Patent ID: 11882565
Assignee: CHARTER COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method of operating a user equipment (UE) device, the method comprising:
receiving a first resource grant from a first base station of an active first cell on an active first bandwidth part (BWP) corresponding to the active first cell, said first resource grant being a data channel resource assignment;
determining based on content of the received first resource grant if the first resource grant includes a grant of resources for a dormant second bandwidth part (BWP) corresponding to a second cell; and
using resources granted by the first resource grant to transmit or receive data, said step of using resources including using granted resources in the second cell to transmit or receive data when it is determined that the first resource grant includes a grant of resources for the dormant second bandwidth part corresponding to the second cell, said second cell being a dormant cell.