Patent ID: 11895678
Assignee: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 12:
13. A method performed by a network node, the method comprising:
the network node transmitting a message comprising bandwidth part (BWP) information comprising a first BWP load indicator for a first BWP and a second BWP load indicator for a second BWP, the first BWP being a first subset of contiguous common resource blocks, the second BWP being a second subset of contiguous common resource blocks, the second subset does not overlap with the first subset, the first BWP load indicator indicating a load status of the first BWP, and the second BWP load indicator indicating a load status of the second BWP, the BWP information further comprising a bit map comprising a set of N bits in which:
N is greater than 1,
each of the N bits corresponds to a different BWP of the set of contiguous common resource blocks, and
for each bit included in the set of N bits, the value of the bit indicates whether or not the message includes a BWP load indicator for the BWP to which the bit corresponds, the network node receiving from a user equipment (UE) information identifying a BWP selected by the UE based on the BWP information transmitted by the network node; and

after receiving the information, the network node transmitting a response message to the UE, the response message containing information indicating whether or not the UE should switch from a currently active BWP to the selected BWP such that the selected BWP becomes the UE's new active BWP.