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US 9,681,491 · App. 15/177,052 · Granted Jun 13, 2017

Discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system

Inventor: Yuxin Wei (Beijing, CN)

Assignee: SONY CORPORATION

H04W76/068 H04L5/001 H04L5/003 H04L5/0007 H04W52/0209 H04W52/0212 H04W52/0219 H04W72/042 H04W72/0453 H04W72/0473 H04W76/048 H04W88/02 H04W88/08 Y02B60/50

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Patent No.: US 9,681,491
App. No.: 15/177,052
Granted: Jun 13, 2017
Kind: B2

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Abstract

A discontinuous reception method, mobile station, base station and wireless communication system are provided in the present invention. The discontinuous reception method in the wireless communication system includes the following steps: in case of a continuous carrier aggregation, setting a common On Duration timer and/or a common Discontinuous Reception inactivity timer for a primary cell and each secondary cell; and in case of a discontinuous carrier aggregation, setting an independent On Duration timers and/or an independent Discontinuous Reception inactivity timers for the primary cell and each secondary cells. The present invention realizes discontinuous reception of the carrier aggregation, thus saving power consumption of the mobile station.

Claims (55)

1. An electronic device, comprising

circuitry configured to:

acquire a contention resolution message on a special cell or any secondary cell; and

stop a contention resolution timer of the special cell when the contention resolution message indicating contention resolution success is received on the special cell or the any secondary cell, wherein

the special cell provides a security input to the electronic device, and the secondary cell provides the electronic device with transmission resources in addition to the special cell via carrier aggregation, and

the electronic device monitors a downlink control channel on the special cell based on the contention resolution timer.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

data transmission on the secondary cell to the electronic device is cross-scheduled by the downlink control channel of the special cell.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to determine attributes of carriers via which the electronic device connects to a network and apply corresponding DRX configuration to the carriers based on the determination result.

4. The electronic device according to claim 3 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to apply a same on-duration timer and/or inactivity-timer configuration to carriers with common attributes, and apply separate on-duration timer and/or inactivity-timer configurations to carriers with different attributes.

5. The electronic device according to claim 4 , wherein carriers with common attributes corresponding to the carriers have similar coverage or are in a same frequency band while carriers with different attributes corresponding to the carriers have different coverages or are in different frequency bands.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic device is a user equipment and further comprises a transceiver which is configured to receive radio signals on the special cell and secondary cell.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the electronic device monitors a downlink control channel on the special cell as long as the contention resolution timer does not expire.

8. An electronic device, comprising

circuitry configured to:

indicate a contention resolution message to a user equipment on a special cell or any secondary cell; and

configure a contention resolution timer of the special cell to the user equipment so that the user equipment stops the contention resolution timer when the contention resolution message indicating contention resolution success is received on the special cell or the any secondary cell, wherein

the special cell provides a security input to the user equipment, and the secondary cell provides the user equipment with transmission resources in addition to the special cell via carrier aggregation, and

the user equipment monitors a downlink control channel on the special cell based on the contention resolution timer.

9. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to cross-schedule data transmission on the secondary cell to the user equipment by the downlink control channel of the special cell.

10. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to instruct the user equipment with DRX configuration of carriers via which the user equipment connects to the network based on attributes of the carriers.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , wherein

the circuitry is further configured to configure a same on-duration timer and/or inactivity-timer configuration to carriers with common attributes, and configure separate on-duration timer and/or inactivity-timer configurations to carriers with different attributes.

12. The electronic device according to claim 11 , wherein carriers with common attributes correspond to carriers have similar coverage or in same frequency band while carriers with different attributes correspond to carriers have different coverages or in different frequency bands.

13. The electronic device according to claim 8 , wherein the electronic device is a base station and further comprises a transceiver configured to transmit radio signals on the special cell and secondary cell.

14. A method for a user equipment, comprising:

acquiring a contention resolution message on a special cell or any secondary cell;

stopping, using circuitry, a contention resolution timer of the special cell when the contention resolution message indicating contention resolution success is received on the special cell or the any secondary cell; and

monitoring a downlink control channel on the special cell based on the contention resolution timer, wherein

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein

data transmission on the secondary cell to the user equipment is cross-scheduled by the downlink control channel of the special cell.

16. The method according to claim 14 , further comprising determining attributes of carriers via which the user equipment connects to a network and apply corresponding DRX configuration to the carriers based on the determination result.

17. The method according to claim 16 , further comprising applying a same on-duration timer and/or inactivity-timer configuration to carriers with common attributes, and applying separate on-duration timer and/or inactivity-timer configurations to carriers with different attributes.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein carriers with common attributes corresponding to the carriers have similar coverage or are in a same frequency band while carriers with different attributes corresponding to the carriers have different coverages or in different frequency bands.

19. A method for a base station, comprising:

indicating a contention resolution message to a user equipment on a special cell or any secondary cell; and

configuring a contention resolution timer of the special cell to the user equipment so that the user equipment stops the contention resolution timer when the contention resolution message indicating contention resolution success is received on the special cell or the any secondary cell, wherein

the user equipment monitors a downlink control channel on the special cell based on the contention resolution timer.

20. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including executable instructions, which when executed by an information processing machine cause the information processing machine to execute a method for a user equipment, the method comprising:

acquiring a contention resolution message on a special cell or any secondary cell;

stopping a contention resolution timer of the special cell when the contention resolution message indicating contention resolution success is received on the special cell or the any secondary cell; and

monitoring a downlink control channel on the special cell based on the contention resolution timer, wherein

21. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium including executable instructions, which when executed by an information processing machine cause the information processing machine to execute a method for a base station, the method comprising:

indicating a contention resolution message to a user equipment on a special cell or any secondary cell; and

the user equipment monitors a downlink control channel on the special cell based on the contention resolution timer.

Priority Claims (1)

CN 2010 1 0506073 · Sep 30, 2010 · national

Continuity (3)

Continuation 14796769 · Jul 10, 2015

Continuation 13820640

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