Patent ID: 11683812

Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of operating a user equipment in a radio access network, the user equipment being configured with a set of bandwidth parts, the user equipment being operable for communicating utilising an activated bandwidth part of the set of bandwidth part. The set of bandwidth parts comprises a first bandwidth part and a second bandwidth part, the first bandwidth part of the set being associated to a first set of characteristics, the second bandwidth part of the set being associated to a second set of characteristics. Further, the first set of characteristics and the second set of characteristics comprise at least one characteristic different between the first set and the second set of characteristics. The user equipment (10) further operates with a common search space for control signaling, the common search space being included in the first bandwidth part and the second bandwidth part. The method comprises receiving control signaling in the common search space based on the first set of characteristics while the second bandwidth part is activated. The disclosure also pertains to related devices and methods.