IP Library Granted Patent US 12,284,608
Granted Patent B2
US 12,284,608 · App. 17/737,016 · Granted Apr 22, 2025

Reference signaling design and configuration

Inventors: Jianxun Ai (Guangdong, CN); Jing Liu (Guangdong, CN); He Huang (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W52/0216H04W72/0453
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Patent No.
US 12,284,608
App. No.
17/737,016
Granted
Apr 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices related to digital wireless communication, and more specifically, to techniques related to controlling activation of a BWP upon transitioning between dormancy behavior and non-dormancy behavior. In one exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes transitioning, by a terminal, a serving node from dormancy behavior to non-dormancy behavior. The method also includes activating, by the terminal, a set of resource blocks in response to transitioning the serving node from the dormancy behavior to the non-dormancy behavior. In another exemplary aspect, a method for wireless communication includes detecting, by a terminal, that a dormancy timer has expired. The method also includes, responsive to detecting that the dormancy timer has expired, transitioning, by the terminal, a serving node from non-dormancy behavior to dormancy behavior.

Claims (33)

1. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

receiving, by a terminal, a resource configuration message configured by a network cell, the resource configuration message indicative of a set of resource blocks including a bandwidth part (BWP) configured by the network cell, wherein the resource configuration message is further indicative of a primary serving cell included in a cell group;

transitioning, by the terminal, a serving cell from dormancy behavior to non-dormancy behavior; and

performing, by the terminal, a BWP switching to the BWP included in the set of resource blocks in response to transitioning the serving cell from the dormancy behavior to the non-dormancy behavior,

wherein the method further comprises transitioning the primary serving cell from the non-dormancy behavior to the dormancy behavior responsive to an expiration of a dormancy timer configured by the network cell.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bandwidth part is a default bandwidth part (BWP) configured for the terminal or includes a first active BWP.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the set of resource blocks includes an initial BWP when the default BWP is not configured.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the serving cell is transitioned responsive to the receiving of the resource configuration message from the network cell that includes a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) message, or downlink control information (DCI).

5. The method of any of claim 1 , wherein the resource configuration message is indicative of a group of serving cells or a primary serving cell included in a cell group.

6. A method for wireless communication, comprising:

configuring, by a network cell, a set of resource blocks for a terminal to activate in response to the terminal transitioning a serving cell from dormancy behavior to non-dormancy behavior; and

transmitting, by the network cell, a resource configuration message to the terminal, the resource configuration message indicative of the set of resource blocks including a bandwidth part (BWP) that is configured by the network cell for the terminal to perform a BWP switching to the BWP included in the set of resource blocks in response to the terminal transitioning the serving cell from the dormancy behavior to the non-dormancy behavior,

wherein the resource configuration message is indicative of a primary serving cell included in a cell group, and

wherein the terminal is configured to transition the primary serving cell from the non-dormancy behavior to the dormancy behavior responsive to an expiration of a dormancy timer configured by the network cell.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the bandwidth part is a default bandwidth part (BWP) configured by the network cell or includes a first active BWP.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the set of resource blocks includes an initial BWP when the default BWP is not configured by the network cell.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the resource configuration message includes a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) message, or downlink control information (DCI).

10. The method of claim 6 , wherein the resource configuration message is further indicative of a group of serving cells.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the terminal is further configured to transition the group of serving cells from the non-dormancy behavior to the dormancy behavior responsive to the expiration of the dormancy timer.

12. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

sending, by the network cell, a first message to the terminal indicative of the dormancy timer.

13. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising a processor operating as a network cell and configured to:

configure a set of resource blocks for a terminal to activate in response to the terminal transitioning a serving cell from dormancy behavior to non-dormancy behavior; and

transmit a resource configuration message to the terminal, the resource configuration message indicative of the set of resource blocks including a bandwidth part (BWP) that is configured by the network cell for the terminal to perform a BWP switching to the BWP included in the set of resource blocks in response to the terminal transitioning the serving cell from the dormancy behavior to the non-dormancy behavior,

wherein the resource configuration message is indicative of a primary serving cell included in a cell group, and

wherein the terminal is configured to transition the primary serving cell from the non-dormancy behavior to the dormancy behavior responsive to an expiration of a dormancy timer configured by the network cell.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the bandwidth part is a default bandwidth part (BWP) configured by the network cell or includes a first active BWP.

15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the set of resource blocks includes an initial BWP when the default BWP is not configured by the network cell.

16. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the resource configuration message includes a radio resource control (RRC) message, a medium access control (MAC) message, or downlink control information (DCI).

17. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the resource configuration message is further indicative of a group of serving cells.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the terminal is further configured to transition the group of serving cells from the non-dormancy behavior to the dormancy behavior responsive to the expiration of the dormancy timer.

19. The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the processor is further configured to:

send a first message to the terminal indicative of the dormancy timer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2022
From: AI, JIANXUN; LIU, JING; HUANG, HE
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 059818/0564 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2019116242 · Nov 7, 2019
Related Publication 20220264454A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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