US 12,471,072 B2
Timer-based switching for multiple active bandwidth parts
Ahmed Attia Abotabl, San Diego, CA (US); Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar, San Jose, CA (US); Alexandros Manolakos, Escondido, CA (US); and Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Appl. No. 18/000,811
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 12, 2021, PCT No. PCT/US2021/041309
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 5, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/015660, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 20, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 20200100422 (GR), filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0328703 A1, Oct. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/0453 (2023.01); H04W 72/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/0453 (2013.01) [H04W 72/02 (2013.01)] 31 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of wireless communication by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
activating, prior to a start of a first slot that is configured with a first operation type that is one of a half-duplex operation type or a full-duplex operation type, a first bandwidth part (BWP) representing a first range of frequencies to be used for communications in a first direction with a network device within the first slot, the first direction being one of a downlink direction or an uplink direction;
activating, prior to the start of the first slot, a second BWP representing a second range of frequencies to be used for communications in the first direction with the network device within a second slot that is configured with a second operation type different than the first operation type, the second BWP being active concurrently with the first BWP within the first slot;
initiating a first timer responsive to the activation of the first BWP or the activation of the second BWP, the first timer being configured to expire after a first elapsed duration; and
changing a status of at least one of the first BWP or the second BWP based on the expiration of the first timer.