US 11,968,032 B2
Initial access procedure and initial BWP configuration for bandwidth limited UE device
Liang Hu, San Diego, CA (US); Jung Hyun Bae, San Diego, CA (US); Jungmin Park, Seoul (KR); and Hsien-Ping Lin, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/234,761.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/037,531, filed on Jun. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/013,391, filed on Apr. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0328700 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. H04J 11/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04J 11/0073 (2013.01) [H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
acquiring, by a bandwidth-limited user equipment (UE) having a bandwidth capability, a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) including a Master Information Block (MIB);
determining a set of identifying bits, wherein the set of identifying bits is contained in the MIB or in an extended MIB (e-MIB);
identifying a first initial control resource set (CORESET), based on the set of identifying bits;
monitoring, by the bandwidth-limited UE, the first initial CORESET;
receiving, by the bandwidth-limited UE, an initial bandwidth part (BWP) configuration; and
switching, by the bandwidth-limited UE, to the initial BWP configuration,
wherein:
the bandwidth-limited UE is configured with a UE-specific dedicated BWP, and
the UE-specific dedicated BWP is different from the initial BWP configuration.