Patent ID: 11968620
Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
receiving a first message, on a first carrier or a first serving cell, wherein the first message indicates a downlink assignment or an uplink grant and is scrambled using a first scrambling identifier, and the first message includes a carrier index indicating a second carrier or a second serving cell;
in response to the first message being scrambled by using the first scrambling identifier, starting or restarting a timer associated with the second carrier or the second serving cell; and
in response to the timer associated with the second carrier or the second serving cell expiring, switching from an active downlink bandwidth part (BWP) to a default downlink BWP, wherein the active downlink BWP comprises a downlink BWP of the second carrier or the second serving cell.