IP Library Granted Patent US 11,617,155
Granted Patent B2
US 11,617,155 · App. 16/948,910 · Granted Mar 28, 2023

Method and apparatus for UE power saving in RRC_IDLE/INACTIVE STATE

Inventors: Qiongjie Lin (Sunnyvale, CA); Aris Papasakellariou (Houston, TX); Hongbo Si (Plano, TX)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W68/005H04L1/0061H04L5/0048H04L5/0098H04W72/042H04W72/046H04W72/0446H04W72/0453H04W72/0466H04W76/11
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Patent No.
US 11,617,155
App. No.
16/948,910
Granted
Mar 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for power saving operations. A method of a UE includes receiving a configuration for a number of RS resource sets, a configuration for a PO over slots in time, an indication for activation or deactivation of one or more RS resources from the number of RS resource sets, and the one or more RS resources from the number of RS resource sets when the indication is for activation. The RS resource sets include a number of RS resources. The number of RS resource sets are associated with respective spatial parameters. The PO includes a number of PDCCH reception occasions. The number of PDCCH reception occasions are associated with respective spatial parameters for PDCCH receptions. The method further includes determining a PDCCH reception occasion from the number of PDCCH reception occasions. The PDCCH reception occasion has a same spatial parameter as a RS resource set from the number of RS resource sets.

Claims (32)

1. A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor operably coupled to the transceiver, the processor configured to:

receive, via the transceiver, a system information block (SIB) including (i) configuration information on at least one reference signal (RS) resource set and (ii) information on at least one synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein each of the at least one SSB is quasi co-located with each of the at least one RS resource set, respectively,

receive, via the transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a paging-radio network temporary identification (P-RNTI), the DCI indicating an availability for the at least one RS resource set, and

receive, via the transceiver, a RS based on at least one available RS resource set indicated by the DCI.

2. The UE of claim 1 , wherein the SIB further includes information on a number of RS resources in each of the at least one RS resource set.

3. The UE of claim 2 , wherein the RS resources are mapped to different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and same resource blocks (RBs) in a frequency domain, and

wherein the RS resources are associated with a single antenna port.

4. A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor configured to:

transmit, via the transceiver, a system information block (SIB), including (i) configuration information on at least one reference signal (RS) resource set and (ii) information on at least one synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein each of the at least one SSB is quasi co-located with each of the at least one RS resource set, respectively,

transmit, via the transceiver, downlink control information (DCI) associated with a paging-radio network temporary identification (P-RNTI), the DCI indicating an availability for the at least one RS resource set, and

transmit, via the transceiver, a RS according to at least one available RS resource set indicated by the DCI.

5. The BS of claim 4 , wherein the SIB further includes information on a number of RS resources in each of the at least one RS resource set.

6. The BS of claim 5 , wherein the RS resources are mapped to different orthogonal frequency multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and same resources blocks (RBs) in a frequency domain, and

wherein the RS resources are associated with a single antenna port.

7. A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving a system information block (SIB) including (i) configuration information on at least one reference signal (RS) resource set and (ii) information on at least one synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein each of the at least one SSB is quasi co-located with each of the at least one RS resource set, respectively;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) associated with a paging-radio network temporary identification (P-RNTI), the DCI indicating an availability for the at least one RS resource set; and

receiving a RS based on at least one available RS resource set indicated by the DCI.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the SIB further includes information on a number of RS resources in each of the at least one RS resource set.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the RS resources are mapped to different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and same resource blocks (RBs) in a frequency domain, and

wherein the RS resources are associated with a single antenna port.

10. A method performed by a base station in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting a system information block (SIB) including (i) configuration information on at least one reference signal (RS) resource set and (ii) information on at least one synchronization signal block (SSB), wherein each of the at least one SSB is quasi co-located with each of the at least one RS resource set, respectively;

transmitting downlink control information (DCI) associated with a paging-radio network temporary identification (P-RNTI) the DCI indicating an availability for the at least one RS resource set; and

transmitting an RS according to at least one available RS resource set indicated by the DCI.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the SIB further includes information on a number of RS resources in each of the at least one RS resource set.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the RS resources are mapped to different orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols in a time domain and same resources blocks (RBs) in a frequency domain, and

wherein the RS resources are associated with a single antenna port.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2020
From: LIN, QIONGJIE; PAPASAKELLARIOU, ARIS; SI, HONGBO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054837/0885 →
Continuity (3)
Provisional Application 62912379 · Oct 8, 2019
Provisional Application 62980617 · Feb 24, 2020
Related Publication 20210105739A1 · Apr 8, 2021
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