IP Library Granted Patent US 12,041,548
Granted Patent B2
US 12,041,548 · App. 17/289,538 · Granted Jul 16, 2024

Wake-up signal resource determining method and apparatus, wake-up signal resource configuration method and apparatus, terminal, and base station

Inventors: Huayu Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Xinghang Gao (Shanghai, CN); Dawei Ma (Shanghai, CN); Zhengang Pan (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
H04W52/0235H04L5/0048H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,041,548
App. No.
17/289,538
Granted
Jul 16, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wake-up signal resource determining method and apparatus, a wake-up signal resource configuration method and apparatus, a terminal, and a base station. The resource determining method comprises: receiving resource configuration information sent by a network; and determining, according to the resource configuration information, a frequency domain resource and/or a time domain resource configured for awake-up signal. According to the technical solutions provided by embodiments of the present invention, resources for wake-up signals can be flexibly configured, and resource conflict between different wake-up signals is avoided.

Claims (35)

1. A wake-up signal resource determining method, comprising:

receiving resource configuration information from a network; and

determining at least one of a frequency domain resource and a time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information;

wherein Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) configured for the wake-up signal are continuous, and the resource configuration information comprises a frequency domain offset;

wherein the frequency domain offset is an offset between a PRB with a smallest index of the wake-up signal and a PRB with a smallest index of a Bandwidth Part (BWP).

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a number of PRBs configured for the wake-up signal is a preset number, and determining a frequency domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information comprises:

determining the frequency domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the offset included in the resource configuration information and the preset number.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource configuration information further comprises a number of PRBs configured for the wake-up signal, and determining a frequency domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information comprises:

determining the frequency domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the offset and the number of PRBs included in the resource configuration information.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein symbols configured for the wake-up signal are continuous, and the resource configuration information comprises a time domain offset.

5. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the time domain offset is an offset between a start position of the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal and a start position of a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) on-duration associated with the wake-up signal, or, the time domain offset is an offset between a start position of the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal and a start position of a DRX cycle associated with the wake-up signal, a duration of the wake-up signal is a preset duration, and determining the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information comprises:

determining the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the offset included in the resource configuration information and the preset duration.

6. The method according to claim 4 , wherein the time domain offset is an offset between a start position of the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal and a start position of a DRX on-duration associated with the wake-up signal, or, the time domain offset is an offset between a start position of the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal and a start position of a DRX cycle associated with the wake-up signal, the resource configuration information further comprises duration information of the wake-up signal which indicates a duration or a longest duration of the wake-up signal, and determining the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information comprises:

determining the time domain resource configured for the wake-up signal based on the offset and the duration information included in the resource configuration information.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the resource configuration information comprises resource grid information of the wake-up signal, wherein the resource grid information comprises a plurality of candidate time-frequency resource units.

8. The method according to claim 7 , further comprising:

receiving resource indication information from the network, wherein the resource indication information indicates the time-frequency resource units configured for the wake-up signal; and

determining the time and frequency domain resources configured for the wake-up signal based on the resource indication information and the resource grid information.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting the wake-up signal in a determined time-frequency resource.

10. The method according to claim 9 , further comprising:

in response to the wake-up signal being detected in a time slot N, detecting a preset signal in a time slot (N+K), wherein the preset signal comprises a tracking reference signal, and N and K are non-negative integers.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the tracking reference signal comprises an aperiodic tracking reference signal, and the wake-up signal is associated with the aperiodic tracking reference signal.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the tracking reference signal comprises an aperiodic tracking reference signal, and in response to the wake-up signal being detected in the time slot N, the method further comprises:

in response to a periodic tracking reference signal associated with the wake-up signal being received in a time slot (N+L) to a time slot (N+L+Q), and (N+L+Q)<=(N+K), not detecting the aperiodic tracking reference signal in the time slot (N+K).

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

detecting a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) in a time slot (N+K+P), wherein P is a non-negative integer.

14. A wake-up signal resource configuration method, comprising:

determining at least one of a time domain resource and a frequency domain resource for a wake-up signal to obtain resource configuration information; and

transmitting the resource configuration information to a User Equipment (UE);

wherein Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs), configured for the wake-up signal are continuous, and the resource configuration information comprises a frequency domain offset;

wherein the frequency domain offset is an offset between a PRB with a smallest index of the wake-up signal and a PRB with a smallest index of a Bandwidth Part (BWP).

15. A non-transitory storage medium having computer instructions stored therein, wherein when the computer instructions are executed, the method of claim 1 is performed.

16. A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has computer instructions stored therein, and when the processor executes the computer instructions, the method of claim 1 is performed.

17. A base station comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory has computer instructions stored therein, and when the processor executes the computer instructions, the method of claim 14 is performed.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2021
From: GAO, XINGHANG
To: BEIJING SPREADTRUM HI-TECH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056385/0267 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2021
From: BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056385/0368 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 28, 2021
From: BEIJING SPREADTRUM HI-TECH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056424/0483 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2021
From: ZHOU, HUAYU; MA, DAWEI; PAN, ZHENGANG
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056072/0652 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811302228 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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