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Granted Patent B2
US 12,598,598 · App. 18/007,720 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

Scheduling for active bandwidth parts

Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl (San Diego, CA); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar (San Jose, CA); Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim (San Diego, CA); Alexandros Manolakos (Escondido, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA); Krishna Kiran Mukkavilli (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W72/0457H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,598,598
App. No.
18/007,720
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Aspects relate to wireless communication using multiple active bandwidth parts (BWPs). For example, a base station may configure a user equipment (UE) with two or more active BWPs. In some examples, the base station may send scheduling information to the UE on one active BWP, where the scheduling information schedules a communication on one or more active BWPs.

Claims (101)

1 . A user equipment, comprising:

a transceiver;

one or more memories that store processor-executable code; and

one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

receive bandwidth part configuration information from network entity via the transceiver, the bandwidth part configuration information specifying a first active bandwidth part for the user equipment and a second active bandwidth part for the user equipment;

receive downlink control information from the network entity via the transceiver, wherein the downlink control information indicates that the first active bandwidth part is a main active bandwidth part, and the downlink control information comprises a cross-bandwidth part scheduling indication;

identify, from the downlink control information, at least one resource in the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part;

determine, based on the indication, whether the at least one resource includes a first resource in the second active bandwidth part, wherein the indication set to a first value specifies that the first active bandwidth part carries a scheduled physical downlink shared channel, and the indication set to a second value specifies that the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part collectively carry the scheduled physical downlink shared channel; and

receive, via the transceiver, information from the network entity via the at least one resource.

2 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink control information further indicates a frequency domain resource allocation; and

the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to determine whether a first bandwidth specified by the frequency domain resource allocation is greater than a second bandwidth of the first active bandwidth part.

3 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information indicates a time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part.

4 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information indicates:

a first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part; and

a second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part.

5 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information indicates:

a first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part; and

an index offset.

6 . The user equipment of claim 5 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

identify a second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part based on the index offset and a time domain resource allocation index for the first time domain resource allocation.

7 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information indicates:

a first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part; and

a time offset.

8 . The user equipment of claim 7 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

identify a second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part based on the time offset and the first time domain resource allocation.

9 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein the downlink control information indicates:

a first frequency domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part; and

a second frequency domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part.

10 . The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein:

the first frequency domain resource allocation is a first type of frequency domain resource allocation; and

the second frequency domain resource allocation is the first type of frequency domain resource allocation.

11 . The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein:

the first frequency domain resource allocation is a first type of frequency domain resource allocation; and

the second frequency domain resource allocation is second type of frequency domain resource allocation that is different from the first type of frequency domain resource allocation.

12 . The user equipment of claim 9 , wherein:

the first frequency domain resource allocation is specified by a bitmap; and

the second frequency domain resource allocation is specified by a start and length indicator value.

13 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink control information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part; and

the frequency domain resource allocation is specified by a bitmap.

14 . The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein:

a first set of bits of the bitmap is assigned to the first active bandwidth part; and

a second set of bits of the bitmap is assigned to the second active bandwidth part.

15 . The user equipment of claim 14 , wherein:

the first set of bits is nine bits and the second set of bits is nine bits;

the first set of bits is nine bits and the second set of bits is eighteen bits; or

the first set of bits is eighteen bits and the second set of bits is eighteen bits.

16 . The user equipment of claim 13 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

determine a resource block group size based on a sum of a first bandwidth of the first active bandwidth part and a second bandwidth of the second active bandwidth part; and

calculate a quantity of bits for the bitmap based on the resource block group size.

17 . The user equipment of claim 16 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

determine the resource block group size based on a configuration option for the frequency domain resource allocation.

18 . The user equipment of claim 17 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

select the configuration option based on a configuration of a-the main active bandwidth part.

19 . The user equipment of claim 1 , wherein:

the downlink control information indicates a frequency domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part; and

the frequency domain resource allocation is specified by a start and length indicator value.

20 . The user equipment of claim 19 , wherein the start and length indicator value indicates:

a start of a frequency allocation comprising the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part; and

a length of the frequency allocation comprising the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part.

21 . The user equipment of claim 20 , wherein the one or more processors further configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the user equipment to:

determine that the start plus the length exceeds a boundary of the first active bandwidth part, wherein the first active bandwidth part is in a higher frequency band than the second active bandwidth part; and

apply cyclic allocation in the second active bandwidth part after the determination that the start plus the length exceeds the boundary of the first active bandwidth part.

22 . A method for wireless communication at a user equipment, the method comprising:

receiving bandwidth part configuration information from a network entity, the bandwidth part configuration information specifying a first active bandwidth part for the user equipment and a second active bandwidth part for the user equipment;

receiving downlink control information from the network entity, wherein the downlink control information indicates that the first active bandwidth part is a main active bandwidth part, and the downlink control information comprises a cross-bandwidth part scheduling indication;

identifying, from the downlink control information, at least one resource in the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part;

determining, based on the indication, whether the at least one resource includes a first resource in the second active bandwidth part, wherein the indication set to a first value specifies that the first active bandwidth part carries a scheduled physical downlink shared channel, and the indication set to a second value specifies that the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part collectively carry the scheduled physical downlink shared channel; and

receiving information from the network entity via the at least one resource.

23 . A network entity, comprising:

a transceiver;

one or more memories that store processor-executable code; and

one or more processors configured to execute the processor-executable code and cause the network entity to:

generate bandwidth part configuration information specifying a first active bandwidth part and a second active bandwidth part;

transmit the bandwidth part configuration information to a user equipment via the transceiver;

transmit downlink control information to the user equipment via the transceiver, wherein the downlink control information identifies at least one resource in the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part, the downlink control information indicates that the first active bandwidth part is a main active bandwidth part, and the downlink control information comprises a cross-bandwidth part scheduling indication, wherein the indication set to a first value specifies that the first active bandwidth part carries a scheduled physical downlink shared channel, and the indication set to a second value specifies that the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part collectively carry the scheduled physical downlink shared channel; and

transmit, via the transceiver, information to the user equipment via the at least one resource.

24 . The network entity of claim 23 , wherein:

the downlink control information further indicates a frequency domain resource allocation; and

a first bandwidth specified by the frequency domain resource allocation is less than or equal to a second bandwidth of the first active bandwidth part.

25 . The network entity of claim 23 , wherein:

the downlink control information further indicates a frequency domain resource allocation; and

a first bandwidth specified by the frequency domain resource allocation is greater than a second bandwidth of the first active bandwidth part.

26 . The network entity of claim 23 , wherein the downlink control information indicates:

a first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and an index offset for a second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part; or

the first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and a time offset for the second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part.

27 . A method for wireless communication at a network entity, the method comprising:

generating bandwidth part configuration information specifying a first active bandwidth part and a second active bandwidth part;

transmitting the bandwidth part configuration information to a user equipment;

transmitting downlink control information to the user equipment, wherein the downlink control information identifies at least one resource in the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part, the downlink control information indicates that the first active bandwidth part is a main active bandwidth part, and the downlink control information comprises a cross-bandwidth part scheduling indication, wherein the indication set to a first value specifies that the first active bandwidth part carries a scheduled physical downlink shared channel, and the indication set to a second value specifies that the first active bandwidth part and the second active bandwidth part collectively carry the scheduled physical downlink shared channel; and

transmitting information to the user equipment via the at least one resource.

28 . The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the downlink control information further indicates a frequency domain resource allocation; and

a first bandwidth specified by the frequency domain resource allocation is less than or equal to a second bandwidth of the first active bandwidth part.

29 . The method of claim 27 , wherein:

the downlink control information further indicates a frequency domain resource allocation; and

a first bandwidth specified by the frequency domain resource allocation is greater than a second bandwidth of the first active bandwidth part.

30 . The method of claim 27 , wherein the downlink control information indicates:

a first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and an index offset for a second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part; or

the first time domain resource allocation for the first active bandwidth part and a time offset for the second time domain resource allocation for the second active bandwidth part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2022
From: ABOTABL, AHMED ATTIA; ABDELGHAFFAR, MUHAMMAD SAYED KHAIRY; IBRAHIM, ABDELRAHMAN MOHAMED AHMED MOHAMED; MANOLAKOS, ALEXANDROS; CHEN, WANSHI; MUKKAVILLI, KRISHNA KIRAN
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 062082/0861 →
Priority Claims (1)
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