# US 12,192,984 B2 · Multiple cross-carrier scheduling component carriers > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,192,984 B2 - Document ID: US12192984B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/168,748 - Filed: 2023-02-14 - Published: 2023-08-31 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2019-07-05 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Yan Zhou; Tao Luo; Konstantinos Dimou; Hamed Pezeshki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12192984B2 ## CPC - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04W 72/121: for groups of terminals or users - H04L 5/001: {the frequencies being arranged in component carriers} - H04L 5/0094: {Indication of how sub-channels of the path are allocated} - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - H04W 72/23: in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal - H04W 72/53: based on regulatory allocation policies - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 80/02: Data link layer protocols - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04W 88/08: Access point devices - 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 Certain aspects of the present disclosure are generally directed to a method for wireless communication. The method generally includes receiving a configuration of resources on a plurality of signaling entities for reception of a plurality of control messages, wherein each of the plurality of control messages schedules resources on a different signaling entity than one of the plurality of signaling entities on which the control message is to be received, and monitoring the configured resources on the plurality of signaling entities for the plurality of control messages. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE), comprising: one or more memories comprising instructions; and one or more processors, individually or collectively, configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to: receive signaling indicating a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell for reception of a plurality of control messages, wherein: the first cell is used to cross-carrier schedule first resources on at least the second cell and the second cell is used to schedule the first resources on at least the second cell, and at least one of the plurality of control messages schedules the first resources on a different cell than one of the plurality of cells on which the at least one of the plurality of control messages is received; and monitor second resources on the plurality of cells for the plurality of control messages. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a control message of the plurality of control messages on the first cell schedules third resources on the second cell. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the signaling is received via at least one of: a downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to: receive a first control message of the plurality of control messages from a first transmission point; and receive a second control message of the plurality of control messages from a second transmission point. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of control messages comprises a first control message and a second control message, and wherein the first control message, received via the one of the plurality of cells, indicates fourth resources on another one of the plurality of cells for reception of the second control message. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The apparatus of claim 5, wherein the first control message designates a switch of a control for a resource scheduling from the one of the plurality of cells to the other one of the plurality of cells. ### Claim 7 An apparatus for wireless communication, comprising: one or more memories comprising instructions; and one or more processors, individually or collectively, configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to: determine a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell for reception of a plurality of control messages, wherein: the first cell is used to cross-carrier schedule first resources on at least the second cell and the second cell is used to schedule the first resources on at least the second cell, and at least one of the plurality of control messages schedules the first resources on a different cell than one of the plurality of cells on which the at least one of the plurality of control messages is received; and transmit signaling indicating the plurality of cells to a user-equipment (UE). ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein a control message of the plurality of control messages on the first cell schedules third resources on the second cell. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the signaling is transmitted via at least one of: a downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein: the apparatus is configured as a first transmission point; the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to execute the instructions and cause the first transmission point to transmit, to the UE, a first control message of the plurality of control messages; and a second control message of the plurality of control message is to be received by the UE via one of the plurality of cells associated with a second transmission point. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to execute the instructions and cause the first transmission point to: send, to the second transmission point, channel measurement information to be used for scheduling of fifth resources via the second control message. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The apparatus of claim 7, wherein: the plurality of control messages comprise a first control message and a second control message, and the one or more processors, individually or collectively, are further configured to execute the instructions and cause the apparatus to transmit the first control message, via one of the plurality of cells, indicating fourth resources on another one of the plurality of cells for reception of the second control message. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first control message designates a switch of a control for a resource scheduling from the one of the plurality of cells to the other one of the plurality of cells. ### Claim 14 A method for wireless communication by a user-equipment (UE), comprising: receiving signaling indicating a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell for reception of a plurality of control messages, wherein: the first cell is used to cross-carrier schedule first resources on at least the second cell and the second cell is used to schedule the first resources on at least the second cell, and at least one of the plurality of control messages schedules the first resources on a different cell than one of the plurality of cells on which the at least one of the plurality of control messages is received; and monitoring second resources on the plurality of cells for the plurality of control messages. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein a control message on the first cell schedules third resources on the second cell. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the signaling is received via at least one of: a downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or a radio resource control (RRC) message. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising: receiving a first control message of the plurality of control messages from a first transmission point; and receiving a second control message of the plurality of control messages from a second transmission point. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the plurality of control messages comprises a first control message and a second control message, and wherein the first control message, received via the one of the plurality of cells, indicates fourth resources on another one of the plurality of cells for reception of the second control message. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method of claim 18, wherein the first control message designates a switch of a control for a resource scheduling from the one of the plurality of cells to the other one of the plurality of cells. ### Claim 20 A method for wireless communication, comprising: determining a plurality of cells comprising a first cell and a second cell for reception of a plurality of control messages, wherein: the first cell is used to cross-carrier schedule first resources on at least the second cell and the second cell is used to schedule the first resources on at least the second cell, and at least one of the plurality of control messages schedules the first resources on a different cell than one of the plurality of cells on which the at least one of the plurality of control messages is received; and transmitting signaling indicating the plurality of cells to a user-equipment (UE). ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein a control message on the first cell schedules third resources on the second cell. ### Claim 22 (depends on 20) The method of claim 20, wherein the signaling is transmitted via at least one of: a downlink control information (DCI), a medium access control-control element (MAC-CE), or a radio resource control (RRC) message.