US-12627458-B2 - Systems and methods for managing frequency resource group based service transmissions

Abstract

Example implementations include receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources. In response to receiving the indication, the wireless communication device communicates with the network data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources.

Inventors

• Xing Liu
• Peng Hao
• Xingguang WEI

Assignees

• ZTE CORPORATION

Dates

Publication Date

20260512

Application Date

20231122

Claims (17)

1. 1 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in the frequency resource indicator field of the indication is mapped to the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources according to a position of each bit and an index of the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources.
2. 2 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein: the indication comprises a Downlink Control Information (DCI); the DCI schedules uplink transmission or downlink transmission for the wireless communication device; and each of the two or more frequency resources comprises a Bandwidth Part (BWP).
3. 3 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein a bitwidth of the frequency resource indicator field is same as a number of frequency resources configured by higher layers.
4. 4 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein a first bit value of each bit indicates that the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources is to be activated or remains activated, and a second bit value of each bit indicates that the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources is to be deactivated or remains deactivated.
5. 5 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein: the indication comprises an information field; and wherein a first value in the information field indicates that the indication schedules the data, and a second value in the information field indicates that no data is scheduled by the indication.
6. 6 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein: the indication is scrambled by a Radio Network Temporary Identifier (RNTI); and the RNTI being a first RNTI indicates that the indication schedules the data, and the RNTI being a second RNTI indicates that the no data is scheduled by the indication.
7. 7 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein: the indication is transmitted in a Control Resource Set (CORESET); and the CORESET being a first CORESET indicates that the indication schedules the data, and the CORESET being a second CORESET indicates that the no data is scheduled by the indication.
8. 8 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein: the indication is received via a first frequency resource while both the first frequency resource and a second frequency of the two or more frequency resources resource are currently activated; the indication indicates that data scheduled by the indication to be transmitted on the first frequency resource or the second frequency resource; and the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource remain activated.
9. 9 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein: the indication is received via a first frequency resource while the first frequency resource is currently activated and a second frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources is currently inactivated; the indication indicates that data scheduled by the indication to be transmitted on the second frequency resource; and the method further comprises activating, by the wireless communication device, the second frequency resource.
10. 10 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein: the indication is received via a first frequency resource while both the first frequency resource and a second frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources are currently activated; and one of: the indication indicates that both the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource remain activated; or the indication indicates that the second frequency resource remains activated for communicating the data, and the method further comprises determining, by the wireless communication device, whether to deactivate the first frequency resource based on signaling from the network or predefined behavior.
11. 11 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein: the indication is received via a first frequency resource while both the first frequency resource and a second frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources are currently activated and a third frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources is currently inactivated; the indication indicates that the third frequency resource is to be activated for communicating the data, that the first frequency resource is to be deactivated, and that the second frequency resource remains activated; and the method further comprises activating, by the wireless communication device, the third frequency resource for communicating the data, deactivating the first frequency resource, and keeping the second frequency resource activated.
12. 12 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources the indication is received via a first frequency resource while both the first frequency resource and a second frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources are currently activated and a third frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources is currently inactivated; the indication indicates that the first frequency resource remains activated, that the second frequency resource is to be deactivated, and that the third frequency resource is to be activated; and the method further comprises activating, by the wireless communication device, the third frequency resource, deactivating the second frequency resource, and keeping the first frequency resource activated for communicating the data.
13. 13 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein: the indication is received via a first frequency resource while both the first frequency resource and a second frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources are currently activated and a third frequency resource and a fourth frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources are currently inactivated; the indication indicates that the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource are to be deactivated, and that the third frequency resource and the fourth frequency resource are to be activated; and the method further comprises activating, by the wireless communication device, the third frequency resource and the fourth frequency resource and deactivating the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource; and communicating, by the wireless communication device, the data using a default one of the third frequency resource and the fourth frequency resource.
14. 14 . A wireless communication method, comprising: receiving, by a wireless communication device from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicating, by the wireless communication device with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein: the indication is received via a first frequency resource while both the first frequency resource and a second frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources are currently activated and a third frequency resource of the two or more frequency resources is currently inactivated; the indication indicates that the first frequency resource and the second frequency resource remain activated, and the third frequency resource is to be activated; and the method further comprises activating, by the wireless communication device, the third frequency resource; and communicating, by the wireless communication device, the data using the first frequency resource.
15. 15 . A wireless communication device, comprising: at least one processor configured to: receive, via a transceiver from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to receiving the indication, communicate, via the transceiver with the network, data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in the frequency resource indicator field of the indication is mapped to the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources according to a position of each bit and an index of the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources.
16. 16 . A wireless communication method, comprising: at least one processor configured to: send, via a transceiver to a wireless communication device, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to sending the indication, communicate, via the transceiver with the wireless communication device, data using at least one the two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in the frequency resource indicator field of the indication is mapped to the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources according to a position of each bit and an index of the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources.
17. 17 . A wireless communication method, comprising: sending, by a network to a wireless communication device, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources; in response to sending the indication, communicating, by the network with the wireless communication device, data using at least one the two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in the frequency resource indicator field of the indication is mapped to the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources according to a position of each bit and an index of the corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION This application claims the benefit of priority under 35 U.S.C. § 120 as a continuation of International Patent Application No. PCT/CN2021/136728, filed on Dec. 9, 2021, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety. TECHNICAL FIELD The present implementations relate generally to wireless communications, and more particularly to systems, methods, apparatuses, and non-transitory computer-readable media for managing frequency resource group based service transmissions. BACKGROUND Currently, the first phase standardization of the 5th Generation mobile communication technology (5G) has already completed. A series of unicast and multicast features had been specified in the first three New Radio (NR) releases, Rel-15, Rel-16 and Rel-17. Future releases relate to receiving multiple transmission services at the same time. SUMMARY In some arrangements, a wireless communication device receives from a network, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources, wherein each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources. In response to receiving the indication, the wireless communication device communicates with the network data using at least one of the two or more frequency resources. In some arrangements, a network sends to a wireless communication device, an indication indicating activation status of two or more frequency resources. Each bit in a frequency resource indicator field of the indication maps to a corresponding one of the two or more frequency resources. In response to sending the indication, the network communicates with the wireless communication device data using at least one the two or more frequency resources. The above and other aspects and their implementations are described in greater detail in the drawings, the descriptions, and the claims. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS These and other aspects and features of the present implementations is apparent to those ordinarily skilled in the art upon review of the following description of specific implementations in conjunction with the accompanying figures, wherein: FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example wireless communication network, according to various arrangements. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating a block diagram of an example wireless communication system for transmitting and receiving downlink and uplink communication signals, according to various arrangements. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating the manner in which different frequency ranges (e.g., first frequency range and second frequency range) within a carrier are configured with different downlink uplink frame structures, according to various arrangements. FIG. 4 is a table illustrating an example of mapping between values of a Bandwidth Part (BWP) indicator field and BWP indices, according to various arrangements. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating BWP switching delay, according to various arrangements. FIG. 6 is a flowchart diagram illustrating an example method for managing service transmissions using multiple frequency resources, according to various arrangements. DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present implementations will now be described in detail with reference to the drawings, which are provided as illustrative examples of the implementations so as to enable those skilled in the art to practice the implementations and alternatives apparent to those skilled in the art. Notably, the figures and examples below are not meant to limit the scope of the present implementations to a single implementation, but other implementations are possible by way of interchange of some or all of the described or illustrated elements. Moreover, where certain elements of the present implementations can be partially or fully implemented using known components, only those portions of such known components that are necessary for an understanding of the present implementations is described, and detailed descriptions of other portions of such known components is omitted so as not to obscure the present implementations. Implementations described as being implemented in software should not be limited thereto, but can include implementations implemented in hardware, or combinations of software and hardware, and vice-versa, as is apparent to those skilled in the art, unless otherwise specified herein. In the present specification, an implementation showing a singular component should not be considered limiting. Rather, the present disclosure is intended to encompass other implementations including a plurality of the same component, and vice-versa, unless explicitly stated otherwise herein. Moreover, applicants do not intend for any term in the specification or claims to be ascribed an uncommon or special meaning unless explicitly set forth as such. Further, the present implementations encompass present and future known equivalents to the kn