# US 11,445,495 B2 · Method and apparatus for receiving downlink control channel in wireless communication system

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- Number: US 11,445,495 B2
- Document ID: US11445495B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/231,506
- Filed: 2021-04-15
- Published: 2021-07-29
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2017-05-05
- Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Jingxing Fu; Bin Yu; Chen Qian; Qi Xiong
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445495B2

## CPC

- H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals}
- H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
- H04L 5/0082: {at predetermined intervals}
- H04L 5/0098: {Signalling of the activation or deactivation of component carriers, subcarriers or frequency bands}
- H04L 5/0007: {the frequencies being orthogonal, e.g. OFDM(A) or DMT}
- H04W 72/044: based on the type of the allocated resource
- H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M)
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)

## Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a pre-5th-Generation (5G) or 5G communication system to be provided for supporting higher data rates Beyond 4th-Generation (4G) communication system such as Long Term Evolution (LTE). A technique for receiving a downlink control channel is provided that includes operations of determining whether a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is received at a time-domain position n; determining, according to a result of the determining, a frequency-domain position of a bandwidth part (BWP) for receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) at a time-domain position n+1, and receiving the PDCCH at the BWP of the frequency-domain position. The technique determines the frequency-domain position of the BWP for receiving the PDCCH by determining whether it is necessary to receive the PDSCH at the time-domain position preceding the current time-domain position for receiving the PDCCH, greatly reducing or even eliminating the influence of the adjustment time interval for the user equipment (UE) to convert the BWP on the normal data reception of the UE, which ensures the receiving performance and the throughput level of the received data of the UE.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving, from a base station, information for configuring a first bandwidth part (BWP) via higher layer signaling, wherein the first BWP is configured to be used in case that a physical layer signaling for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is not received during a time interval on a current configured BWP for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) detection and PDSCH reception;
receiving, from the base station, signals on a second BWP set as the current configured BWP and is different from the first BWP;
in a case that the physical layer signaling for the PDSCH is not received on the second BWP during the time interval, changing the current configured BWP from the second BWP to the first BWP; and
identifying that an interval until a beginning of a time slot where the UE can receive signals on the first BWP is required, based on the time interval for the changing of the current configured BWP, the UE being configured not to receive signals within the interval,
wherein the time interval is configured by higher layer signaling, and
wherein the second BWP is indicated by downlink control information (DCI) including a sequence number of the second BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the information includes a sequence number of the first BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling.

### Claim 3

A method performed by a base station a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), information for configuring a bandwidth part (BWP) via higher layer signaling, wherein the first BWP is configured to be used in case that a physical layer signaling for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is not received during a time interval on a current configured BWP for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) detection and PDSCH reception;
transmitting, to the UE, signals on a second BWP different from the first BWP; and
transmitting, to the UE, signals on the first BWP based on a changing of the current configured BWP from the second BWP to the first BWP,
wherein the time interval is configured by higher layer signaling,
wherein the second BWP is indicated by downlink control information (DCI) including a sequence number of the second BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling, and
wherein, based on the time interval for the changing of the current configured BWP, signals are not transmitted to the UE within a required interval until a beginning of a time slot where the UE can receive signals on the first BWP.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method of claim 3, wherein the information includes a sequence number of the first BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling.

### Claim 5

A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver and configured to:
receive, from a base station, information for configuring a first bandwidth part (BWP) via higher layer signaling, wherein the first BWP is configured to be used in case that a physical layer signaling for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is not received during a time interval on a current configured BWP for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) detection and PDSCH reception,
receive, from the base station, signals on a second BWP set as the current configured BWP and is different from the first BWP,
in a case that the physical layer signaling for the PDSCH is not received on the second BWP during the time interval, change the current configured BWP from the second BWP to the first BWP, and
identify that an interval until a beginning of a time slot where the UE can receive signals on the first BWP is required, based on the time interval for the changing of the current configured BWP, the UE being configured not to receive signals within the interval, wherein the time interval is configured by higher layer signaling, and
wherein the second BWP is indicated by downlink control information (DCI) including a sequence number of the second BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The UE of claim 5, wherein the information includes a sequence number of the first BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling.

### Claim 7

A base station a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:
at least one transceiver; and
at least one processor coupled to the at least one transceiver and configured to:
transmit, to a user equipment (UE), information for configuring a bandwidth part (BWP) via higher layer signaling, wherein the first BWP is configured to be used in case that a physical layer signaling for a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) is not received during a time interval on a current configured BWP for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) detection and PDSCH reception,
transmit, to the UE, signals on a second BWP different from the first BWP, and
transmit, to the UE, signals on the first BWP based on a changing of the current configured BWP from the second BWP to the first BWP,
wherein the time interval is configured by higher layer signaling,
wherein the second BWP is indicated by downlink control information (DCI) including a sequence number of the second BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling, and
wherein, based on the time interval for the changing of the current configured BWP, signals are not transmitted to the UE within a required interval until a beginning of a time slot where the UE can receive signals on the first BWP.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The base station of claim 7, wherein the information includes a sequence number of the first BWP among one or more BWPs configured via higher layer signaling.