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US 10,257,812 B2Granted
Method for communicating in a mobile network
AssigneeKoninklijke Philips N.V.
InventorTimothy James Moulsley
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station, comprising (a) the secondary station being configured to search a first configuration of search spaces, said search spaces comprising a number of resource sets, where at least one resource set might be used to transmit a message to the secondary station, (b) configuring the secondary station by means of a configuration message to search a second configuration of search spaces, (c) the secondary station in response of the reception of the configuration message entering into a transitional configuration mode, wherein the secondary station searches partly the first configuration of search spaces and the second configuration of search spaces.
Claims17
A method for communicating between a primary station and at least one secondary station in a network, the method comprising:
- in a secondary station:
- a controller operative to search a first configuration of search spaces, the first configuration of search spaces comprising a first set of one or more resource sets and a first set of one or more control message formats, where at least one resource set and control message format may be selected to transmit a control message to the secondary station,
- the secondary station entering into a transitional mode in response to the receipt of a configuration message from the primary station,
- the controller operative to search a second configuration of search spaces upon exiting the transitional mode, wherein the second configuration of search spaces comprises a second set of one or more resource sets and a second set of one or more control message formats,
- wherein in the transitional mode, the secondary station searches for a first control message format from the first set of one or more control message formats in the first configuration of search spaces and searches for a second control message format from the second set of one or more control message formats in the second configuration of search spaces, and
- wherein the first and second control message formats are different.
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A secondary station, comprising:
- a transmitter including an antenna array arranged to communicate with a primary station,
- a controller operative to search a first configuration of search spaces, the first configuration of search spaces comprising a first set of one or more resource sets and a first number of control message formats where at least one resource set and control message format may be selected to transmit a control message to the secondary station,
- a receiver including an antenna array configured to receive a configuration message from the primary station for configuring the secondary station to enter into a transitional mode,
- the controller operative to configure the secondary station to enter into the transitional mode in response to the reception of the configuration message,
- the controller operative to configure the secondary station to search a second configuration of search spaces upon exiting the transitional mode, wherein the second configuration of search spaces comprises a second number of resource sets and a second number of control message formats,
- wherein in the transitional mode, the secondary station searches for a first control message format from the first set of one or more control message formats in the first configuration of search spaces and searches for a second control message format from the second set of one or more control message formats in the second configuration of search spaces, and
- wherein the first and second control message formats are different.
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A computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory propagating signal or wave, the medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause processing circuitry of a secondary station to:
- search a first configuration of search spaces, the first configuration of search spaces comprising a first set of one or more resource sets and a first number of control message formats, where at least one resource set and control message format may be selected to transmit a control message to the secondary station,
- enter into a transitional mode in response to the receipt of a configuration message,
- search a second configuration of search spaces upon exiting the transitional mode, wherein the second configuration of search spaces comprises a second number of resource sets and a second number of control message formats,
- wherein in the transitional configuration mode, the secondary station is configured to search for a first control message format from the first set of one or more control message formats in the first configuration of search spaces and is further configured to search for a second control message format from the second set of one or more control message formats in the second configuration of search spaces, and
- wherein the first and second control message formats are different.
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A primary station comprising means for communicating with at least one secondary station, comprising:
- a transmitter including an antenna array arranged to communicate with the at least one secondary station,
- a controller operative to configure the secondary station to search a first configuration of search spaces, the first configuration of search spaces comprising a first set of one or more resource sets and a first set of one or more control message formats, where at least one resource set and control message format may be selected to transmit a control message to the secondary station,
- a transmitter operative to transmit a configuration message requesting the secondary station to search a second configuration of search spaces comprising a second set of one or more resource sets and a second set of one or more control message formats,
- the controller operative to configure the primary station, after transmission of the configuration message, to enter into a transitional configuration mode, wherein the primary station is adapted to partly use the first configuration of search spaces and to partly use the second configuration of search spaces for transmitting a control message,
- wherein the second configuration of search spaces comprises a second set of one or more resource sets and a second set of one or more control message formats,
- wherein in the transitional configuration mode, the secondary station is configured to search for a first control message format from the first set of one or more control message formats in the first configuration of search spaces and is further configured to search for a second control message format from the second set of one or more control message formats in the second configuration of search spaces, and
- wherein the first and second control message formats are different.
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A computer readable storage medium that is not a transitory propagating signal or wave, the medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed cause processing circuitry of a primary station to:
- configure a secondary station to search a first configuration of search spaces, the first configuration of search spaces comprising a first set of one or more resource sets and a first set of one or more control message formats, where at least one resource set and control message format may be selected to transmit a control message to the secondary station,
- transmit a configuration message requesting the secondary station to search a second configuration of search spaces comprising a second set of one or more resource sets and a second set of one or more control message formats,
- configure the primary station, after transmission of the configuration message, to enter into a transitional configuration mode, wherein the primary station is adapted to partly use the first configuration of search spaces and to partly use the second configuration of search spaces for transmitting a control message,
- wherein the second configuration of search spaces comprises a second set of one or more resource sets and a second set of one or more control message formats,
- wherein in the transitional configuration mode, the secondary station is configured to search for a first control message format from the first set of one or more control message formats in the first configuration of search spaces and is further configured to search for a second control message format from the second set of one or more control message formats in the second configuration of search spaces, and
- wherein the first and second control message formats are different.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.