# US 12,603,724 B2 · Adaptable resource allocation length > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,603,724 B2 - Document ID: US12603724B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/930,256 - Filed: 2022-09-07 - Published: 2024-03-07 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-09-07 - Assignees: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Applicants: QUALCOMM Incorporated - Inventors: Ahmed Attia Abotabl; Muhammad Sayed Khairy Abdelghaffar; Abdelrahman Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Ibrahim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603724B2 ## CPC - H04L 1/0007: {by modifying the frame length} - H04L 5/0092: {Indication of how the channel is divided} - H04L 5/0044: {Allocation of payload; Allocation of data channels, e.g. PDSCH or PUSCH} - H04L 5/0046: {Determination of the number of bits transmitted on different sub-channels} - H04L 5/0053: {Allocation of signalling, i.e. of overhead other than pilot signals} - H04L 5/14: Two-way operation using the same type of signal, i.e. duplex - H04W 72/0446: Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames - H04W 72/0453: Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA - 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 This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for wireless communication that support enhanced frequency domain resource allocation. In a first aspect, an apparatus includes at least one processor and a memory coupled to the at least one processor. The at least one processor is configured to receive resource allocation information including a quantity of bits that corresponds to a transmission bandwidth for a transmission; and communicate, based on the quantity of bits, with a second network node using the transmission bandwidth for the transmission. Other aspects and features are also claimed and described. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive resource allocation information including a quantity of bits that corresponds to a transmission bandwidth for a transmission, wherein the resource allocation information corresponds to a bitmap for resource element information of an active bandwidth part (BWP), wherein the BWP is a downlink (DL) BWP, an uplink (UL) BWP, or an UL/DL BWP, wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective resource block group (RBG) of the active BWP, wherein a particular RBG for a particular bit of the bitmap partially overlaps with a transmission band for the transmission, and wherein the particular RBG is not allocated or transmitted; and communicate, based on the quantity of bits, with a second network node using the transmission bandwidth for the transmission. ### Claim 2 A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive resource allocation information including a quantity of bits that corresponds to a transmission bandwidth for a transmission, wherein the resource allocation information corresponds to a bitmap for resource element information of an active bandwidth part (BWP), wherein the BWP is a downlink (DL) BWP, an uplink (UL) BWP, or an UL/DL BWP, wherein each bit of the bitmap corresponds to a respective RBG of the active BWP, wherein a particular RBG for a particular bit of the bitmap partially overlaps with a transmission band for the transmission, wherein a first portion of the corresponding RBG is allocated and transmitted and a second portion of the corresponding RBG is not allocated or transmitted, and wherein the first portion corresponds to resource blocks of the particular RBG which fully overlap the transmission band; and communicate, based on the quantity of bits, with a second network node using the transmission bandwidth for the transmission. ### Claim 3 A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive resource allocation information including a quantity of bits that corresponds to a transmission bandwidth for a transmission; and communicate, based on the quantity of bits, with a second network node using the transmission bandwidth for the transmission, wherein the quantity of bits corresponds to a total quantity bits of a frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) field, and wherein the total quantity of bits is based on: a quantity of resource block groups that overlap one or more corresponding subbands of a slot of the transmission, and an RBG size. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The first network node of claim 3, wherein the RBG size indicates a quantity of RBs in each RBG, and wherein the total quantity of bits in the FDRA field is the quantity of RBGs that at least partially overlap with any of the subbands divided by the quantity of RBs in each RBG. ### Claim 5 A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive resource allocation information including a quantity of bits that corresponds to a transmission bandwidth for a transmission; anmd communicate, based on the quantity of bits, with a second network node using the transmission bandwidth for the transmission, wherein a band corresponding to the transmission has multiple subbands, wherein a first subband of the multiple subbands has a first RBG size and a second subband of the multiple subbands has a second RBG size different from the first RBG size, and wherein a total number of bits of the transmission is a sum a first quantity of bits that corresponds to a first quantity of RBGs in a BWP overlapping with the first subband divided by the first RBG size of the first subband and of a second quantity of bits that corresponds to a second quantity of RBGs in the BWP overlapping with the second subband divided by the second RBG size of the second subband. ### Claim 6 A first network node for wireless communication, comprising: at least one processor; and a memory coupled to the at least one processor, wherein the at least one processor is configured to: receive resource allocation information including a quantity of bits that corresponds to a transmission bandwidth for a transmission; receive slot type information and resource element size information; determine a length of an FDRA field based on the slot type information and the resource element size information, wherein the resource allocation information corresponds to the FDRA field; determine the transmission bandwidth for the transmission based on the length of the FDRA field; and communicate, based on the quantity of bits, with a second network node using the transmission bandwidth for the transmission. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The first network node of claim 6, wherein, to determine the transmission bandwidth based on the length of the FDRA field, the at least one processor is configured to: determine the transmission bandwidth for the transmission based on a quantity of bits of the FDRA field which have a particular value.