US 12,341,720 B2
Cross carrier activation of a periodic grant
Yan Zhou, San Diego, CA (US); Tao Luo, San Diego, CA (US); Xiaoxia Zhang, San Diego, CA (US); Konstantinos Dimou, New York City, NY (US); Hamed Pezeshki, San Diego, CA (US); Kazuki Takeda, Minato-ku (JP); Sony Akkarakaran, Poway, CA (US); Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, San Diego, CA (US); and Mostafa Khoshnevisan, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/592,955.
Application 18/592,955 is a continuation of application No. 17/656,360, filed on Mar. 24, 2022, granted, now 11,991,717.
Application 17/656,360 is a continuation of application No. 16/908,318, filed on Jun. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,356,996, issued on Jun. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/871,122, filed on Jul. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0260047 A1, Aug. 1, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)
CPC H04L 5/0048 (2013.01) [H04W 72/0453 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus configured for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the apparatus to:
receive, during a first cycle, a periodic grant via a first carrier of a plurality of carriers;
monitor, during a next cycle after the first cycle, for configured grants (CGs) for multiple carriers of the plurality of carriers based on the periodic grant; and
receive, during the next cycle after the first cycle, a first transmission in a first CG of the CGs via a second carrier of the plurality of carriers and a second transmission in a second CG of the CGs via a third carrier of the plurality of carriers, wherein:
the apparatus comprises a user equipment (UE);
the periodic grant comprises a Semi-Persistent Scheduling (SPS) message;
the first transmission and the second transmission each comprise a Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH);
the plurality of carriers correspond to a plurality of component carriers (CCs);
the first carrier corresponds to a first CC of the plurality of CCs;
the second carrier corresponds to a second CC of the plurality of CCs;
the third carrier corresponds to a third CC of the plurality of CCs;
the periodic grant enables beam sweep for transmissions corresponding to the CGs activated by the periodic grant; and
each transmission of the transmissions has a different beam pattern from an adjacent transmission on a same carrier and during a same cycle when beam sweep is enabled.