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Samsung patents method for managing data reception during network bandwidth switches

This patent describes a method for smartphones to handle data reception when the network switches between different bandwidth channels. It specifies how the device decides whether to keep receiving scheduled data or pause it based on whether it needs to send confirmation signals back to the tower.

Why it mattersThis improves the reliability of 5G connections by ensuring devices handle data streams correctly when the network adjusts its bandwidth settings.

In the filing’s own words

An apparatus and a method performed by the same in a wireless communication system are provided. The method includes determining that a first bandwidth part (BWP) is deactivated and a second BWP is activated, and determining whether to process a semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) configuration activated before the first BWP is deactivated and the second BWP is activated.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

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 hybrid automatic repeat request-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) feedback mode for a first semi-persistent scheduling (SPS) physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) configuration; identifying that a first bandwidth part (BWP) is deactivated and a second BWP is activated, wherein the first SPS PDSCH configuration is activated before the first BWP is deactivated and the second BWP is activated; when the first BWP is deactivated or the second BWP is activated, determining whether or not to process the first SPS PDSCH configuration based on the HARQ-ACK feedback mode; wherein the determining whether or not to process the first SPS PDSCH configuration based on the HARQ-ACK feedback mode includes: suspending or clearing the first SPS PDSCH configuration when the HARQ-ACK feedback mode is a first mode in which HARQ-ACK feedback is required; and performing reception of SPS PDSCHs based on the first SPS PDSCH configuration when the HARQ-ACK feedback mode is a second mode in which the HARQ-ACK feedback is not required, wherein the first BWP and the second BWP are uplink (UL) BWPs, wherein the UE is capable of transmitting ACK or negative acknowledgement (NACK) in the first mode, and wherein the UE is incapable of transmitting ACK or NACK in the second mode.

Facts

Company
Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
Official title
Apparatus and method thereof in wireless communication system
Patent number
US12739815B2
Application number
18305114
Filed
Apr 21, 2023
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Inventors
2
Claims
12

Classified under

H04W 72/11 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/1273 Electricity & electronicsH04W 72/21 Electricity & electronics

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