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Granted Patent B2
US 12,457,623 · App. 17/997,918 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Resource block set allocation for subband full duplex operation

Inventors: Changlong Xu (Beijing, CN); Jing Sun (San Diego, CA); Xiaoxia Zhang (San Diego, CA); Tao Luo (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/232H04L27/2605H04W72/1263
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Patent No.
US 12,457,623
App. No.
17/997,918
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. The method may include identifying, for the UE, a configuration of a set of resource block sets of a radio frequency spectrum band, receiving, from a base station, a downlink control information message indicating, for each resource block set of the set of resource block sets, a communication direction for the resource block set, and communicating with the base station using one or more resource block sets of the set of resource block sets according to one or more communication directions indicated by the received downlink control information message, the one or more communication directions corresponding to respective ones of the one or more resource block sets.

Claims (47)

1. A method for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

identifying, for the UE, a configuration of a plurality of resource block sets of a radio frequency spectrum band;

receiving, from a base station, a downlink control information message indicating, for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets, a communication direction for the resource block set; and

communicating with the base station using one or more resource block sets of the plurality of resource block sets according to one or more communication directions indicated by the received downlink control information message, the one or more communication directions corresponding to respective ones of the one or more resource block sets.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets, that the resource block set is associated with an uplink scheduling grant or a downlink scheduling assignment based at least in part on the received downlink control information.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, according to the received downlink control information, a configuration for one or more guard bands between the plurality of resource block sets.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein determining the configuration for the one or more guard bands comprises:

determining, of the one or more guard bands, a frequency size of a guard band based at least in part on the received downlink control information.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein indicating the communication direction for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets further comprises:

receiving, in the downlink control information message, a first bitmap indicating the communication direction for the resource block set.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising:

determining a number of guard bands based at least in part on a number of bits in the first bitmap; and

determining a number of resource block sets in the plurality of resource block sets based at least in part on the number of bits in the first bitmap or the number of guard bands.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, in the downlink control information message, an indication of available resource block sets of the plurality of resource block sets.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets is comprised within a listen before talk bandwidth.

9. A method for wireless communications at a base station, comprising:

determining a configuration of a plurality of resource block sets of a radio frequency spectrum band;

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), a downlink control information message indicating, for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets, a communication direction for the resource block set; and

communicating with the UE using one or more resource block sets of the plurality of resource block sets according to one or more communication directions indicated by the transmitted downlink control information message, the one or more communication directions corresponding to respective ones of the one or more resource block sets.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein, for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets, the resource block set is associated with an uplink scheduling grant or a downlink scheduling assignment as indicated in the transmitted downlink control information.

11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

generating, as indicated in the transmitted downlink control information, a configuration for one or more guard bands between the plurality of resource block sets.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein determining the configuration for the one or more guard bands comprises:

configuring, of the one or more guard bands, a frequency size of a guard band based at least in part on the transmitted downlink control information.

13. The method of claim 9 , wherein indicating the communication direction for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets further comprises:

transmitting, in the downlink control information message, a first bitmap indicating the communication direction for the resource block set.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

transmitting, in the downlink control information message, an indication of available resource block sets of the plurality of resource block sets.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets is comprised within a listen before talk bandwidth.

16. An apparatus for wireless communications at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more processors,

one or more memories coupled with the one or more processors; and

instructions stored in the one or more memories and executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:

identify, for the UE, a configuration of a plurality of resource block sets of a radio frequency spectrum band;

receive, from a base station, a downlink control information message indicating, for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets, a communication direction for the resource block set; and

communicate with the base station using one or more resource block sets of the plurality of resource block sets according to one or more communication directions indicated by the received downlink control information message, the one or more communication directions corresponding to respective ones of the one or more resource block sets.

17. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:

determine, for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets, that the resource block set is associated with an uplink scheduling grant or a downlink scheduling assignment based at least in part on the received downlink control information.

18. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:

determine, according to the received downlink control information, a configuration for one or more guard bands between the plurality of resource block sets.

19. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions to indicate the communication direction for each resource block set of the plurality of resource block sets further are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:

receive, in the downlink control information message, a first bitmap indicating the communication direction for the resource block set.

20. The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to:

receive, in the downlink control information message, an indication of available resource block sets of the plurality of resource block sets.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 6, 2022
From: XU, CHANGLONG; SUN, JING; ZHANG, XIAOXIA; LUO, TAO
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 061667/0760 →
Continuity (1)
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