE.
26. A method of wireless communication performed by a network node, comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), an enhanced reduced capability (eRedCap) downlink and uplink bandwidth part (BWP) configuration associated with a sub-band full duplex (SBFD) slot, wherein the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration includes a bit indicating an availability of a sub-band in the SBFD slot; and
performing, with the UE, a communication based at least in part on the eRedCap downlink and uplink BWP configuration.
27. The method of claim 26 , wherein the UE is configured with resources that are unavailable for downlink reception or uplink transmission, and wherein the resources overlap with the sub-band that is available in the SBFD slot.
28. The method of claim 26 , wherein the bit explicitly indicates the availability of the sub-band in the SBFD slot based at least in part on the UE not being indicated with an SBFD frequency domain slot format associated with the SBFD slot.
29. The method of claim 26 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, and wherein the downlink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band and is considered unavailable for a downlink reception, or the uplink sub-band at least partially overlaps with the downlink sub-band and is considered unavailable for an uplink reception.
30. The method of claim 26 , wherein the SBFD slot includes a downlink sub-band and an uplink sub-band, wherein a sub-band size of the downlink sub-band that at least partially overlaps with the uplink sub-band is adjusted to fit within the downlink sub-band, and wherein the sub-band size is adjusted based at least in part on a minimum sub-band size configuration.