# US 12,114,368 B2 · Transmission of control information > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,114,368 B2 - Document ID: US12114368B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/344,697 - Filed: 2023-06-29 - Published: 2023-10-26 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-28 - Assignees: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Applicants: Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America - Inventors: Quan Kuang; Hidetoshi Suzuki; Ayako Horiuchi; Lilei Wang; Alexander Golitschek Edler Von Elbwart - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114368B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 8/22: Processing or transfer of terminal data, e.g. status or physical capabilities - H04W 72/04: Wireless resource allocation - H04W 74/08: Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA (hybrid access H04W74/02) - H04W 74/0833: Random access procedures, e.g. with 4-step access - H04W 72/51: based on terminal or device properties - H04W 74/0838: using contention-free random access [CFRA] - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - 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) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract The present disclosure includes as one aspect a device comprising: a receiver capable of receiving control signal from a base station in a first set of control resources and in a second set of control resources, a transmitter capable of transmitting control signals and data, a circuitry which, when in operation, controls: the transmitter to transmit a random access message associated with the first set of control resources and to transmit communication device capability indication; the receiver to monitor control resources in the first set of control resources after transmitting the random access message and to receive within the first set of control resources configuration of the second set of control resources; the receiver to monitor control resources in the first set of control resources and/or in the second set of control resources after receiving the configuration of the second set of control resources. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A communication apparatus, comprising: a receiver, which, in operation, receives at least one entry, included in system information, out of a plurality of entries wherein each of the entries includes a candidate for configuration of a first control resource set; and determines, based on the at least one entry, a configuration of the first control resource set, wherein the configuration of the first control resource set includes parameters corresponding to a subcarrier spacing and a bandwidth of the first control resource set; and circuitry, which, in operation, monitors control resources in the first control resource set and receives within the first control resource set a configuration of a second control resource set; and monitors control resources in the first control resource set and/or in the second control resource set after receiving the configuration of the second control resource set. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first control resource set is located within a first bandwidth and the second control resource set is located within a second bandwidth, the first bandwidth is a bandwidth in which any resources allocated by control information carried in the first control resource set are located, and the second bandwidth is a bandwidth in which any resources allocated by control information carried in the second control resource set are located. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth are centered in a frequency domain. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The communication apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the first bandwidth of the first control resource set is included in the second bandwidth of the second control resource set, or the first control resource set is a subset of the second control resource set. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first control resource set includes common control information to be decoded by a plurality of communication apparatuses as well as user specific control information to be decoded only by a specific communication apparatus, and the second control resource set includes the user specific control information. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry, in operation, monitors the first control resource set if the communication apparatus is in an operation mode facilitating power-saving. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first control resource set is distributed in a frequency domain, and the circuitry, in operation, performs frequency hopping every first predetermined time interval to monitor the first control resource set. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second control resource set is distributed in the frequency domain, the circuitry, in operation, performs frequency hopping every second predetermined time interval to monitor the second control resource set, and the hopping pattern for the first control resource set is similar to the hopping pattern for the second control resource set. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The communication apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the second control resource set is distributed in the frequency domain, the circuitry, in operation, performs frequency hopping every second predetermined time interval to monitor the second control resource set, and the hopping pattern for the first control resource set differs from the hopping pattern for the second control resource set at least in a frequency band in at least one time interval. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry, in operation, selects the configuration of the first control resource set according to the subcarrier spacing and the bandwidth of the first control resource set which is supported by the communication apparatus. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the parameters included in the configuration of the first control resource set further correspond to a bandwidth capability range of the communication apparatus, and the circuitry, in operation, selects the configuration of the first control resource set according to the bandwidth capability range. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the circuitry, in operation, in case the communication apparatus supports more than one configurations, performs selection of the configuration of the first control resource set as any of: random selection of one of the supported configurations; selection of a configuration with a default subcarrier spacing and a default bandwidth of the first control resource set; selection based on an identifier of the communication apparatus; and selection based on current channel conditions of the communication apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the parameters included in the configuration of the first control resource set and/or parameters included in the configuration of the second control resource set include a hopping indication specifying whether or not a frequency hopping is applied to the corresponding control resource set. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The communication apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the parameters included in the configuration of the first control resource set and/or the parameters included in the configuration of the second control resource set include a hopping pattern indication when the hopping indication indicates that a frequency hopping is applied. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The communication apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the configuration of the second control resource set includes a subset of the parameters included in the configuration of the first control resource set, and the circuitry, in operation, applies the remaining parameters of the parameters included in the configuration of the first control resource set to the second control resource set. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The communication apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry, in operation, monitors the first control resource set and/or the second control resource set, and receives within the first control resource set and/or the second control resource set control information indicating a resource allocation for data transmission to the communication apparatus, wherein the resource allocation indicates a numerology including the subcarrier spacing and a cyclic prefix length. ### Claim 17 A method for a communication apparatus, comprising: receiving at least one entry, included in system information, out of a plurality of entries wherein each of the entries includes a candidate for configuration of a first control resource set; determining, based on the at least one entry, a configuration of the first control resource set, wherein the configuration of the first control resource set includes parameters corresponding to a subcarrier spacing and a bandwidth of the first control resource set; monitoring control resources in the first control resource set; receiving within the first control resource set an indication of a configuration of a second control resource set; and monitoring control resources in the first control resource set and/or in the second control resource set after receiving the configuration of the second control resource set. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method according to claim 17, wherein the first control resource set is located within a first bandwidth and the second control resource set is located within a second bandwidth, the first bandwidth is a bandwidth in which any resources allocated by control information carried in the first control resource set are located, and the second bandwidth is a bandwidth in which any resources allocated by control information carried in the second control resource set are located. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein the first bandwidth and the second bandwidth are centered in the frequency domain. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method according to claim 18, wherein the first bandwidth of the first control resource set is included in the second bandwidth of the second control resource set, or the first control resource set is a subset of the second control resource set.