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

Claim 10:
11. A apparatus, comprising a processor and a memory, wherein the memory stores one or more instructions or programs, the processor is coupled to the memory, and when the processor runs the one or more instructions or programs the apparatus is configured to execute the following steps:
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 by 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.