US 12,382,537 B2
Method and apparatus for wider bandwidth gNodeB operation with user equipment bandwidth restrictions
Srinivasan Balasubramanian, San Diego, CA (US); Shashideep Nuggehalli, Campbell, CA (US); Satish Ananthaiyer, Campbell, CA (US); and Mehmet Yavuz, Palo Alto, CA (US)
Assigned to CELONA, INC., Campbell, CA (US)
Filed by Celona, Inc., Campbell, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/179,950.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/317,517, filed on Mar. 7, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0292393 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 72/12 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/27 (2018.02) [H04W 72/12 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for scheduling users comprising:
a. scheduling users of multiple bandwidth parts (BWPs) at-a-same instant; and
b. scheduling BWP switching from a default-BWP to a dedicated-BWP using a Radio Resource Control (RRC) Connection Reconfiguration;
c. configuring BWPs to the following configurations:
(1) a first BWP configuration having a first band having a wider bandwidth to a downlink BWP and a second band of a smaller bandwidth to an uplink BWP; and
(2) a second BWP configuration having a first band of a first given width allocated to a downlink BWP and a second band having a second given width to an uplink BWP, the first given width and the second given width being less than the wider bandwidth of the downlink BWP of the first BWP configuration,
(3) the method further including dynamically switching between the first BWP configuration and the second BWP configuration to increase system capacity.