US 12,328,721 B2
Flexible downlink-uplink switching time
Sai Lokesh Ladhagiri Krishnakumar, Hyderabad (IN); Hemant Sharma, Hyderabad (IN); and Deepak Dowlagar, Warangal (IN)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/069,616.
Prior Publication US 2024/0215016 A1, Jun. 27, 2024
Int. Cl. H04W 72/1268 (2023.01); H04W 72/232 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/1268 (2013.01) [H04W 72/232 (2023.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors, coupled to the memory, configured to:
receive a configuration of a transmission pattern including a plurality of downlink symbols, one or more uplink symbols, and one or more flexible symbols, wherein the one or more flexible symbols occur before a first of the one or more uplink symbols and after a last of the plurality of downlink symbols in the transmission pattern, wherein a downlink-uplink (DL-UL) switching time occurs during an unused downlink symbol of the plurality of downlink symbols and before a first of the one or more flexible symbols; and
transmit, after the DL-UL switching time, an uplink communication during a first of the one or more flexible symbols.