US 11,985,016 B2
Apparatuses and methods of switching between different numerologies
Ali Behravan, Stockholm (SE); Muhammad Kazmi, Sundbyberg (SE); Iana Siomina, Täby (SE); and Patrizia Testa, Solna (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Aug. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/392,554.
Application 17/392,554 is a continuation of application No. 16/483,106, granted, now 11,108,614, previously published as PCT/IB2017/058286, filed on Dec. 21, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/453,777, filed on Feb. 2, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2021/0367824 A1, Nov. 25, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 27/26025 (2021.01) [H04L 5/0092 (2013.01); H04L 27/2666 (2013.01); H04L 5/001 (2013.01); H04L 5/0028 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04L 27/2602 (2013.01); H04W 72/0453 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method in a network node for switching between different numerologies supported by the network node, the method comprising:
determining at least one parameter that can be used by the network node for switching between a first signal operating with a first numerology and a second signal operating with a second numerology, the first numerology being a first subcarrier spacing and the second numerology being a second subcarrier spacing, the second subcarrier spacing being different from the first subcarrier spacing;
switching between the first signal and the second signal based on the at least one parameter, the at least one parameter including at least one of time resources allowed for switching and time resources restricted for switching, each of the time resources corresponding to at least one of the first numerology and the second numerology; and
operating at least one of the first signal and the second signal between the network node and a wireless device.