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US 12,335,931 · App. 17/738,753 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Communication method and apparatus

Inventors: Yifan Xue (Beijing, CN); Xiaolei Tie (Shanghai, CN); Zhanzhan Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Han Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Wenwen Huang (Shanghai, CN); Jian Wang (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/0453H04W72/23H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,335,931
App. No.
17/738,753
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A communication method includes that, when a terminal device receives indication information used by a network device to indicate the terminal device to work on a non-dormant bandwidth part (BWP) in a secondary cell, the terminal device can determine a specific BWP on which the terminal device is to work, and perform a corresponding operation. A network device generates indication information, and sends the indication information to a terminal device, where the indication information is used to indicate the terminal device to work on a non-dormant BWP in a first secondary cell. Then, the terminal device enables, according to the indication information, the terminal device to work on a first BWP, where the first BWP is the non-dormant BWP in the first secondary cell.

Claims (45)

1. A communication method implemented by a terminal device or a chip in the terminal device, the communication method comprising:

receiving indication information;

determining, based on the indication information, not to perform dormancy behavior in a target secondary cell;

determining whether a bandwidth part (BWP) on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP or non-dormant BWP;

keeping, in the target secondary cell, working on the BWP on which the terminal device currently works when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is non-dormant BWP; and

switching to a first BWP in the target secondary cell and working on the first BWP when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP,

wherein the first BWP is non-dormant BWP in the target secondary cell.

2. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the first BWP is a BWP used by the terminal device when the terminal device switches from dormant BWP, and wherein the first BWP is a default non-dormant BWP configured by a network device.

3. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the indication information from the network device comprises receiving downlink control information (DCI) from a network device, and wherein the DCI comprises the indication information.

4. The communication method of claim 3 , wherein a format of the DCI comprises a DCI format 2_6, a DCI format 0_1, or a DCI format 1_1.

5. The communication method of claim 4 , wherein connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) is not configured for the terminal device, or wherein C-DRX is configured for the terminal device, a sending moment of the DCI is within an active time, and the format of the DCI comprises the DCI format 0_1 or the DCI format 1_1.

6. The communication method of claim 4 , wherein connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) is configured for the terminal device, wherein a sending moment of the DCI is before an on duration, and wherein the format of the DCI comprises the DCI format 2_6.

7. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein a size of the indication information is 1 bit.

8. The communication method of claim 1 , the indication information is sent in a primary cell.

9. The communication method of claim 1 , wherein the communication method further comprises switching to the dormant BWP and working on the dormant BWP when the terminal device determines to perform the dormancy behavior in the target secondary cell.

10. A communication method implemented by a network device or a chip in the network device, wherein the communication method comprises:

generating indication information;

sending the indication information to prompt a terminal device to determine, based on the indication information, not to perform dormancy behavior in a target secondary cell;

determining whether a bandwidth part (BWP) on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP or non-dormant BWP;

determining that the terminal device keeps working in the target secondary cell on the BWP on which the terminal device currently works when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is non-dormant BWP; and

determining that the terminal device switches to a first BWP in the target secondary cell and works on the first BWP when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP,

wherein the first BWP is non-dormant BWP in the target secondary cell.

11. A terminal device or a chip in the terminal device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to receive indication information from a network device; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

determine, based on the indication information, not to perform dormancy behavior in a target secondary cell;

determine whether a bandwidth part (BWP) on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP or non-dormant BWP;

keep, in the target secondary cell, working on the BWP on which the terminal device currently works when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is non-dormant BWP; and

switch to a first BWP in the target secondary cell and work on the first BWP when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP,

wherein the first BWP is non-dormant BWP in the target secondary cell.

12. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the first BWP is a BWP used by the terminal device when the terminal device switches from dormant BWP, and wherein the first BWP is a default non-dormant BWP configured by the network device.

13. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 11 , wherein when receiving the indication information from the network device, the transceiver is further configured to receive downlink control information (DCI) from the network device, and wherein the DCI comprises the indication information.

14. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 13 , wherein a format of the DCI comprises a DCI format 2_6, a DCI format 0_1, or a DCI format 1_1.

15. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 14 , wherein connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) is not configured for the terminal device, or C-DRX is configured for the terminal device and a sending moment of the DCI is within an active time, and wherein the format of the DCI comprises the DCI format 0_1 or the DCI format 1_1.

16. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 14 , wherein connected mode discontinuous reception (C-DRX) is configured for the terminal device and a sending moment of the DCI is before on duration, and wherein the format of the DCI comprises the DCI format 2_6.

17. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 11 , wherein a size of the indication information is 1 bit.

18. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the indication information is sent in a primary cell.

19. The terminal device or the chip in the terminal device of claim 11 , wherein the processor is further configured to switch to the dormant BWP and work on the dormant BWP when the processor determines to perform the dormancy behavior in the target secondary cell.

20. A network device or a chip in the network device, comprising:

a transceiver configured to send indication information to prompt a terminal device to determine, based on the indication information, not to perform dormancy behavior in a target secondary cell; and

a processor coupled to the transceiver and configured to:

determine whether a bandwidth part (BWP) on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP or non-dormant BWP;

determine that the terminal device keeps, in the target secondary cell, working on the BWP on which the terminal device currently works when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is non-dormant BWP; and

determine that the terminal device switches to a first BWP in the target secondary cell and works on the first BWP when the BWP on which the terminal device currently works in the target secondary cell is dormant BWP,

wherein the first BWP is non-dormant BWP in the target secondary cell.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2023
From: XUE, YIFAN; TIE, XIAOLEI; ZHANG, ZHANZHAN; ZHOU, HAN; HUANG, WENWEN; WANG, JIAN
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911089858.9 · Nov 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020123968 · Oct 27, 2020
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