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US 12,302,360 · App. 18/933,229 · Granted May 13, 2025

Collision timeline for bandwidth aggregation

Inventors: Ryan Keating (Chicago, IL); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Gautham Prasad (Herndon, VA); Mohammad Ghadir Khoshkholgh Dashtaki (Reston, VA); Hsin-Hsi Tsai (Reston, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W72/231H04L5/0051H04L27/26025H04W72/1268H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 12,302,360
App. No.
18/933,229
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A wireless device drops sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict in time with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI). A time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

Claims (36)

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to drop sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict in time with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI), wherein a time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein:

the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling the transmission or the reception; and

the last symbol of the DCI is a last symbol of the PDCCH carrying the DCI.

3. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the SRS resources comprise:

a first SRS resource of a first component carrier; and

a second SRS resource of a second component carrier without a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

4. The wireless device of claim 3 , wherein the SRS resources further comprise a third SRS resource of a third component carrier.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more configuration parameters indicating the SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation.

6. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the dropping is in response to the time period being equal to, or greater than, the number of symbols plus the guard period.

7. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to perform the transmission, or the reception, in response to the time period being equal to, or greater than, the number of symbols plus the guard period.

8. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to transmit a capability message indicating the guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

9. 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 not receive, from a wireless device, sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI), wherein a time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein:

the instructions further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling the transmission or the reception; and

the last symbol of the DCI is a last symbol of the PDCCH carrying the DCI.

11. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the SRS resources comprise:

a first SRS resource of a first component carrier; and

a second SRS resource of a second component carrier without a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

12. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising one or more configuration parameters indicating the SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation.

13. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the not receiving is in response to the time period being equal to, or greater than, the number of symbols plus the guard period.

14. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to perform the transmission, or the reception, in response to the time period being equal to, or greater than, the number of symbols plus the guard period.

15. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to receive, from the wireless device, a capability message indicating the guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to drop sounding reference signal (SRS) transmissions, in SRS resources linked for bandwidth aggregation, that conflict in time with a transmission or a reception scheduled by downlink control information (DCI), wherein a time period between a last symbol of the DCI and a starting symbol of the SRS transmissions is equal to, or greater than, a number of symbols plus a guard period of the bandwidth aggregation.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein:

the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, via a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), the DCI scheduling the transmission or the reception; and

the last symbol of the DCI is a last symbol of the PDCCH carrying the DCI.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the SRS resources comprise:

a first SRS resource of a first component carrier; and

a second SRS resource of a second component carrier without a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) and physical uplink control channel (PUCCH).

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the dropping is in response to the time period being equal to, or greater than, the number of symbols plus the guard period.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to perform the transmission, or the reception, in response to the time period being equal to, or greater than, the number of symbols plus the guard period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 19, 2025
From: KEATING, RYAN; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; ZHOU, HUA; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PRASAD, GAUTHAM; KHOSHKHOLGH DASHTAKI, MOHAMMAD GHADIR; TSAI, HSIN-HSI
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (1)
Provisional Application 63546855 · Nov 1, 2023
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