US 12,323,953 B2
Configuration of resource patterns for integrated access and backhaul
Navid Abedini, Basking Ridge, NJ (US); Jianghong Luo, Skillman, NJ (US); Luca Blessent, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US); Muhammad Nazmul Islam, Littleton, MA (US); Karl Georg Hampel, Jersey City, NJ (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); and Junyi Li, Fairless Hills, PA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/650,777.
Application 17/650,777 is a continuation of application No. 16/669,425, filed on Oct. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,252,718.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,436, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0240235 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 40/00 (2009.01); H04W 72/27 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/044 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0032 (2013.01); H04L 5/0094 (2013.01); H04W 40/00 (2013.01); H04W 72/27 (2023.01)] 48 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus at a parent node in an integrated access and backhaul (IAB) network, comprising:
one or more memories; and
one or more processors, coupled to the one or more memories, configured to cause the parent node to:
receive, directly from a central unit via an F1 application protocol (F1-AP) interface, at least part of a resource pattern of a child IAB node of the parent node,
wherein the receipt of the at least part of the resource pattern directly from the central unit via the F1-AP interface is different from a receipt of the at least part of the resource pattern from the child IAB node that receives the at least part of the resource pattern from the central unit,
wherein the resource pattern indicates one or more configurations of one or more resources of the child IAB node to be used for communication by the child IAB node with one or more other wireless nodes,
wherein the one or more resources include one or more of a soft resource, a hard resource, or an unavailable resource,
wherein the soft resource is in one of a schedulable state or a non-schedulable state,
wherein the soft resource is in the schedulable state after an availability indication is explicitly or implicitly provided to the child IAB node by the parent node, and
wherein the hard resource is available for the child IAB node; and
communicate with the child IAB node based on the at least part of the resource pattern.