US 12,069,756 B2
Special cell dormancy for new radio
Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); Naveen Kumar R. Palle Venkata, San Diego, CA (US); Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN); and Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/593,500
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 6, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/107361
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/027420, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2022/0312519 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 76/15 (2018.01); H04W 24/08 (2009.01); H04W 24/10 (2009.01); H04W 72/044 (2023.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2024.01)
CPC H04W 76/15 (2018.02) [H04W 24/08 (2013.01); H04W 24/10 (2013.01); H04W 72/044 (2013.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 74/0833 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
identifying a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) and a non-dormant BWP of a carrier corresponding to a primary secondary cell (PSCell) of a secondary cell group (SCG) for dual connectivity (DC);
determining that the dormant BWP is configured in an active state, wherein, when the dormant BWP is configured in the active state, the UE is not configured to support sounding reference signal (SRS) transmission to the PSCell; and
performing one or more actions corresponding to the dormant BWP.