IP Library Granted Patent US 12689984
Granted Patent B2
US 12689984 · App. 18/003,669 · Granted Jul 21, 2026

Method, and electronic device for power saving

Inventor: Yanhua Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W52/0235H04W52/0212
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Patent No.
US 12689984
App. No.
18/003,669
Granted
Jul 21, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A power saving method, applied to an UE, includes: determining first assistance information associated with the terminal, the first assistance information indicating a paging parameter for the terminal in a non-connected state, and being determined when the terminal is in a connected state; and sending the first assistance information.

Claims (61)

1 . A power saving method, applied to user equipment (UE), and comprising:

determining a first assistance information associated with the UE, the first assistance information being configured to indicate a set of paging parameters for the UE in a non-connected state, and the first assistance information is determined by the UE when the UE is in a connected state, wherein the set of paging parameters corresponds to a UE group; and

sending, to a network device, the first assistance information; wherein

the first assistance information is used for indicating a mapping relationship between a power saving signal and a number count of on-durations; and

the first assistance information is used for UE in the UE group to monitor paging messages after sending the first assistance information, wherein during the monitoring of paging messages by the UE in the UE group:

the UE in the UE group does not monitor paging occasions (POs) not associated with the first assistance information; and

the UE in the UE group monitors POs associated with the first assistance information.

2 . The power saving method according to claim 1 , wherein the first assistance information is also used for indicating at least one of the following:

whether a power saving signal is supported; or

whether a power saving signal is activated.

3 . The power saving method according to claim 2 , wherein one or more pieces of the information comprised in the first assistance information are configured for both the UE in the connected state and the UE in the non-connected state.

4 . The power saving method according to claim 2 , wherein one or more pieces of the information comprised in the first assistance information are configured for the UE in the connected state or the UE in the non-connected state.

5 . The power saving method according to claim 1 , wherein the first assistance information comprises information for indicating whether repetition transmission is activated.

6 . The power saving method according to claim 5 , wherein the first assistance information comprises a first indication information for indicating a repetition number.

7 . The power saving method according to claim 1 , wherein the first assistance information comprises a start time gap for power saving signal with long discontinuous reception cycle; and/or a start time gap for power saving signal with short discontinuous reception.

8 . The power saving method according to claim 1 , wherein sending the first assistance information comprises:

sending the first assistance information to a base station for the base station to send the first assistance information to a core network through an UE release message;

or

sending the first assistance information to a base station for the base station to send the first assistance information to the core network through an UE capability information notification message.

9 . An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor; wherein

the processor is configured to execute the power saving method according to claim 1 .

10 . A power saving method, applied to a core-network network device, and comprising:

obtaining a first assistance information, the first assistance information being configured to indicate a set of paging parameters for a user equipment (UE) in a non-connected state, and the first assistance information is determined by the UE when the UE is in a connected state, wherein the set of paging parameters corresponds to a UE group; and

determining the set of paging parameters for UE in the UE group in the non-connected state based on the first assistance information; wherein

the first assistance information is used for indicating a mapping relationship between a power saving signal and a number count of on-durations; and

the first assistance information is used for the UE in the UE group to monitor paging messages after sending the first assistance information, wherein during the monitoring of paging messages by the UE in the UE group:

the UE in the UE group does not monitor paging occasions (POs) not associated with the first assistance information; and

the UE in the UE group monitors POs associated with the first assistance information.

11 . The power saving method according to claim 10 , wherein determining the set of paging parameters for the UE in the non-connected state based on the first assistance information comprises:

determining information comprised in the first assistance information configured at least for the UE in the connected state as the set of paging parameters for the UE in the non-connected state.

12 . The power saving method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

taking a target start time gap as a start time gap for power saving signal with discontinuous reception of the UE in the connected state and a start time gap for power saving signal with discontinuous reception of the UE in the non-connected state, in response to that the first assistance information comprises the target start time gap, the target start time gap is one of the following: a start time gap for power saving signal with long discontinuous reception cycle, and the start time gap for power saving signal with short discontinuous reception cycle.

13 . The power saving method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

configuring, based on the start time gap for power saving signal with long discontinuous reception cycle, a first paging occasion of a paging time window of extended discontinuous reception, and configuring, based on the start time gap for power saving signal with short discontinuous reception cycle, a non-first paging occasion of the paging time window of extended discontinuous reception, in response to that the first assistance information comprises the start time gap for power saving with long discontinuous reception cycle power saving signal and the start time gap for power saving with short discontinuous reception cycle power saving signal at the same time.

14 . The power saving method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

configuring, based on the start time gap for power saving signal with long discontinuous reception cycle, a paging occasion within a paging time window and outside the paging time window of extended discontinuous reception.

15 . The power saving method according to claim 10 , wherein obtaining the first assistance information comprises:

obtaining the first assistance information through an UE release message;

or

obtaining the first assistance information through an UE capability information notification message.

16 . The power saving method according to claim 10 , further comprising:

sending a paging message carrying assistance information for the UE in the non-connected state.

17 . An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the power saving method according to claim 10 .

18 . A power saving method, applied to a base station, and comprising:

receiving a paging message carrying assistance information for an UE in a non-connected state, the assistance information being configured to indicate a set of paging parameters for the UE in the non-connected state, wherein the set of paging parameters corresponds to a UE group; wherein

the assistance information is used for indicating a mapping relationship between a power saving signal and a number count of on-durations; and

the assistance information is used for UE in the UE group to monitor paging messages after sending the assistance information, wherein during the monitoring of paging messages by the UE in the UE group:

the UE in the UE group does not monitor paging occasions (POs) not associated with the assistance information; and

the UE in the UE group monitors POs associated with the assistance information.

19 . The power saving method according to claim 18 , further comprising:

determining a power saving signal configuration in the non-connected state; and

sending a power saving signal based on the power saving signal configuration in the non-connected state.

20 . An electronic device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory for storing executable instructions of the processor;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the executable instructions to implement the power saving method according to claim 18 .