US 11,936,593 B2
Bandwidth part switching for sidelink communication
Kai Xu, Herndon, VA (US); Esmael Hejazi Dinan, McLean, VA (US); Hua Zhou, Herndon, VA (US); Alireza Babaei, Fairfax, VA (US); Bing Hui, Herndon, VA (US); Hyoungsuk Jeon, Centreville, VA (US); Yunjung Yi, Vienna, VA (US); and Kyungmin Park, Vienna, VA (US)
Assigned to Ofinno, LLC, Reston, VA (US)
Filed by Ofinno, LLC, Reston, VA (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/933,080.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/877,029, filed on Jul. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0028912 A1, Jan. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/70 (2018.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 5/0092 (2013.01) [H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/0098 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/70 (2018.02); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 92/18 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, one or more messages comprising configuration parameters indicating:
a first plurality of bandwidth parts (BWPs) of a Uu link;
a second plurality of BWPs of a sidelink; and
an association comprising a mapping relationship between one or more of the first plurality of BWPs and one or more of the second plurality of BWPs, wherein the associated BWPs are different from each other and have different BWP indexes;
receiving a downlink control information (DCI) indicating the one or more of the first plurality of BWPs;
selecting the one or more of the second plurality of BWPs, based on the association; and
in response to receiving the DCI:
activating the indicated one or more of the first plurality of BWPs; and
activating the selected one or more of the second plurality of BWPs, wherein the one or more of the first plurality of BWPs and the one or more of the second plurality of BWPs are activated at a same symbol.