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US 12,647,946 · App. 17/851,291 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Method and apparatus for subband duplex operation

Inventors: Cheul Soon Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jae Heung Kim (Daejeon, KR); Sung Hyun Moon (Daejeon, KR); Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, KR); Sung Cheol Chang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
H04W72/044H04L5/14
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Patent No.
US 12,647,946
App. No.
17/851,291
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A subband duplex (SD) operation method of a terminal may include: receiving, from a base station, slot pattern information for a slot; receiving, from the base station, information on at least one subband; and performing uplink transmission and/or downlink reception with the base station in the at least one subband included in at least one SD symbol included in the slot.

Claims (33)

1 . A subband full duplex operation method of a terminal in a time division duplex (TDD) system, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, slot pattern information for a slot;

receiving, from the base station, information on at least one subband; and

performing uplink transmission and/or downlink reception with the base station in the at least one subband included in at least one subband full duplex (SBFD) symbol included in the slot,

wherein the at least one subband includes a first subband and a second subband, the terminal performs downlink (DL) reception in the first subband and performs uplink (UL) transmission in the second subband, and the first subband is different from the second subband,

wherein the information on the at least one subband includes information on a resource block (RB) set corresponding to each of the at least one subband, the RB set is indicated by a starting RB index and a number of RBs constituting the RB set, and a pair of the starting RB index and the number of RBs constituting the RB set is configured for each subcarrier spacing (SCS), and

wherein a size of a transport block (TB) for the uplink transmission is determined based on scheduled resources within the second subband, which are indicated by scheduling information.

2 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the slot pattern information is received by radio resource control (RRC) signaling or a combination of RRC signaling and downlink control information (DCI).

3 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one SBFD symbol is consecutive flexible (FL) symbols located between a downlink (DL) symbol and an uplink (UL) symbol within the slot.

4 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one SBFD symbol is configured, as consecutive symbols located between a DL symbol and a UL symbol within the slot, as (at least one DL symbol and at least one FL symbol) or (at least one FL symbol and at least one UL symbol).

5 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the at least one subband is received through at least one of a group common DCI, UE-specific DCI, RRC signaling, or combinations thereof.

6 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the information on the at least one subband is limitedly applied to the at least one SBFD symbol.

7 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , further comprising receiving, from the base station, information on a first symbol set and a second symbol set of the slot, wherein the first subband is applied to the first symbol set, and the second subband is applied to the second symbol set.

8 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein a guard band exists between the first subband and the second subband.

9 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 1 , wherein the receiving of the information on the at least one subband comprises:

receiving, from the base station, information on a plurality of subbands through RRC signaling; and

receiving a media access control (MAC) control element (CE) for activating the at least one subband among the plurality of subbands.

10 . A subband full duplex operation method of a base station, comprising:

transmitting, to a terminal, slot pattern information for a slot;

transmitting, to the terminal, information on at least one subband; and

performing uplink reception and/or downlink transmission with the terminal in the at least one subband included in at least one subband full duplex (SBFD) symbol included in the slot,

wherein the at least one subband includes a first subband and a second subband, the base station performs downlink (DL) transmission in the first subband and performs uplink (UL) reception in the second subband, and the first subband is different from the second subband,

wherein the information on the at least one subband includes information on a resource block (RB) set corresponding to each of the at least one subband, the RB set is indicated by a starting RB index and a number of RBs constituting the RB set, and a pair of the starting RB index and the number of RBs constituting the RB set is configured for each subcarrier spacing (SCS), and

wherein a size of a transport block (TB) for the uplink transmission is determined based on scheduled resources within the second subband, which are indicated by scheduling information.

11 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one SBFD symbol is consecutive flexible (FL) symbols located between a downlink (DL) symbol and an uplink (UL) symbol within the slot.

12 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 10 , wherein the at least one SBFD symbol is configured, as consecutive symbols located between a DL symbol and a UL symbol within the slot, as (at least one DL symbol and at least one FL symbol) or (at least one FL symbol and at least one UL symbol).

13 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 10 , further comprising transmitting, to the terminal, information on a first symbol set and a second symbol set of the slot, wherein the information on the at least one subband includes information on a first subband and a second subband, the first subband is applied to the first symbol set, and the second subband is applied to the second symbol set.

14 . A subband full duplex operation method of a terminal, comprising:

receiving, from a base station, configuration information for a control resource set (CORESET);

determining whether at least part of the CORESET is unavailable; and

in response to determining that at least part of the CORESET is unavailable, monitoring downlink control channels in valid resource element group (REG) bundle(s) under assumption that control channel element(s) (CCE(s)) are mapped only to the valid REG bundle(s) belonging to the CORESET,

wherein the at least part of the CORESET is resource element(s) (RE(s)) in which a downlink (DL) reception operation of the terminal is impossible due to a duplex gap or guard time according to subband full duplex operations.

15 . The subband full duplex operation method according to claim 14 , wherein the valid REG bundle(s) is a REG bundle(s) that does not include the RE(s) in which the DL reception operation of the terminal is impossible.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 28, 2022
From: KIM, CHEUL SOON; KIM, JAE HEUNG; MOON, SUNG HYUN; LEE, JUNG HOON; CHANG, SUNG CHEOL
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 060334/0238 →
Priority Claims (7)
KR 10-2021-0086140 · Jun 30, 2021 · national
KR 10-2022-0036864 · Mar 24, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0050276 · Apr 22, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0051990 · Apr 27, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0062127 · May 20, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0068272 · Jun 3, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0071501 · Jun 13, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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