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US 12,598,622 · App. 18/161,470 · Granted Apr 7, 2026

BWP determining method, apparatus, and system

Inventors: Nannan Liu (Beijing, CN); Junren Chang (Beijing, CN); Xiangdong Zhang (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
H04W72/232H04L5/0092H04W72/0457H04W72/12
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Patent No.
US 12,598,622
App. No.
18/161,470
Granted
Apr 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A Bandwidth Part (BWP) determining method, an apparatus, and a system. A terminal device obtains first information and second information. The terminal device determines, based on the first information and the second information, that the terminal device operates on a first BWP and a second BWP. The terminal device operates on two or more BWPs to improve the efficiency of communication between the terminal device and a network device.

Claims (37)

1 . A method, comprising:

obtaining first information and second information, wherein the first information indicates information about a first bandwidth part, and the second information indicates information about a second bandwidth part, wherein the first bandwidth part corresponds to unicast, the second bandwidth part corresponds to broadcast, and the first bandwidth part includes the second bandwidth part, the information about a first bandwidth part includes a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to the first bandwidth part, the information about a second bandwidth part includes a second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part; and

in a case that the first SCS corresponding to the first bandwidth part is the same as the second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part, monitoring downlink control information (DCI) scrambled by a broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the second bandwidth part further comprises a bandwidth of the second bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the second bandwidth part.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the broadcast RNTI is for scheduling broadcast transmission dynamically.

4 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the information about the first bandwidth part further comprises a bandwidth of the first bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the first bandwidth part.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method further includes:

receiving on the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part, data from a network device.

6 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprises group-RNTI (G-RNTI).

7 . A method, comprising:

sending first information and second information to a terminal device, wherein the first information indicates information about a first bandwidth part, and the second information indicates information about a second bandwidth part, wherein the first bandwidth part corresponds to unicast, the second bandwidth part corresponds to broadcast, and the first bandwidth part includes the second bandwidth part, the information about a first bandwidth part includes a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to the first bandwidth part, the information about a second bandwidth part includes a second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part; and

sending downlink control information (DCI), scrambled by a broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), to the terminal device, wherein the first SCS corresponding to the first bandwidth part is the same as the second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the information about the second bandwidth part further includes a bandwidth of the second bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the second bandwidth part.

9 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the broadcast RNTI is for scheduling broadcast transmission dynamically.

10 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the information about the first bandwidth part further includes a bandwidth of the first bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the first bandwidth part.

11 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprises group-RNTI (G-RNTI).

12 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program; and

one or more processors connected to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to:

obtain first information and second information, wherein the first information indicates information about a first bandwidth part, and the second information indicates information about a second bandwidth part, wherein the first bandwidth part corresponds to unicast, the second bandwidth part corresponds to broadcast, and the first bandwidth part includes the second bandwidth part, the information about a first bandwidth part includes a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to the first bandwidth part, the information about a second bandwidth part includes a second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part; and

in a case that the first SCS corresponding to the first bandwidth part is the same as the second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part, monitor downlink control information (DCI) scrambled by a broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI).

13 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the information about the second bandwidth part further includes a bandwidth of the second bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the second bandwidth part.

14 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the broadcast RNTI is useable for scheduling broadcast transmission dynamically.

15 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the information about the first bandwidth part further includes a bandwidth of the first bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the first bandwidth part.

16 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive on the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part, data from a network device.

17 . The communication apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprises group-RNTI (G-RNTI).

18 . A communication apparatus, comprising:

a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program; and

one or more processors connected to the non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, wherein the processor is configured to execute the program to:

send first information and second information to a terminal device, wherein the first information indicates information about a first bandwidth part, and the second information indicates information about a second bandwidth part, wherein the first bandwidth part corresponds to unicast, the second bandwidth part corresponds to broadcast, and the first bandwidth part includes the second bandwidth part, the information about a first bandwidth part includes a first subcarrier spacing (SCS) corresponding to the first bandwidth part, the information about a second bandwidth part includes a second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part; and

send downlink control information (DCI) scrambled by a broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) to the terminal device, wherein the first SCS corresponding to the first bandwidth part is the same as the second SCS corresponding to the second bandwidth part.

19 . The communication apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein

the information about the second bandwidth part further includes a bandwidth of the second bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the second bandwidth part.

20 . The communication apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the broadcast RNTI is usable for scheduling broadcast transmission dynamically.

21 . The communication apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the information about the first bandwidth part further includes a bandwidth of the first bandwidth part, and/or a frequency domain location of the first bandwidth part.

22 . The communication apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the broadcast radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) comprises group-RNTI (G-RNTI).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2025
From: LIU, NANNAN; CHANG, JUNREN; ZHANG, XIANGDONG
To: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073202/0091 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 202010762170.9 · Jul 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021109208 · Jul 29, 2021
Related Publication 20230180263A1 · Jun 8, 2023
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