Techniques for bandwidth fractional hopping on multiple component carriers in wireless communications

Abstract

Various aspects described herein relate to receiving or determining an indication of wireless communication of a multiple component carrier (CC) configuration, communicating in a first bandwidth part (BWP) within a first CC of the multiple CCs during a first time period, and communicating based on a hopping pattern in a second BWP within a second CC of the multiple CCs during a second time period.

Description

[0001] CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

[0002] This patent application claims priority to Provisional Patent Application No. 63 / 018,362, filed on April 30, 2020, entitled “TECHNIQUES FOR BANDWIDTH PARTHOPPING OVER MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS,” and U.S. Patent Application No. 17 / 244,575, filed on April 29, 2021, entitled “TECHNIQUES FOR BANDWIDTH PARTHOPPING OVER MULTIPLE COMPONENT CARRIERS IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS,” which are assigned to the assignee herein and are expressly incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. Technical Field

[0003] Aspects of the present disclosure relate generally to wireless communication systems and, more particularly, to frequency hopping. Background Art

[0004] Wireless communication systems are widely deployed to provide various types of communication content such as voice, video, packet data, messaging, broadcast, etc. These systems may be multiple-access systems capable of supporting communication with multiple users by sharing the available system resources (e.g., time, frequency, and power). Examples of such multiple-access systems include code division multiple access (CDMA) systems, time division multiple access (TDMA) systems, frequency division multiple access (FDMA) systems, orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA) systems, and single-carrier frequency division multiple access (SC-FDMA) systems.

[0005] These multiple access technologies have been adopted in various telecommunication standards to provide a common protocol that enables different wireless devices to communicate at a city, country, region, and even global level. For example, the fifth generation (5G) wireless communication technology, which may be referred to as 5G New Radio (5G NR), is envisioned to extend and support various usage scenarios and applications with respect to current mobile network generations. On the one hand, 5G communication technology may include: enhanced mobile broadband that handles human-centric use cases for accessing multimedia content, services, and data; ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC) with specific latency and reliability specifications; and massive machine-type communications, which may allow for very large numbers of connected devices and the transmission of relatively small amounts of non-latency-sensitive information.

[0006] In some wireless communication technologies, frequency hopping across sub-bands of assigned channels is defined to provide frequency diversity gain and / or mitigate interference. Summary of the invention

[0007] A simplified overview of one or more aspects is presented below to provide a basic understanding of these aspects. This overview is not an extensive overview of all contemplated aspects, and is neither intended to identify key or important elements of all aspects, nor to delineate the scope of any or all aspects. Its sole purpose is to present some concepts of one or more aspects in a simplified form as a prelude to a more detailed description that is presented later.

[0008] According to one aspect, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided, comprising a transceiver, a memory configured to store instructions, and one or more processors coupled to the memory and the transceiver (e.g., communicatively, operatively, electrically, electronically, or otherwise), wherein the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to receive an indication of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) configured to communicate with a base station, to communicate with the base station in a first bandwidth part (BWP) within a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period and based on the indication, and to communicate with the base station in a second BWP within a second CC of the plurality of CCs during a second time period and based on the indication and a hopping pattern.

[0009] In another example, an apparatus for wireless communication is provided, comprising a transceiver, a memory configured to store instructions, and one or more processors coupled to the memory and the transceiver (e.g., communicatively, operatively, electrically, electronically, or otherwise), wherein the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to: configure multiple CCs for communicating with a user equipment (UE), communicate with the UE in a BWP within a first CC among the multiple CCs during a first time period, and communicate with the user equipment in a second BWP within a second CC among the multiple CCs during a second time period and based on a hopping pattern.

[0010] In another example, a method for wireless communication is provided, which includes receiving, by a user equipment, an indication of multiple CCs configured to communicate with a base station, communicating with the base station in a first BWP within a first CC of the multiple CCs during a first time period and based on the indication, and communicating with the base station in a second BWP within a second CC of the multiple CCs during a second time period and based on the indication and a hopping pattern.

[0011] In yet another example, a method for wireless communication is provided, comprising configuring multiple CCs for communicating with a UE, communicating with the UE in a first BWP within a first CC among the multiple CCs during a first time period, and communicating with the user equipment in a second BWP within a second CC among the multiple CCs during a second time period and based on a hopping pattern.

[0012] To accomplish the foregoing and related ends, one or more aspects include the features hereinafter fully described and particularly pointed out in the claims. The following description and the accompanying drawings set forth in detail certain illustrative features of one or more aspects. However, these features are indicative of only a few of the various ways in which the principles of the various aspects may be employed, and this description is intended to include all such aspects and their equivalents. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0013] The disclosed aspects will be described below in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, which are provided for illustration and not limitation of the disclosed aspects, wherein like reference numerals represent like elements, and wherein:

[0014] Figure 1 An example of a wireless communication system according to various aspects of the present disclosure is shown;

[0015] Figure 2 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a UE according to various aspects of the present disclosure;

[0016] Figure 3 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a base station according to various aspects of the present disclosure;

[0017] Figure 4 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method for communicating using frequency hopping over bandwidth portions in different component carriers (CCs) in accordance with various aspects of the present disclosure;

[0018] Figure 5 is a flow chart illustrating an example of a method of configuring multiple CCs for communicating using frequency hopping on BWPs in different CCs of the multiple CCs according to various aspects of the present disclosure;

[0019] Figure 6 An example of CC configuration in a BWP over a period of time is shown according to various aspects of the present disclosure; and

[0020] Figure 7 is a block diagram illustrating an example of a MIMO communication system including a base station and a UE according to various aspects of the present disclosure. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0021] Now, various aspects are described with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, numerous specific details are listed for the purpose of explanation, so as to provide a thorough understanding of one or more aspects. However, it is obvious that these (multiple) aspects can be practiced without these specific details.

[0022] The described features generally relate to frequency hopping of wireless communications configured on bandwidth portions that may correspond to different component carriers (CCs). Frequency hopping may refer to selecting different frequencies for communication within a specific time period. For example, a wireless network device may communicate using a frequency resource over a time resource, where the frequency resource may include certain frequency metrics, such as one or more subcarriers, and the time resource may include a certain time period (e.g., one millisecond (ms)). The resource may include one or more symbols, such as orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) or single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) symbols, which may include multiple subcarriers, BWPs (which may be defined by multiple subcarriers), CCs (which may be defined by one or more BWPs and / or multiple subcarriers), etc. within a time period. A time period may be defined, for example, by a number of symbols in a time slot, where a time slot may be a fixed time period (e.g., 1 ms). In this example, frequency hopping may refer to using a first frequency (e.g., a first subcarrier group, BWP, or CC) for communications in a first time period (e.g., a first symbol, a set of symbols, a time slot, etc.), and then switching to a different second frequency (e.g., a second subcarrier group, BWP, or CC) for communications in a second time period (e.g., a second symbol, a set of symbols, a time slot, etc., which may or may not be adjacent in time to the first time period (e.g., the first symbol, a set of symbols, a time slot, etc.)).

[0023] For example, frequency hopping may have several advantages, including reducing narrowband interference effects and frequency diversity gain. In fifth generation (5G) New Radio (NR), for example, at least in frequency range 2 (FR2), beamforming may be used at the gNB and user equipment (UE) to communicate using respective beams, which may result in reduced delay spread in FR2 (e.g., compared to frequency range 1 (FR1)). Reduced delay spread may result in a larger coherence bandwidth (BW), and thus a smaller gain using frequency hopping within a limited frequency range. In order to achieve frequency diversity hopping gain in such a scenario, the UE may need to hop across a larger frequency range (across a larger BW). For example, in FR2 or other scenarios where beamforming is used and the BW per CC may be limited and not wide enough to achieve gain, frequency hopping across BWPs in different CCs may be used to achieve increased frequency diversity gain.

[0024] Various aspects described herein relate to configuring a UE to perform frequency hopping on a BWP in different CCs configured by a base station. The UE may or may not support carrier aggregation (CA), but may determine a set of multiple CCs supported by a base station and may perform frequency hopping on a BWP in multiple CCs when communicating with the base station. For example, as described herein, communicating with a base station may include one or more of receiving downlink communications from the base station or sending uplink communications to the base station. The base station may configure the UE to perform frequency hopping and / or may similarly perform frequency hopping when sending downlink communications to the UE or receiving uplink communications from the UE.

[0025] Frequency hopping may refer to that they communicate on a first frequency in a first time period and they communicate on a second frequency in a second time period. In the example described herein, the UE may receive downlink communications from a base station in a first downlink BWP on a first CC in a first time period, and then may receive downlink communications (e.g., the same or different downlink communications) from the base station in a second downlink BWP on a second CC in a second time period. Similarly, for example, the UE may send uplink communications to a base station in a first uplink BWP on a first CC in a first time period, and then may send uplink communications (e.g., the same or different uplink communications) to the base station in a second uplink BWP on a second CC in a second time period. According to various aspects described herein, frequency hopping across CCs may improve wireless communications, particularly within a frequency range where beamforming is used, because the hopping may span a large portion of the bandwidth, which may allow for improved frequency diversity gain, mitigation of interference that may be experienced in certain CCs, and the like.

[0026] The following will refer to Figures 1 to 7 The described features are presented in more detail.

[0027] As used in this application, the terms "component", "module", "system" and the like are intended to include computer-related entities, such as but not limited to hardware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software being executed. For example, a component can be but not limited to a process running on a processor, a processor, an object, an executable file, an execution thread, a program, and / or a computer. As an illustration, both an application running on a computing device and a computing device can be a component. One or more components can reside within a process and / or an execution thread, and a component can be located on one computer and / or distributed between two or more computers. In addition, these components can be executed from various computer-readable media having various data structures stored thereon. Components can communicate through local and / or remote processes, such as according to signals having one or more data packets, such as data from a component interacting with another component in a local system, a distributed system, and / or across a network (such as the Internet) with other systems by means of signals.

[0028] The technology described herein can be used for various wireless communication systems, such as CDMA, TDMA, FDMA, OFDMA, SC-FDMA and other systems. The terms "system" and "network" are usually used interchangeably. A CDMA system can implement radio technologies such as CDMA2000, Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA), etc. CDMA2000 covers IS-2000, IS-95 and IS-856 standards. IS-2000 Public Versions 0 and A are usually referred to as CDMA2000 1X, 1X, etc. IS-856 (TIA-856) is usually referred to as CDMA2000 1xEV-DO, High Rate Packet Data (HRPD), etc. UTRA includes Wideband CDMA (WCDMA) and other variants of CDMA. A TDMA system can implement radio technologies such as Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). An OFDMA system may implement a radio technology such as Ultra Mobile Broadband (UMB), Evolved UTRA (E-UTRA), IEEE 802.11 (Wi-Fi), IEEE 802.16 (WiMAX), IEEE 802.20, Flash-OFDM TM Etc. UTRA and E-UTRA are part of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) and LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) are new public versions of UMTS that use E-UTRA. UTRA, E-UTRA, UMTS, LTE, LTE-A, and GSM are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project" (3GPP). CDMA2000 and UMB are described in documents from an organization named "3rd Generation Partnership Project 2" (3GPP2). The techniques described herein can be used for the above-mentioned systems and radio technologies and other systems and radio technologies, including cellular (e.g., LTE) communications on shared radio frequency spectrum bands. However, the following description describes an LTE / LTE-A system for example purposes, and LTE terminology is used in most of the following descriptions, although these techniques are applicable beyond LTE / LTE-A applications (e.g., to fifth-generation (5G) new radio (NR) networks or other next-generation communication systems).

[0029] The following description provides examples and does not limit the scope, applicability, or examples specified in the claims. The functions and arrangements of the elements discussed may be changed without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. Various examples may omit, replace, or add various programs or components as appropriate. For example, the described methods may be performed in an order different from that described, and various steps may be added, omitted, or combined. In addition, features described with respect to some examples may be combined in other examples.

[0030] Various aspects or features will be presented in terms of systems that may include multiple devices, components, modules, and the like. It should be understood and appreciated that the various systems may include additional devices, components, modules, etc. and / or may not include all of the devices, components, modules, etc. discussed in conjunction with the figures. Combinations of these methods may also be used.

[0031] Figure 1 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of a wireless communication system and access network 100. The wireless communication system (also referred to as a wireless wide area network (WWAN)) may include a base station 102, a UE 104, an evolved packet core (EPC) 160, and / or a 5G core (5GC) 190. The base station 102 may include a macro cell (a high power cellular base station) and / or a small cell (a low power cellular base station). The macro cell may include a base station. The small cell may include a femto cell, a pico cell, and a micro cell. In an example, the base station 102 may also include a gNB 180, as further described herein. In one example, in accordance with various aspects described herein, some nodes of the wireless communication system may have a modem 240 and a communication component 242 for communicating by performing frequency hopping on BWPs in different CCs. In addition, in accordance with various aspects described herein, some nodes may have a modem 340 and a configuration component 342 for configuring the device to perform communication by performing frequency hopping on BWPs in different CCs. Although UE 104 is shown as having a modem 240 and a communication component 242 and base station 102 / gNB 180 is shown as having a modem 340 and a configuration component 342, this is an illustrative example and substantially any node or node type may include a modem 240 and a communication component 242 and / or a modem 340 and a configuration component 342 to provide the corresponding functionality described herein.

[0032] Base stations 102 configured for 4G LTE (which may be collectively referred to as Evolved Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) Terrestrial Radio Access Network (E-UTRAN)) may interface with EPC 160 via a backhaul link 132 (e.g., using an S1 interface). Base stations 102 configured for 5G NR (which may be collectively referred to as Next Generation RAN (NG-RAN)) may interface with 5GC 190 via a backhaul link 184. Among other functions, the base station 102 may perform one or more of the following functions: transmission of user data, radio channel encryption and decryption, integrity protection, header compression, mobility control functions (e.g., handover, dual connectivity), inter-cell interference coordination, connection establishment and release, load balancing, distribution of non-access stratum (NAS) messages, NAS node selection, synchronization, radio access network (RAN) sharing, multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS), subscriber and device tracking, RAN information management (RIM), paging, positioning, and delivery of warning messages. The base stations 102 may communicate with each other via a backhaul link 134 (e.g., using an X2 interface) directly or indirectly (e.g., via EPC 160 or 5GC 190). The backhaul link 134 may be wired or wireless.

[0033] The base station 102 can communicate wirelessly with one or more UEs 104. Each of the base stations 102 can provide communication coverage for a corresponding geographic coverage area 110. There may be overlapping geographic coverage areas 110. For example, a small cell 102' can have a coverage area 110' that overlaps with the coverage area 110 of one or more macro base stations 102. A network that includes both small cells and macro cells can be referred to as a heterogeneous network. A heterogeneous network can also include a home evolved node B (eNB) (HeNB), which can provide services to a restricted group that can be referred to as a closed subscriber group (CSG). The communication link 120 between the base station 102 and the UE 104 can include an uplink (UL) (also referred to as a reverse link) transmission from the UE 104 to the base station 102 and / or a downlink (DL) (also referred to as a forward link) transmission from the base station 102 to the UE 104. The communication link 120 can use multiple input multiple output (MIMO) antenna technology, including spatial multiplexing, beamforming, and / or transmit diversity. The communication link can be through one or more carriers. The base station 102 / UE 104 may use up to Y MHz (e.g., 5, 10, 15, 20, 100, 400, etc. MHz) of bandwidth per carrier allocated in a carrier aggregation for a total of up to Yx MHz (e.g., for x component carriers) for transmission in the DL and / or UL directions. The carriers may be adjacent to each other, or may not be adjacent to each other. The allocation of carriers may be asymmetric with respect to DL and UL (e.g., more or fewer carriers may be allocated for DL ​​compared to UL). The component carrier may include a primary component carrier and one or more secondary component carriers. The primary component carrier may be referred to as a primary cell (PCell), and the secondary component carrier may be referred to as a secondary cell (SCell).

[0034] In another example, some UEs 104 may communicate with each other using a device-to-device (D2D) communication link 158. The D2D communication link 158 may use DL / UL WWAN spectrum. The D2D communication link 158 may use one or more sidelink channels, such as a physical sidelink broadcast channel (PSBCH), a physical sidelink discovery channel (PSDCH), a physical sidelink shared channel (PSSCH), and a physical sidelink control channel (PSCCH). The D2D communication may be through various wireless D2D communication systems, such as FlashLinQ, WiMedia, Bluetooth, ZigBee, Wi-Fi based on IEEE 802.11 standards, LTE, or NR.

[0035] The wireless communication system may also include a Wi-Fi access point (AP) 150 that communicates with a Wi-Fi station (STA) 152 in the 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum via a communication link 154. When communicating in the unlicensed spectrum, the STA 152 / AP 150 may perform a clear channel assessment (CCA) prior to communication to determine whether the channel is available.

[0036] The small cell 102' may operate in licensed and / or unlicensed spectrum. When operating in the unlicensed spectrum, the small cell 102' may employ NR and use the same 5 GHz unlicensed spectrum used by the Wi-Fi AP 150. The small cell 102' employing NR in the unlicensed spectrum may improve coverage and / or increase capacity of the access network.

[0037] Whether it is a small cell 102' or a large cell (e.g., a macro base station), the base station 102 can include an eNB, a gNode B (gNB), or other types of base stations. Some base stations such as gNB 180 can operate in traditional sub-6 GHz spectrum, millimeter wave (mmW) frequencies, and / or near mmW frequencies to communicate with UE 104. When gNB 180 operates at mmW or near mmW frequencies, gNB 180 can be referred to as a mmW base station. Extremely high frequency (EHF) is part of the RF in the electromagnetic spectrum. EHF ranges from 30 GHz to 300 GHz and has a wavelength between 1 mm and 10 mm. The radio waves in this band can be referred to as millimeter waves. Near mmW can be extended down to a frequency of 3 GHz, with a wavelength of 100 mm. The super high frequency (SHF) band extends between 3 GHz and 30 GHz, which is also called centimeter waves. Communications using mmW / near mmW radio bands have extremely high path losses and short distances. The mmW base station 180 can utilize beamforming 182 with the UE 104 to compensate for the extremely high path loss and short distance. The base station 102 mentioned in this article may include a gNB 180.

[0038] The EPC 160 may include a mobility management entity (MME) 162, other MMEs 164, a serving gateway 166, a multimedia broadcast multicast service (MBMS) gateway 168, a broadcast multicast service center (BM-SC) 170, and a packet data network (PDN) gateway 172. The MME 162 may communicate with a home subscriber server (HSS) 174. The MME 162 is a control node that handles signaling between the UE 104 and the EPC 160. Typically, the MME 162 provides bearer and connection management. All user Internet Protocol (IP) packets are transmitted through the serving gateway 166, which itself is connected to the PDN gateway 172. The PDN gateway 172 provides UE IP address allocation and other functions. The PDN gateway 172 and the BM-SC 170 are connected to IP services 176. The IP services 176 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), a PS streaming service, and / or other IP services. The BM-SC 170 may provide functionality for MBMS user service provisioning and delivery. The BM-SC 170 may serve as an entry point for content provider MBMS transmissions, may be used to authorize and initiate MBMS bearer services within a public land mobile network (PLMN), and may be used to schedule MBMS transmissions. The MBMS Gateway 168 may be used to distribute MBMS services to base stations 102 belonging to a multicast broadcast single frequency network (MBSFN) area that broadcasts a specific service, and may be responsible for session management (start / stop) and collecting eMBMS-related billing information.

[0039] 5GC190 may include an access and mobility management function (AMF) 192, other AMFs 193, a session management function (SMF) 194, and a user plane function (UPF) 195. AMF 192 may communicate with unified data management (UDM) 196. AMF 192 may be a control node that handles signaling between UE 104 and 5GC 190. Typically, AMF 192 may provide QoS flow and session management. User Internet Protocol (IP) data packets (e.g., from one or more UEs 104) may be transmitted via UPF 195. UPF 195 provides UE IP address allocation and other functions. UPF 195 is connected to IP services 197. IP services 197 may include the Internet, an intranet, an IP multimedia subsystem (IMS), a PS streaming service, and / or other IP services.

[0040] A base station may also be referred to as a gNB, a Node B, an evolved Node B (eNB), an access point, a basic transceiver station, a radio base station, a radio transceiver, a transceiver function, a basic service set (BSS), an extended service set (ESS), a transmit receive point (TRP), or some other suitable term. Base station 102 provides an access point to EPC 160 or 5GC 190 for UE 104. Examples of UE 104 include a cellular phone, a smart phone, a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) phone, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a satellite radio, a global positioning system, a multimedia device, a video device, a digital audio player (e.g., an MP3 player), a camera, a game console, a tablet, a smart device, a wearable device, a vehicle, an electric meter, a gas pump, a large or small kitchen appliance, a healthcare device, an implant, a sensor / actuator, a display, or any other similar functional device. Some of UE 104 may be referred to as IoT devices (e.g., a parking meter, a gas pump, a toaster, a vehicle, a heart monitor, etc.). IoT UEs may include machine type communication (MTC) / enhanced MTC (eMTC, also referred to as category (CAT)-M, Cat M1) UEs, NB-IoT (also referred to as CAT NB1) UEs, and other types of UEs. In the present disclosure, eMTC and NB-IoT may refer to future technologies that may evolve from or may be based on these technologies. For example, eMTC may include FeMTC (further eMTC), eFeMTC (enhanced further eMTC), mMTC (massive MTC), etc., and NB-IoT may include eNB-IoT (enhanced NB-IoT), FeNB-IoT (further enhanced NB-IoT), etc. UE 104 may also be referred to as a station, a mobile station, a subscriber station, a mobile unit, a subscriber unit, a wireless unit, a remote unit, a mobile device, a wireless device, a wireless communication device, a remote device, a mobile subscriber station, an access terminal, a mobile terminal, a wireless terminal, a remote terminal, a handset, a user agent, a mobile client, a client, or some other suitable terminology.

[0041] In an example, the communication component 242 can communicate with the base station 102 (or another device, such as a UE in D2D communication) by hopping on BWPs in different CCs to provide greater frequency diversity gain. For example, the base station 102 can be configured with multiple CCs on which the UE 104 can communicate (e.g., with the base station or another device). The communication component 242 can determine a hopping pattern for hopping on BWPs in different CCs in one or more time periods, wherein an indication of the hopping pattern or related parameters can be received from the base station 102. The communication can include sending or receiving communications to or from the base station 102 (or other device) based on the hopping pattern.

[0042] Now turn to Figures 2 to 7 , various aspects are described with reference to one or more components and one or more methods that can perform the actions or operations described herein, where various aspects in dashed lines may be optional. Figures 4 to 5 The operations described in the present invention are presented in a particular order and / or performed by example components, but it should be understood that the order of actions and the components performing the actions may vary depending on the implementation. It should also be understood that the following actions, functions, and / or components described may be performed by a specially programmed processor, a processor executing specially programmed software or computer-readable media, or by any other combination of hardware components and / or software components capable of performing the described actions or functions.

[0043] refer to Figure 2 , one example of an implementation of the UE 104 may include various components, some of which are described above and further described herein, including components such as one or more processors 212 and memory 216 communicating via one or more buses 244 and a transceiver 202, which may operate in conjunction with a modem 240 and / or a communication component 242 for communicating by performing frequency hopping on BWPs in different CCs in accordance with various aspects described herein.

[0044] In one aspect, the one or more processors 212 may include the modem 240 and / or may be part of the modem 240 using one or more modem processors. Thus, various functions associated with the communication component 242 may be included in the modem 240 and / or the processor 212, and in one aspect, may be performed by a single processor, while in other aspects, different ones of these functions may be performed by a combination of two or more different processors. For example, in one aspect, the one or more processors 212 may include any one or any combination of a modem processor, or a baseband processor, or a digital signal processor, or a transmit processor, or a receiver processor, or a transceiver processor associated with the transceiver 202. In other aspects, some features of the one or more processors 212 and / or the modem 240 associated with the communication component 242 may be performed by the transceiver 202.

[0045] In addition, the memory 216 can be configured to store data used herein and / or local versions of the applications 275 or the communication component 242 and / or one or more of its subcomponents executed by the at least one processor 212. The memory 216 may include any type of computer-readable medium usable by a computer or at least one processor 212, such as random access memory (RAM), read-only memory (ROM), tape, disk, optical disk, volatile memory, non-volatile memory, and any combination thereof. In one aspect, for example, the memory 216 may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium that stores one or more computer-executable codes defining one or more of the communication component 242 and / or its subcomponents and / or data associated therewith when the UE 104 is operating at least one processor 212 to run one or more of the communication component 242 and / or its subcomponents.

[0046] The transceiver 202 may include at least one receiver 206 and at least one transmitter 208. The receiver 206 may include hardware and / or software code executable by a processor for receiving data, the code including instructions and stored in a memory (e.g., a computer-readable medium). The receiver 206 may be, for example, a radio frequency (RF) receiver. In one aspect, the receiver 206 may receive signals transmitted by at least one base station 102. In addition, the receiver 206 may process these received signals and may also obtain measurements of these signals, such as but not limited to Ec / Io, signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), reference signal received power (RSRP), received signal strength indicator (RSSI), etc. The transmitter 208 may include hardware and / or software code executable by a processor for transmitting data, the code including instructions and stored in a memory (e.g., a computer-readable medium). Suitable examples of the transmitter 208 may include, but are not limited to, an RF transmitter.

[0047] In addition, in an aspect, the UE 104 may include an RF front end 288 that may operate in communication with the one or more antennas 265 and the transceiver 202 for receiving and transmitting radio transmissions, such as wireless communications transmitted by at least one base station 102 or wireless transmissions transmitted by the UE 104. The RF front end 288 may be connected to the one or more antennas 265 and may include one or more low noise amplifiers (LNAs) 290, one or more switches 292, one or more power amplifiers (PAs) 298, and one or more filters 296 for transmitting and receiving RF signals.

[0048] In one aspect, the LNA 290 can amplify the received signal at a desired output level. In one aspect, each LNA 290 can have a specified minimum and maximum gain value. In one aspect, the RF front end 288 can use one or more switches 292 to select a specific LNA 290 and its specified gain value based on the desired gain value for a particular application.

[0049] In addition, for example, the RF front end 288 can use one or more PAs 298 to amplify the signal for RF output at a desired output power level. In one aspect, each PA 298 can have a specified minimum and maximum gain value. In one aspect, the RF front end 288 can use one or more switches 292 to select a particular PA 298 and its specified gain value based on the desired gain value for a particular application.

[0050] In addition, for example, the RF front end 288 can use one or more filters 296 to filter the received signal to obtain an input RF signal. Similarly, in one aspect, for example, a corresponding filter 296 can be used to filter the output from the corresponding PA 298 to produce an output signal for transmission. In one aspect, each filter 296 can be connected to a specific LNA 290 and / or PA 298. In one aspect, the RF front end 288 can use the specified filter 296, LNA 290, and / or PA 298 to select the transmit or receive path using one or more switches 292 based on the configuration as specified by the transceiver 202 and / or the processor 212.

[0051] Thus, the transceiver 202 may be configured to transmit and receive wireless signals through one or more antennas 265 via the RF front end 288. In an aspect, the transceiver may be tuned to operate at a specified frequency so that the UE 104 may communicate with, for example, one or more base stations 102 or one or more cells associated with the one or more base stations 102. In an aspect, the modem 240 may configure the transceiver 202 to operate at a specified frequency and power level based on, for example, the UE configuration of the UE 104 and the communication protocol used by the modem 240.

[0052] In one aspect, the modem 240 can be a multi-band-multi-mode modem that can process digital data and communicate with the transceiver 202 so that the digital data is sent and received using the transceiver 202. In one aspect, the modem 240 can be multi-band and configured to support multiple frequency bands for a specific communication protocol. In one aspect, the modem 240 can be multi-mode and configured to support multiple operating networks and communication protocols. In one aspect, the modem 240 can control one or more components (e.g., RF front end 288, transceiver 202) of the UE 104 to implement the transmission and / or reception of signals from the network based on the specified modem configuration. In one aspect, the modem configuration can be based on the mode of the modem and the frequency band in use. In another aspect, the modem configuration can be based on UE configuration information associated with the UE 104, such as provided by the network during cell selection and / or cell reselection.

[0053] In one aspect, in accordance with the aspects described herein, the communication component 242 may optionally include a CC determination component 252 for determining a set of multiple CCs configured for communicating with the base station 102 (or other device), and / or a process maintenance component 254 for maintaining processes related to communicating through multiple CCs (e.g., such as HARQ processes, radio link management (RLM) processes, radio resource measurements (RRM), beam failure timers, etc.).

[0054] In one aspect, processor(s) 212 may correspond to a processor that is coupled to Figure 7 Similarly, the memory 216 may correspond to one or more of the processors described in the UE. Figure 7 The memory described by the UE in .

[0055] refer to Figure 3 In accordance with various aspects described herein, an example of an implementation of a base station 102 (e.g., base station 102 and / or gNB 180 as described above) may include a variety of components, some of which have been described above, but include components such as one or more processors 312 and memory 316 and a transceiver 302 that communicate via one or more buses 344, which can operate in conjunction with a modem 340 and a configuration component 342 to configure a device for communicating by performing frequency hopping on BWPs in different CCs.

[0056] As described above, the transceiver 302, receiver 306, transmitter 308, one or more processors 312, memory 316, application 375, bus 344, RF front end 388, LNA 390, switch 392, filter 396, PA 398 and one or more antennas 365 can be the same as or similar to corresponding components of UE 104, but are configured or otherwise programmed for base station operation, which is the opposite of UE operation.

[0057] In an aspect, configuring component 342 can optionally include a BWP communicating component 352 for communicating with the UE via multiple configured BWPs that can frequency hop between different CCs in accordance with various aspects described herein.

[0058] In one aspect, processor(s) 312 may correspond to a processor that is associated with Figure 7 Similarly, the memory 316 may correspond to the one or more processors described in the base station in the embodiment of the present invention. Figure 7 The memory described in the base station.

[0059] Figure 4 A flow chart illustrating an example of a method 400 for communicating using frequency hopping over BWPs in different CCs in accordance with various aspects described herein. Figure 5 A flow chart illustrating an example of a method 500 for configuring multiple CCs to communicate using frequency hopping over a BWP in different CCs of the multiple CCs in accordance with various aspects described herein. In one example, a UE 104 may use Figure 1 and 2 One or more of the components described in the method 400 may be used to perform the functions described in the method 400. In one example, the base station 102 may use Figure 1 and 3 One or more of the components described in the method 500 may be used to perform the functions described in the method 500. Methods 400 and 500 will be described below in conjunction with each other to facilitate explanation of the associated functions and concepts. In at least one example, methods 400 and 500 need not be performed in conjunction with each other, and in fact a device may be configured to perform method 400 without having a corresponding device to perform method 500, and vice versa.

[0060] In method 400, at block 402, a plurality of CCs configured to communicate with a base station may be determined. In one aspect, CC determination component 252 (e.g., in combination with processor(s) 212, memory 216, transceiver 202, communication component 242, etc.) may determine a plurality of CCs configured to communicate with a base station (or with another device). For example, CC determination component 252 may determine a plurality of CCs in a configuration stored in memory 216, a configuration received in signaling from base station 102, etc. Thus, in one example, when a plurality of CCs are determined at block 402, an indication of a plurality of CCs may optionally be received from a base station at block 404. In one aspect, CC determination component 252 (e.g., in combination with processor(s) 212, memory 216, transceiver 202, communication component 242, etc.) may receive an indication of a plurality of CCs from a base station (e.g., base station 102). For example, the base station 102 may configure the multiple CCs in radio resource control (RRC) signaling sent to the UE 104, which indicates the CCs supported by the base station 102 or otherwise allocated to the UE 104 for communication with the base station 102. In one example, the configuration may involve enabling CCs configured for carrier aggregation (CA) for the UE 104. The multiple CCs may each correspond to a different frequency band or frequency range within one or more frequency bands.

[0061] In the method 500, at block 502, a plurality of CCs may be configured for communication with a UE. In one aspect, a configuration component 342 (e.g., in combination with processor(s) 312, memory 316, transceiver 302, etc.) may configure a plurality of CCs for communication with a UE. For example, the configuration component 342 may determine a plurality of CCs to support communication with the UE. In one example, when configuring a plurality of CCs at block 502, an indication of the plurality of CCs may optionally be sent to the UE at block 504. In one aspect, the configuration component 342 (e.g., in combination with processor(s) 312, memory 316, transceiver 302, etc.) may send an indication of the plurality of CCs to a UE (e.g., UE 104). For example, the base station 102 may configure the plurality of CCs in RRC signaling sent to the UE 104, the signaling indicating the CCs supported by the base station 102 or otherwise allocated to the UE 104 for communication with the base station 102. In one example, the configuration may involve enabling CCs configured for carrier aggregation (CA) of the UE 104. The multiple CCs may each correspond to a different frequency band or frequency range within one or more frequency bands.

[0062] In the method 400, at block 406, a base station may be communicated with in a first BWP within a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may communicate with the base station in a first BWP within a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period. For example, the communication may include sending uplink communications to the base station 102 or receiving downlink communications from it. In this example, the communication component 242 may communicate with the base station 102 on a BWP in the first CC during a first time period, which may include a symbol (e.g., an OFDM symbol, an SC-FDM symbol, etc.), a portion of a symbol, a plurality of symbols in a time slot, etc. A BWP may be defined as a frequency span (e.g., a set of subcarriers) within a CC. In one example, the first BWP may be configured as an anchor BWP, which will be used when frequency hopping is disabled, or otherwise used to transmit a first instance of all communications before frequency hopping.

[0063] Similarly, in the method 500, at block 506, communication may be performed with the UE in a first BWP within a first CC in the plurality of CCs during a first time period. In one aspect, the BWP communication component 352 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, the configuration component 342, etc.) may communicate with the UE in a first BWP within a first CC in the plurality of CCs during a first time period. For example, the communication may include sending downlink communications to the UE 104 or receiving uplink communications from it. In this example, the BWP communication component 352 may communicate with the UE 104 on a BWP in the first CC during a first time period, which may include a symbol (e.g., an OFDM symbol, a symbol, etc.), a portion of a symbol, a plurality of symbols in a time slot, etc. As described above, in one example, the first BWP may be configured as an anchor BWP, which is to be used when frequency hopping is disabled, or otherwise used to transmit a first instance of all communications prior to frequency hopping. In any case, in one example, a first BWP to be used in communications can be determined by base station 102 and configured to UE 104 .

[0064] In the method 400, at block 408, communication may be performed with the base station in a second BWP within a second CC in the plurality of CCs during a second time period based on the hopping pattern. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may communicate with the base station in a second BWP within a second CC in the plurality of CCs during the second time period and based on the hopping pattern. For example, the communication may include sending an uplink communication (e.g., the same or different uplink communication as sent in the communication in block 406) to the base station 102, or receiving a downlink communication (e.g., the same or different downlink communication as received in the communication in block 406) from the base station 102. In this example, the communication component 242 may communicate with the base station 102 on a second BWP in the second CC during a second time period, which may include a second symbol, a second portion of a symbol, a plurality of symbols in a second time slot, etc. For example, the hopping pattern may indicate hopping from a first BWP in a first CC of the plurality of CCs to a second BWP in a second CC of the plurality of CCs (and / or hopping to or from other BWPs in the same or other CCs, as described herein). The hopping pattern may be indicated and stored in the memory 216, received in a configuration from the base station 102, etc. In addition, for example, the base station 102 may use the same hopping pattern when communicating with the UE 104.

[0065] Thus, for example, in method 500, at block 508, communication may be performed with the UE in a second BWP within a second CC of the plurality of CCs during a second time period based on the hopping pattern. In one aspect, the BWP communication component 352 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, the configuration component 342, etc.) may communicate with the UE in a second BWP within a second CC of the plurality of CCs during a second time period and based on the hopping pattern. For example, the communication may include sending a downlink communication (e.g., the same or different downlink communication sent in the communication in block 506) to the UE 104, or receiving an uplink communication (e.g., the same or different uplink communication received in the communication in block 506) from the UE 104. In this example, the communication component 242 may communicate with the UE 104 on a second BWP in the second CC during a second time period, wherein the second time period may include a second symbol, a second portion of a symbol, a plurality of symbols in a second time slot, etc. For example, the hopping pattern may indicate hopping from a first BWP in a first CC of the plurality of CCs to a second BWP in a second CC of the plurality of CCs (and / or hopping to or from other BWPs in the same or other CCs, as described herein). The hopping pattern may be indicated and stored in the memory 316, or otherwise indicated in a configuration by the base station 102 (e.g., as further described herein and sent to the UE 104), such that the base station 102 and the UE 104 may use the same hopping pattern.

[0066] Figure 6 An example is shown in FIG. 1 , which shows an example of a CC configuration 600 for a time period. In this example, the UE 104 and / or the base station 102 are configured to use a BWP 602 in CC1 for communication in a first time period, and then hop to a BWP 604 in CC4 for communication in a second time period. Then, the UE 104 and / or the base station 102 are further configured to hop to a BWP 606 in CC2 in a third time period, and to hop to a BWP 608 in CC1 in a fourth time period. The UE 104 and the base station 102 may operate based on a hopping pattern in this aspect, which may indicate a BWP 602, 604, 606, 608 to be used in the hopping pattern, a switching gap indicating a time period to hop and communicate on the BWP, and the like. In this aspect, as shown, the BWP hopping bandwidth may be within (e.g., less than or equal to) the bandwidth of the configured CC (e.g., CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4).

[0067] In addition, in the example of method 400, optionally at block 410, communication may be performed with the base station in a third BWP within at least one of the first CC of the plurality of CCs or the third CC of the plurality of CCs during a third time period and based on the hopping pattern. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may communicate with the base station in a third BWP within at least one of the first CC of the plurality of CCs or the third CC of the plurality of CCs during a third time period and based on the hopping pattern. For example, the communication may include sending an uplink communication (e.g., the same or different uplink communication sent in the communication in blocks 406, 408) to the base station 102, or receiving a downlink communication (e.g., the same or different downlink communication received in the communication in blocks 406, 408) from the base station 102. In this example, the communication component 242 may communicate with the base station 102 on the third BWP during a third time period, wherein the third time period may include a third symbol, a third portion of a symbol, a plurality of symbols in a third time slot, etc. For example, the hopping pattern may indicate hopping from the second BWP to the third BWP (and / or hopping to other BWPs in the same or other CCs, or hopping from other BWPs, as described herein). In one example, the third BWP may be the same as the first BWP, such that the UE 104 hops from the first BWP to the second BWP and then back to the first BWP in corresponding time periods.

[0068] Thus, for example, in method 500, at block 510, communication may be performed with the UE in a third BWP within at least one of the first CC in the plurality of CCs or the third CC in the plurality of CCs during a third time period and based on the hopping pattern. In one aspect, the communication component 352 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, the configuration component 342, etc.) may communicate with the UE in a third BWP within at least one of the first CC in the plurality of CCs or the third CC in the plurality of CCs during a third time period. For example, the communication may include sending an uplink communication (e.g., the same or different uplink communication sent in the communication in blocks 506, 508) to the base station 104, or receiving a downlink communication (e.g., the same or different downlink communication received in the communication in blocks 506, 508) from the base station 102. In this example, the communication component 242 may communicate with the UE 104 on the third BWP during the third time period, which may include a third symbol, a third portion of a symbol, a plurality of symbols in a third time slot, etc. For example, the hopping pattern may indicate hopping from the second BWP to the third BWP (and / or hopping to or from other BWPs in the same or other CCs, as described herein).

[0069] In some examples, the hopping pattern may be intra-band or inter-band, so that the CCs indicated in the hopping pattern are in the same system frequency band or in different system frequency bands. In addition, for example, the hopping pattern may be based on the configuration of each CC for BWP hopping. For example, the configuration of multiple CCs may indicate different subcarrier spacings (SCS) for each CC (e.g., where frequency hopping can be performed between BWPs spaced in frequency according to the SCS), hopping durations or hopping bandwidths for each CC (e.g., time or frequency between hopping), etc. For example, in this aspect, the hopping pattern may be defined based on each CC configuration, and the SCS, hopping duration, or hopping bandwidth available for hopping in each CC may be different. This may be reflected in the hopping pattern generated by the base station 102, as further described herein, or used by the UE 104 when determining hopping parameters based on the hopping pattern, etc. In addition, as described in the example, the hopping pattern may indicate or include an anchor / default BWP / CC combination. In one example, anchor / default BWP / CC hopping may not be allowed. In another example, in certain scenarios, the UE may fall back to the anchor / default BWP / CC to communicate over the anchor / default BWP / CC, such as where an inactivity timer indicating a threshold period of inactivity at the UE 104 expires (e.g., and thus a failure may occur on the current BWP / CC).

[0070] In the method 400, optionally at block 412, a hopping pattern for hopping between BWPs in different CCs may be determined. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may determine the hopping pattern for hopping between BWPs in different CCs. In one example, the hopping pattern may be configured in the UE 104 (e.g., in the memory 216), and / or may be a hopping pattern that is substantially universal to any combination of CCs (e.g., hopping from an anchor or default BWP in the lowest index or frequency CC to a BWP in the highest or next index or frequency CC, etc.). In another example, optionally at block 414, an indication of the hopping pattern may be received from a base station. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may receive an indication of the hopping pattern from a base station (e.g., the base station 102). For example, communication component 242 can receive the hopping pattern from base station 102 semi-statically in RRC signaling or dynamically using downlink control information (DCI) or medium access control (MAC)-control elements (CEs), etc.

[0071] In the method 500, optionally at block 512, a hopping pattern for hopping between BWPs in different CCs may be determined. In one aspect, the configuration component 342 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, etc.) may determine the hopping pattern for hopping between BWPs in different CCs. In one example, the base station 102 may configure the hopping pattern based on one or more parameters, such as the CC configured by the base station 102 (e.g., for the UE 104), the level or metric of CC usage by the UE 104 and / or other UEs, the CC, the BWP, and / or the channel quality metric on the desired CC combination indicated by the UE 104, etc., as further described herein. In another example, the hopping pattern may be substantially universal to any combination of CCs (e.g., hopping from an anchor or default BWP in the lowest index or frequency CC to a BWP in the highest or next index or frequency CC, etc.) and / or the like. In another example, optionally at block 514, an indication of the hopping pattern may be sent to the UE. In an aspect, configuration component 342 (e.g., in conjunction with processor(s) 312, memory 316, transceiver 302, etc.) can send an indication of the hopping pattern to a UE (e.g., UE 104). For example, configuration component 342 can send the indication of the hopping pattern to UE 104 semi-statically in RRC signaling or dynamically using downlink control information (DCI) or medium access control (MAC)-control element (CE), etc.

[0072] For example, a configured hopping pattern may explicitly indicate the BWP and CC combination to be hopped in a time period. The hopping pattern may indicate the BWP and / or CC by an index (e.g., related to a previous configuration, such as CC1, CC2, CC3, CC4), a related frequency (e.g., such as a center frequency, a starting frequency, a frequency span, etc.), and / or the like. In one example, the hopping pattern may be represented as a series of BWP and CC pairs. The hopping pattern may also specify additional parameters, such as a BWP and / or CC to be considered as an anchor or default BWP or CC (or BWP / CC pair), a switching gap as a time period during which the frequency is switched according to the hopping pattern, and the like.

[0073] In the method 400, optionally at block 416, a switching gap for hopping to the second BWP can be determined. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in conjunction with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) can determine the switching gap for hopping to the second BWP. In one example, as described above, the hopping pattern can specify the switching gap. The switching gap can be specified as a number of milliseconds (ms) or other time measurement to wait before switching to (or through which to) the second BWP or an additional BWP. In one example, the communication component 242 can determine the switching gap based on the type or size of the hop between the first BWP and the second BWP (or more generally, between one BWP and the next BWP). For example, a switching gap may be defined separately for one or more of intra-CC hopping (e.g., where one BWP and the next BWP are in the same CC), intra-band CC hopping (e.g., where the CC for one BWP and the CC for the next BWP are in the same frequency band), or inter-band CC hopping (e.g., where the CC for one BWP and the CC for the next BWP are in different frequency bands).

[0074] In method 500, optionally at block 516, a handover gap for hopping to the second BWP can be determined. In one aspect, configuration component 342 (e.g., in conjunction with processor(s) 312, memory 316, transceiver 302, etc.) can determine the handover gap for hopping to the second BWP. In one example, configuration component 342 can send an indication of the handover gap to UE 104.

[0075] In the method 400, optionally at block 418, an indication of one or more preferred BWP or CC combinations may be sent. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may send an indication of one or more preferred BWP or CC combinations. For example, the communication component 242 may determine the preferred CC based on a plurality of CCs configured for communication with the base station. In this example, the communication component 242 may send an indication including an identifier of the BWP (e.g., an associated index, a center frequency, a starting frequency, a frequency span, etc.) and an identifier of the CC (e.g., an index within or specified by the configuration of the plurality of CCs). In one example, a hopping pattern may be determined based on the indicated preferred BWP / CC combination, which may include receiving the hopping pattern at block 414 as a confirmation of using the indicated BWP / CC combination (e.g., in a specified order, which may be a hopping pattern), indicating a hopping pattern of the BWP / CC for hopping by an index based on the order in which the BWP / CCs are reported in the indication, etc.

[0076] In the method 500, optionally at block 518, an indication of one or more preferred BWP or CC combinations may be received. In an aspect, the configuration component 342 (e.g., in conjunction with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, etc.) may receive an indication of one or more preferred BWP or CC combinations. For example, the configuration component 342 may receive an indication including an identifier of a BWP (e.g., an associated index, a center frequency, a starting frequency, a frequency span, etc.) and an identifier of a CC (e.g., an index within or specified by a configuration indicating a plurality of CCs), etc. In one example, the configuration component 342 may determine a hopping pattern based on the indicated preferred BWP / CC combination, which may include at least one of sending the hopping pattern at block 514 as a confirmation of using the indicated BWP / CC combination (e.g., in a specified order, which may be a hopping pattern), indicating a hopping pattern of a BWP / CC for frequency hopping by an index based on the order in which the BWP / CCs are reported in the indication, etc.

[0077] In the method 400, optionally at block 420, a capability to communicate using multiple CCs may be indicated to the base station. In one aspect, the communication component 242 (e.g., in conjunction with the processor(s) 212, the memory 216, the transceiver 202, etc.) may indicate to the base station the capability to communicate using multiple CCs. For example, the communication component 242 may indicate the capability as generally supporting BWP hopping on multiple CCs, or may additionally specify certain CCs on which hopping is supported. In this aspect, the indication of the capability may be used to determine the CCs configured for communication with the base station at block 402 (e.g., as a subset of the indicated certain CCs) and / or to determine the hopping pattern at block 412.

[0078] In the method 500, optionally at block 520, a capability to communicate using multiple CCs can be received from the UE. In one aspect, the configuration component 342 (e.g., in combination with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, etc.) can receive from the UE an indication of the capability to communicate using multiple CCs. As described above, for example, the capability can be indicated as the capability to generally support BWP hopping on multiple CCs, or certain CCs on which hopping can be specified. In one example, the configuration component 342 can use the indication of the capability, in this aspect, to configure multiple CCs for communication with the UE at block 502 (e.g., as a subset of the indicated certain CCs) and / or determine the hopping pattern at block 512.

[0079] In method 400, optionally at block 422, an indication to enable a hopping pattern may be received from a base station. In one aspect, communication component 242 (e.g., in conjunction with processor(s) 212, memory 216, transceiver 202, etc.) may receive an indication from a base station to enable (or disable) a hopping pattern. For example, once configured, the base station may enable and / or disable a hopping pattern based on a command sent using RRC, MAC-CE, DCI, etc. Communication component 242 may accordingly enable a hopping pattern for hopping to a second BWP based on the indication.

[0080] In method 500, optionally at block 522, an indication to enable the hopping pattern can be sent to the UE. In an aspect, configuration component 342 (e.g., in conjunction with processor(s) 312, memory 316, transceiver 302, etc.) can send an indication to enable (or disable) the hopping pattern to the UE. BWP communication component 352 can thus communicate based on the hopping pattern, wherein an indication to enable frequency hopping is sent to the UE.

[0081] In the method 400, optionally at block 424, a control process may be maintained for a BWP in the hopping pattern. In one aspect, a process maintenance component 254 (e.g., in conjunction with processor(s) 212, memory 216, transceiver 202, communication component 242, etc.) may maintain a control process for a BWP that is part of the hopping pattern. For example, the control process may include at least one of a HARQ process, an RLM process, an RRM, or a beam failure timer (e.g., a beam failure detection (BFD) and / or a beam failure recovery (BFR) timer), etc. The process maintenance component 254 may determine whether to maintain a control process (or each of a plurality of control processes) transparent to BWP hopping across CCs, transparent to BWP hopping within the same CC, separately for each BWP, etc. In the examples provided above, this may correspond to determining whether to maintain a single control process for both the first BWP and the second BWP (e.g., all BWPs 602, 604, 606, 608), whether to maintain a single control process for both the first BWP and a third BWP within a first CC of the plurality of CCs (e.g., a single control process for BWPs 602, 608 in CC1, a separate control process for BWP 604, and a separate control process for BWP 606), or whether to maintain a separate control process for each of the first BWP and the second BWP (e.g., separate for all BWPs 602, 604, 606, 608). In one example, an indication of whether a control process (or each of a plurality of control processes) is maintained in this regard may be indicated in signaling to the UE.

[0082] For example, whether control procedures (multiple) are maintained separately or together for a BWP (or for BWPs in the same or different CCs) may affect the corresponding functions performed based on the control procedure (multiple). For example, where the procedure maintenance component 254 maintains different BFD timers for different BWPs, a given BFD timer may be run when the corresponding BWP is being used (but may not be used when another BWP is being used) to detect BFD for the corresponding BWP.

[0083] In the method 500, optionally at block 524, an indication can be sent to the UE to maintain a control procedure for a BWP in the hopping pattern. In one aspect, the configuration component 342 (e.g., in conjunction with the processor(s) 312, the memory 316, the transceiver 302, etc.) can send an indication to the UE to maintain a control procedure for a BWP that is part of the hopping pattern. For example, the indication can indicate that the UE will maintain a control procedure, or can otherwise specify how the UE will maintain a control procedure on multiple BWPs (e.g., transparent for BWP hopping across CCs, transparent for BWP hopping within a CC, individually for all BWPs regardless of CC, etc.).

[0084] Figure 7 1 is a block diagram of a MIMO communication system 700 including a base station 102 and a UE 104. The MIMO communication system 700 may be shown with reference to Figure 1 The wireless communication access network 100 described herein may include various aspects of the wireless communication access network 100. The base station 102 may be a reference Figure 1 Examples of various aspects of base station 102 are described. Base station 102 can be equipped with antennas 734 and 735, and UE 104 can be equipped with antennas 752 and 753. In MIMO communication system 700, base station 102 can be able to send data on multiple communication links simultaneously. Each communication link can be referred to as a "layer", and the "rank" of the communication link can indicate the number of layers used for communication. For example, in a 2x2 MIMO communication system in which base station 102 sends two "layers", the rank of the communication link between base station 102 and UE 104 is two.

[0085] At the base station 102, a transmit (Tx) processor 720 may receive data from a data source. The transmit processor 720 may process data. The transmit processor 720 may also generate control symbols or reference symbols. The transmit MIMO processor 730 may perform spatial processing (e.g., precoding) on ​​data symbols, control symbols, or reference symbols (if applicable), and may provide an output symbol stream to transmit modulators / demodulators 732 and 733. Each modulator / demodulator 732 to 733 may process a corresponding output symbol stream (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) to obtain an output sample stream. Each modulator / demodulator 732 to 733 may further process (e.g., convert to analog, amplify, filter, and up-convert) the output sample stream to obtain a DL signal. In an example, the DL signals from modulators / demodulators 732 and 733 may be transmitted via antennas 734 and 735, respectively.

[0086] UE 104 may be a reference Figures 1 to 2 Examples of various aspects of the UE 104 described. At the UE 104, the UE antennas 752 and 753 can receive DL signals from the base station 102, and can provide the received signals to the modulators / demodulators 754 and 755, respectively. Each modulator / demodulator 754 to 755 can condition (e.g., filter, amplify, down-convert, and digitize) the corresponding received signal to obtain input samples. Each modulator / demodulator 754 to 755 can also process the input samples (e.g., for OFDM, etc.) to obtain received symbols. The MIMO detector 756 can obtain received symbols from the modulator / demodulators 754 and 755, perform MIMO detection on the received symbols (if applicable), and provide detected symbols. The receive (Rx) processor 758 can process (e.g., demodulate, deinterleave, and decode) the detected symbols, provide decoded data for the UE 104 to the data output, and provide decoded control information to the processor 780 or the memory 782.

[0087] Processor 780 may, in some cases, execute stored instructions to instantiate communication component 242 (see, e.g., Figure 1 and 2 ).

[0088] On the uplink (UL), at the UE 104, a transmit processor 764 may receive and process data from a data source. The transmit processor 764 may also generate reference symbols for reference signals. The symbols from the transmit processor 764 may be precoded by a transmit MIMO processor 766 (if applicable), further processed by modulators / demodulators 754 and 755 (e.g., for SC-FDMA, etc.), and transmitted to the base station 102 based on the communication parameters received from the base station 102. At the base station 102, the UL signals from the UE 104 may be received by antennas 734 and 735, processed by modulators / demodulators 732 and 733, detected by a MIMO detector 736 (if applicable), and further processed by a receive processor 738. The receive processor 738 may provide decoded data to a data output and processor 740 or memory 742.

[0089] Processor 740 may, in some cases, execute stored instructions to instantiate configuration component 342 (see, e.g., Figure 1 and 3 ).

[0090] The components of the UE 104 may be implemented individually or collectively with one or more ASICs, which are suitable for performing some or all applicable functions in hardware. Each of the modules may be a component for performing one or more functions related to the operation of the MIMO communication system 700. Similarly, the components of the base station 102 may be implemented individually or collectively with one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), which are suitable for performing some or all applicable functions in hardware. Each of the components may be a component for performing one or more functions related to the operation of the MIMO communication system 700.

[0091] The following aspects are merely illustrative, and aspects thereof may be combined with aspects of other embodiments or teachings described herein, but are not limited thereto.

[0092] Aspect 1 is a method for wireless communication, comprising receiving and determining, by a user equipment, a plurality of CCs configured to communicate with a base station, communicating with the base station in a BWP within a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period, and communicating with the base station in a second BWP within a second CC of the plurality of CCs during a second time period and based on a hopping pattern.

[0093] In aspect 2, the method according to aspect 1 includes communicating with the base station and based on the hopping pattern in a third BWP within at least one of a first CC among the plurality of CCs or a third CC among the plurality of CCs during a third time period.

[0094] In aspect 3, the method according to any one of aspects 1 or 2 includes wherein a first CC of the plurality of CCs and a second CC of the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

[0095] In aspect 4, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 3 includes indicating to a base station a capability to communicate using certain CCs, wherein the plurality of CCs is a subset of the certain CCs.

[0096] In aspect 5, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 4 includes maintaining at least one of a single HARQ process, a single RLM process, RRM, or a beam failure timer for both the first BWP and the second BWP.

[0097] In aspect 6, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 5 includes maintaining at least one of a single HARQ process, a single RLM process, RRM, or a beam failure timer for both the first BWP and the third BWP within a first CC of the plurality of CCs.

[0098] In aspect 7, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 6 includes maintaining at least one of a single HARQ process, a single RLM process, RRM, or a beam failure timer for each of the first BWP and the second BWP.

[0099] In aspect 8, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 7 includes determining whether to maintain at least one of a single HARQ process, a single RLM process, RRM, or a beam failure timer for both a first BWP and a second BWP, both a first BWP and a third BWP, or each of the first BWP and the second BWP within a first CC of multiple CCs based on a configuration received from a base station.

[0100] In aspect 9, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 8 includes receiving, in RRC signaling, from a base station, an indication of a MAC-CE or DCI, a hopping pattern.

[0101] In aspect 10, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 9 includes receiving, in RRC signaling, a MAC-CE or DCI from a base station, an indication of enabling or disabling the hopping pattern.

[0102] In aspect 11, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 10 includes wherein each of the plurality of CCs is configured with a different SCS.

[0103] In aspect 12, the method according to any of aspects 1 to 11 includes wherein the hopping pattern indicates at least one of different hopping durations or different hopping bandwidths within one or more of the plurality of CCs.

[0104] In aspect 13, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 12 includes wherein the first BWP is configured to act as an anchor BWP when the hopping pattern is disabled.

[0105] In aspect 14, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 13 includes determining a switching gap for hopping to a second BWP to communicate in a second time period, wherein the switching gap is determined based on at least one of the indicated capabilities or whether a first CC of the plurality of CCs and a second CC of the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

[0106] In aspect 15, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 14 includes determining a switching gap for hopping from a first BWP to another BWP to communicate in another time period, wherein the switching gap is determined based on whether the first BWP and the other BWP are within a first CC of the plurality of CCs or within a single one of the plurality of CCs.

[0107] In aspect 16, the method according to any one of aspects 1 to 15 comprises indicating one or more preferred hopping BWPs or CC combinations to a base station, and receiving a hopping pattern from the base station and based on the one or more preferred hopping BWPs and CC combinations.

[0108] Aspect 17 is a method for wireless communication, comprising configuring multiple CCs configured to communicate with a UE, communicating with the UE in a first BWP within a first CC of the multiple CCs during a first time period, and communicating with the UE in a second BWP within a second CC of the multiple CCs during a second time period and based on a hopping pattern.

[0109] In aspect 18, the method according to aspect 17 includes communicating with the UE in a third BWP within at least one of a first CC among the plurality of CCs or a third CC among the plurality of CCs during a third time period and based on the hopping pattern.

[0110] In aspect 19, the method according to any one of aspects 17 or 18 includes wherein a first CC of the plurality of CCs and a second CC of the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

[0111] In aspect 20, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 19 comprises receiving, from the UE, an indication of a capability to communicate using certain CCs, wherein the plurality of CCs is a subset of the certain CCs.

[0112] In aspect 21, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 20 comprises receiving feedback from the UE related to the communication of both the first BWP and the second BWP.

[0113] In aspect 22, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 21 comprises receiving feedback from the UE related to communication of both the first BWP and the third BWP within a first CC of the plurality of CCs.

[0114] In aspect 23, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 22 comprises receiving feedback from the UE related to the communication of each of the first BWP and the second BWP.

[0115] In aspect 24, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 23 includes sending a configuration to the UE indicating whether to maintain at least one of a single HARQ process, a single RLM process, RRM, or a beam failure timer for both a first BWP and a second BWP, both a first BWP and a third BWP, or each of the first BWP and the second BWP within a first CC of multiple CCs.

[0116] In aspect 25, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 24 includes sending an indication of the hopping pattern to the UE in RRC signaling, either a MAC-CE or a DCI.

[0117] In aspect 26, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 25 includes sending a MAC-CE or DCI, an indication of enabling or disabling the hopping pattern to the UE in RRC signaling.

[0118] In aspect 27, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 26 includes wherein each of the plurality of CCs is configured with a different SCS.

[0119] In aspect 28, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 27 comprises sending an indication of a hopping pattern to a UE, wherein the indication of the hopping pattern indicates at least one of different hopping durations or different hopping bandwidths within one or more of the plurality of CCs.

[0120] In aspect 29, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 28 comprises configuring the first BWP to act as an anchor BWP when the hopping pattern is disabled.

[0121] In aspect 30, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 29 includes sending an indication of a switching gap to the UE for hopping to a second BWP for communication in a second time period, wherein the switching gap is based on at least one of the indicated capabilities or whether a first CC of the plurality of CCs and a second CC of the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

[0122] In aspect 31, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 30 includes sending an indication of a switching gap to the UE for hopping from the first BWP to another BWP to communicate in another time period, wherein the switching gap is based on whether the first BWP and the other BWP are within a first CC of the multiple CCs or within a single one of the multiple CCs.

[0123] In aspect 32, the method according to any one of aspects 17 to 31 comprises receiving an indication of one or more preferred hopping BWPs or CC combinations from a UE, and sending a hopping pattern to the UE and based on the one or more preferred hopping BWPs and CC combinations.

[0124] Aspect 33 is a device for wireless communication, comprising a transceiver, a memory configured to store instructions, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the one or more processors are configured to perform one or more of the methods of any one of Aspects 1 to 32.

[0125] Aspect 34 is an apparatus for wireless communication, comprising means for performing one or more of the methods of any one of aspects 1 to 32.

[0126] Aspect 35 is a computer-readable medium comprising code executable by one or more processors for wireless communication, the code comprising code for performing one or more of the methods of any of aspects 1 to 32.

[0127] The above-described specific embodiments described above in conjunction with the accompanying drawings describe examples and do not represent the only examples that can be implemented or within the scope of the claims. The term "example" when used in this specification means "used as an example, instance, or illustration," rather than "preferred" or "better than other examples." For the purpose of providing an understanding of the described techniques, the detailed description includes specific details. However, these techniques can be practiced without these specific details. In some instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in block diagram form to avoid making the concepts of the described examples unclear.

[0128] Information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced throughout the above specification may be represented by voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, optical fields or particles, computer executable codes or instructions stored on computer readable media, or any combination thereof.

[0129] The various illustrative blocks and components described in conjunction with the disclosure herein may be implemented or performed with a specially programmed device, such as, but not limited to, a processor, a digital signal processor (DSP), an ASIC, a field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, discrete gate or transistor logic, discrete hardware components, or any combination thereof designed to perform the functions described herein. The specially programmed processor may be a microprocessor, but alternatively, the processor may be any conventional processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The specially programmed processor may also be implemented as a combination of computing devices (e.g., a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, a plurality of microprocessors, one or more microprocessors in conjunction with a DSP core, or any other such configuration).

[0130] The functions described herein can be implemented in hardware, software (e.g., executed by a processor), or any combination thereof. Software should be broadly interpreted as meaning instructions, instruction sets, codes, code segments, program codes, programs, subroutines, software modules, applications, software applications, software packages, routines, subroutines, objects, executable files, execution threads, processes, and or functions, whether referred to as software, firmware, middleware, microcode, hardware description languages, or other. If implemented in software executed by a processor, the function can be stored on a computer-readable medium or sent via a computer-readable medium as one or more instructions or codes. If implemented in software (e.g., executed by a processor), the function can be stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium or sent via a non-transitory computer-readable medium as one or more instructions or codes. Other examples and implementations are within the scope and spirit of the present disclosure and the appended claims. For example, due to the nature of software, software (e.g., executed by a specially programmed processor), hardware, hard wiring, or any combination of these can be used to implement the above functions. The features that implement the functions can also be physically located in various locations, including being distributed so that the various parts of the functions are implemented at different physical locations. In addition, as used herein, including in the claims, "or" (e.g., used in a list of items beginning with "at least one of the following") represents a disjunctive list, so that, for example, a list of "at least one of A, B, or C" represents A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Moreover, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should not be interpreted as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step described as "based on condition A" can be based on both condition A and condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase "based on" should be interpreted in the same manner as the phrase "based at least in part on". As used herein, when used in a list of two or more items, the term "and / or" means that any one of the listed items can be used alone, or any combination of two or more of the listed items can be used. For example, if a combination is described as containing components A, B, and / or C, the combination can contain A alone; B alone; C alone; a combination of A and B; a combination of A and C; a combination of B and C; or a combination of A, B, and C.

[0131] Computer readable media include computer storage media and communication media, and communication media include any media that helps to transfer a computer program from one place to another. Storage media can be any available media that can be accessed by a general or special computer. As an example and not limitation, computer readable media can include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to carry or store the required program code components in the form of instructions or data structures and can be accessed by a general or special computer or a general or special processor. Any other medium. Similarly, any connection can be appropriately referred to as a computer readable medium. For example, if software is sent from a website, server or other remote source using coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, digital subscriber line (DSL) or wireless technology (such as infrared, radio and microwave), coaxial cable, fiber optic cable, twisted pair, DSL or wireless technology (such as infrared, radio and microwave) are all included in the definition of medium. Disk (disk) and optical disc (disc) used herein include CD (CD), laser optical disc, optical disc, digital versatile disc (DVD), floppy disk and blue-ray disc, wherein the disk usually copies data magnetically, and the optical disc copies data by laser optical mode. Combinations of the above are also included within the scope of computer-readable media.

[0132] The previous description of the disclosure is provided to enable those skilled in the art to make or use the disclosure. Various modifications to the disclosure will be apparent to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein may be applied to other variations without departing from the spirit or scope of the disclosure. In addition, although the elements of the aspects and / or embodiments may be described or claimed in the singular, the plural form may be considered unless a limitation to the singular is explicitly stated. In addition, unless otherwise stated, all or part of any aspect and / or embodiment may be used together with all or part of any other aspect and / or embodiment. Therefore, the disclosure shall not be limited to the examples and designs described herein, but shall be given the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features disclosed herein.

Claims

1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment UE, comprising: Transceiver; a memory configured to store instructions; as well as one or more processors coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to: receiving an indication of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) configured for communication with a base station BS; communicating with the base station and based on the indication in a first bandwidth part (BWP) less than or equal to a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period; as well as communicating with the base station and based on the indication and the hopping pattern during a second time period in a second BWP that is less than or equal to a second CC in the plurality of CCs; The first BWP is configured to serve as an anchor BWP when the hopping pattern is disabled.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to communicate with the base station and based on the hopping pattern in a third BWP that is less than or equal to at least one of the first CC of the plurality of CCs or a third CC of the plurality of CCs during a third time period. 3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first CC among the plurality of CCs and the second CC among the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to indicate to the base station an ability to communicate using certain CCs, wherein the plurality of CCs is a subset of the certain CCs.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to maintain at least one of a single hybrid automatic repeat / request (HARQ) process, a single radio link management (RLM) process, a radio resource measurement (RRM) process, or a beam failure timer for both the first BWP and the second BWP.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to maintain at least one of a single hybrid automatic repeat / request (HARQ) process, a single radio link management (RLM) process, a radio resource measurement (RRM) process, or a beam failure timer for both a third BWP that is less than or equal to the first CC among the plurality of CCs and the first BWP.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to maintain at least one of a single hybrid automatic repeat / request (HARQ) process, a single radio link management (RLM) process, a radio resource measurement (RRM) process, or a beam failure timer for each of the first BWP and the second BWP.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to determine, based on a configuration received from the base station, whether to maintain at least one of a single hybrid automatic repeat / request (HARQ) process, a single radio link management (RLM) process, a radio resource measurement (RRM) process, or a beam failure timer for both the first BWP and the second BWP, both a third BWP that is less than or equal to the first CC among the plurality of CCs and the first BWP, or each of the first BWP and the second BWP.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the device to receive an indication of a hopping pattern from the base station in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the device to receive an indication of enabling or disabling a hopping pattern from the base station in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of CCs is configured with a different subcarrier spacing (SCS).

12. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hopping pattern indicates at least one of a different hopping bandwidth or a different hopping duration that is less than or equal to one or more of the plurality of CCs.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to determine a switching gap for hopping to the second BWP to communicate in the second time period, wherein the switching gap is determined based on at least one of an indicated capability or whether the first CC of the plurality of CCs and the second CC of the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

14. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to determine a switching gap for hopping from the first BWP to another BWP to communicate in another time period, wherein the switching gap is determined based on whether the first BWP and the another BWP are less than or equal to the first CC of the plurality of CCs or within a separate CC of the plurality of CCs.

15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to: indicating one or more preferred hopping BWP or CC combinations to the base station; and The hopping pattern is received from the base station and based on the one or more preferred hopping BWP and CC combinations.

16. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station BS, comprising: Transceiver; a memory configured to store instructions; as well as one or more processors coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the instructions are executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to: an indication of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) configured for communication with a user equipment (UE); communicating with the UE in a first bandwidth part (BWP) that is less than or equal to a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period; as well as communicating with the UE during a second time period in a second BWP that is less than or equal to a second CC in the plurality of CCs and based on the indication and the hopping pattern; The first BWP is configured to serve as an anchor BWP when the hopping pattern is disabled.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to communicate with the UE and based on the hopping pattern in a third BWP that is less than or equal to at least one of the first CC of the plurality of CCs or a third CC of the plurality of CCs during a third time period.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first CC of the plurality of CCs and the second CC of the plurality of CCs are in the same or different frequency bands.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to receive, from the UE, an indication of an ability to communicate using certain CCs, wherein the plurality of CCs is a subset of the certain CCs.

20. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to receive feedback from the UE related to communications of both the first BWP and the second BWP.

21. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to receive feedback from the UE related to communication of both the first BWP and a third BWP less than or equal to the first CC of the plurality of CCs and the first BWP.

22. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to receive feedback from the UE related to communications of each of the first BWP and the second BWP.

23. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to send a configuration to the UE, the configuration indicating whether to maintain at least one of a single hybrid automatic repeat / request (HARQ) process, a single radio link management (RLM) process, a radio resource measurement (RRM) process, or a beam failure timer for both the first BWP and the second BWP, both a third BWP that is less than or equal to the first CC among the multiple CCs and the first BWP, or each of the first BWP and the second BWP.

24. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the apparatus to send an indication of a hopping pattern to the UE in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

25. The device of claim 16, wherein the instructions are further executable by the one or more processors to cause the device to send an indication of enabling or disabling a hopping pattern to the UE in radio resource control (RRC) signaling, a medium access control (MAC) control element (CE), or downlink control information (DCI).

26. A method for wireless communication, comprising: receiving, by a user equipment UE, an indication of a plurality of component carriers (CCs) configured for communication with a base station BS; communicating with the base station and based on the indication in a first bandwidth part (BWP) less than or equal to a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period; as well as communicating with the base station and based on the indication and the hopping pattern during a second time period in a second BWP that is less than or equal to a second CC in the plurality of CCs; The first BWP is configured to serve as an anchor BWP when the hopping pattern is disabled.

27. The method of claim 26, further comprising communicating with the base station and based on the hopping pattern in a third BWP less than or equal to at least one of the first CC of the plurality of CCs or a third CC of the plurality of CCs during a third time period.

28. A method for wireless communication, comprising: an indication of a number of component carriers (CCs) configured by a base station BS for communication with a user equipment (UE); communicating with the UE in a first bandwidth part (BWP) that is less than or equal to a first CC of the plurality of CCs during a first time period; as well as communicating with the UE during a second time period in a second BWP that is less than or equal to a second CC in the plurality of CCs and based on the indication and the hopping pattern; The first BWP is configured to serve as an anchor BWP when the hopping pattern is disabled.

29. The method of claim 28, further comprising communicating with the UE and based on the hopping pattern in a third BWP that is less than or equal to at least one of the first CC of the plurality of CCs or a third CC of the plurality of CCs during a third time period.

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