CPC H04L 5/16 (2013.01) [H04L 27/2666 (2013.01); H04W 28/0284 (2013.01); H04W 28/0289 (2013.01); H04W 52/14 (2013.01); H04L 12/413 (2013.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A processor of a user equipment (UE) configured to perform operations comprising:
determining that half-duplex (HD) frequency division duplex (FDD) is enabled by a fifth generation (5G) new radio (NR) network with which the UE is communicating, wherein a guard period is configured for downlink and uplink switching when the HD FDD is enabled;
performing a first uplink transmission at a first time to a base station of the 5G NR network;
performing a first downlink reception at a second time to the base station of the 5G NR network, wherein the guard period represents a time duration between the first time and the second time during which the UE is not to perform a second different uplink transmission or a second different downlink reception with the base station of the 5G NR network; and
initiating a guard period reconfiguration procedure, wherein initiating the guard period reconfiguration procedure includes deriving a second guard period and transmitting an indication of the second guard period to the base station of the 5G NR network using a dedicated physical random access channel (PRACH) resource.
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