Random access procedures using multiple active bandwidth parts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10873976-B2
Application number	US-201916418411-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 21, 2019
Priority date	May 21, 2018
Publication date	Dec 22, 2020
Grant date	Dec 22, 2020

Abstract

Wireless communications using multiple active resources (e.g., bandwidth parts (BWP)) are described. A predetermined rule may be used to determine on which downlink (DL) BWP of multiple active DL BWPs, and/or on which uplink (UL) BWP of multiple active UL BWPs, a message is to be sent. A wireless device and/or a base station may reduce the quantity of active DL BWPs and/or active UL BWPs to monitor for a response.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters for a plurality of downlink BWPs and for a plurality of uplink BWPs;
activating at least two downlink BWPs of the plurality of downlink BWPs and a first uplink BWP of the plurality of uplink BWPs;
based on a determination that a first downlink BWP index associated with a first active downlink BWP and a second downlink BWP index associated with a second active downlink BWP are different from a third BWP index associated with the first uplink BWP, selecting the first active downlink BWP;
switching from the first active downlink BWP to a third active downlink BWP, wherein the third active downlink BWP is associated with a fourth downlink BWP index that is the same as the third BWP index; and
sending, via the first uplink BWP, a preamble for a random access procedure.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
activating the third downlink BWP; and
monitoring at least one downlink control channel of the third downlink BWP for a random access response.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the activating the at least two downlink BWPs and the first uplink BWP comprises:
activating, as the first active downlink BWP, a first downlink BWP in a first slot;
activating, as the second active downlink BWP, a second downlink BWP in a second slot; and
activating the first uplink BWP in a third slot, wherein each of the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot are different slots.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the first active downlink BWP comprises determining a downlink BWP associated with at least one of:
a lowest or highest downlink BWP index relative to downlink BWP indexes associated with the at least two downlink BWPs; or
a lowest or highest BWP numerology relative to BWP numerologies associated with the at least two downlink BWPs.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the first active downlink BWP comprises determining a downlink BWP based on whether the first active downlink BWP is a primary BWP or a secondary BWP.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the selecting the first active downlink BWP comprises determining a downlink BWP based on whether the first active downlink BWP is a default BWP or a non-default BWP.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching from the first active downlink BWP to the third active downlink BWP comprises maintaining the first downlink BWP in an active state.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching from the first active downlink BWP to the third active downlink BWP comprises deactivating the first downlink BWP.

9. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters comprising:
a plurality of downlink bandwidth part (BWP) indexes associated with a plurality of downlink BWPs; and
a plurality of uplink BWP indexes associated with a plurality of uplink BWPs;

activating a first downlink BWP of the plurality of downlink BWPs and a first uplink BWP of the plurality of uplink BWPs;
determining that a downlink BWP index associated with the first downlink BWP is different from an uplink BWP index associated with the first uplink BWP;
based on the determining, activating a second downlink BWP, of the plurality of downlink BWPs, associated with a second downlink BWP index that is the same as the uplink BWP index, wherein the first downlink BWP and the second downlink BWP are both active; and
sending, via the first uplink BWP, a preamble for a random access procedure.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
monitoring at least one downlink control channel of the second downlink BWP for a random access response; and
based on the activating the second downlink BWP, deactivating the first downlink BWP.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the activating the first downlink BWP, the first uplink BWP, and the second downlink BWP comprises:
activating the first downlink BWP in a first slot;
activating the second downlink BWP in a second slot; and
activating the first uplink BWP in a third slot, wherein each of the first slot, the second slot, and the third slot are different slots.

12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining the second downlink BWP, of the plurality of downlink BWPs, for activation by determining a downlink BWP associated with at least one of:
a lowest or highest downlink BWP index relative to the plurality of downlink BWP indexes associated with the plurality of downlink BWPs; or
a lowest or highest BWP numerology relative to BWP numerologies associated with the plurality of downlink BWPs.

13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining the second downlink BWP based on whether the second downlink BWP is a primary BWP or a secondary BWP.

14. The method of claim 9 , further comprising determining the second downlink BWP based on whether the second downlink BWP is a default BWP or a non-default BWP.

15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising switching from the first downlink BWP to the second downlink BWP.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the switching from the first downlink BWP to the second downlink BWP comprises deactivating the first downlink BWP.

17. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, one or more configuration parameters comprising:
a plurality of downlink bandwidth part (BWP) indexes associated with a plurality of downlink BWPs; and
a plurality of uplink BWP indexes associated with a plurality of uplink BWPs;

activating a first downlink BWP of the plurality of downlink BWPs and a first uplink BWP of the plurality of uplink BWPs;
determining that a downlink BWP index associated with the first downlink BWP is different from an uplink BWP index associated with the first uplink BWP; and
based on the determining, activating a second downlink BWP, of the plurality of downlink BWPs, associated with a second downlink BWP index that is the same as the uplink BWP index, wherein:
the first downlink BWP and the second downlink BWP are both active, or
a third downlink BWP of the plurality of downlink BWPs and the second downlink BWP are both active based on the wireless device switching from the first downlink BWP to the third downlink BWP.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the activating the second downlink BWP is based on at least one of:
a downlink BWP index of the first downlink BWP;
a BWP numerology of the first downlink BWP;
a downlink BWP index of the second downlink BWP; or
a BWP numerology of the second downlink BWP.

19. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
receiving, via at least one downlink control channel of the second downlink BWP, a random access response; and
based on the receiving the random access response, switching from the first downlink BWP to the second downlink BWP.

20. The method of claim 17 , further comprising:
receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) order; and
based on the PDCCH order, sending a random access preamble via the first uplink BWP.

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Cirik Ali
• Dinan Esmael Hejazi
• Zhou Hua
• Jeon Hyoungsuk
• Babaei Alireza
• Park Kyungmin

Classifications

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title

• H04W72/04 Primary

  Wireless resource allocation · CPC title

• H04W74/0836

  with 2-step access · CPC title

• H04W74/0838

  using contention-free random access [CFRA] · CPC title

• H04W74/0833 Primary

  Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access · CPC title