US 12,471,102 B2
Methods and apparatus for UE power savings in initial downlink bandwidth part dedicated to redcap devices
Qiongjie Lin, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Hongbo Si, Plano, TX (US); and Aristides Papasakellariou, Houston, TX (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/814,483.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/277,940, filed on Nov. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/240,238, filed on Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/235,480, filed on Aug. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/232,457, filed on Aug. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0049735 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 5/0053 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) with reduced capabilities (RedCap) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, a first synchronization signal and physical broadcast channel (SS/PBCH) block which includes system information comprising configuration information for a first initial downlink (DL) bandwidth part (BWP);
receiving, from the base station, a system information block 1 (SIB1) based on the configuration information;
identifying a second initial DL BWP for the UE with RedCap based on the SIB1; and
receiving, from the base station, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in the second initial DL BWP,
wherein, in case that the PDCCH is monitored according to a Type1-PDCCH common search space (CSS) set of the second initial DL BWP, the second initial DL BWP does not include SS/PBCH blocks.