Wireless Node BWP and CORESET Resource Assignment for Diverse UEs

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing wireless communication systems face challenges in supporting RedCap UE and other diverse UE types with efficient resource assignment and adaptability, leading to issues like exceeding processing capabilities and suboptimal resource utilization.

Innovation Solution

A method and apparatus for wireless communication nodes that utilize a signaling mechanism to determine a target indication value, where the difference between adjacent numerical values in a numerical set is a positive integer greater than 1, allowing for flexible and efficient resource block assignment based on BWP and CORESET sizes, ensuring compatibility and adaptability across various UE types.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Adaptability or versatility

If conventional resource assignment methods are used, then existing 3GPP standards compatibility is maintained, but adaptability to diversified UE types (including RedCap UE) is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveadaptability to diversified UE typesVSAvoidresource assignment complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies dynamics by making the resource block difference value configurable and adaptable to different UE types. The network can dynamically adjust the difference value between adjacent numerical values in the numerical-value set based on UE capabilities, allowing the system to adapt to diversified UE types including RedCap UE while maintaining a unified resource assignment framework.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of the numerical-value set configuration, specifically the difference value between adjacent numerical values. By setting this difference value to be greater than 1 and configurable, the system can optimize resource assignment for different UE types without requiring completely separate resource assignment mechanisms, thus improving adaptability while controlling complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

2Reliability

If resource assignment is optimized for RedCap UE, then processing capability constraints are respected, but resource utilization efficiency may be reduced

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing capability complianceVSAvoidresource utilization efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by configuring different difference values for different UE types or different BWP scenarios. The network can set appropriate difference values based on local conditions such as UE processing capabilities and BWP sizes, ensuring that each UE receives resource assignments suitable to its specific capabilities while maintaining overall system efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent uses preliminary action by pre-configuring numerical-value sets with appropriate difference values before resource assignment. The network can prepare multiple numerical-value sets with different difference values and select the appropriate one based on UE type, ensuring processing capability compliance is built into the resource assignment structure from the beginning rather than being imposed as a constraint later.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Device complexity

If unified resource assignment is used for all UE types, then device complexity is reduced, but adaptability to different UE capabilities is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveresource assignment mechanism complexityVSAvoidadaptability to UE capabilities
Core Design Contradiction:
Device complexityVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies universality by creating a unified resource assignment mechanism that can serve multiple UE types through configurable parameters. The same basic resource assignment framework is used for all UE types, but the numerical-value set configuration (specifically the difference value) can be adjusted to accommodate different UE capabilities, achieving both simplicity and adaptability.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentEP4580289A1Method and apparatus used in wireless communication node
Publication Date: 2025.07.02 APOGEE 5G GLOBAL LLC
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AI summary

Disclosed in the present application is a method and an apparatus used in a wireless communication node. A first receiver receiving first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used to determine a target indication value, and the target indication value is a non-negative integer; a first transceiver receiving a first signal, or sending the first signal; wherein a first numerical-value set comprises a plurality of numerical values, and the first numerical-value set is related to at least one of the size of a BWP and the size of a CORESET; the difference value between any two adjacent numerical values in the first numerical-value set is equal to a first difference value, and the first difference value is a positive integer greater than 1; a second numerical-value set comprises a plurality of numerical values, the numerical values in the second numerical-value set are all positive integers, and at least one numerical value in the second numerical-value set is not a multiple of the first difference value; the target indication value corresponds to a reference start index value and a reference length value, the reference start index value is equal to one numerical value in the first numerical-value set.