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US 12,250,633 · App. 17/597,357 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Method for monitoring control channel, and device using method

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Changhwan Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W52/0235H04L5/0048H04W72/23H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,250,633
App. No.
17/597,357
Granted
Mar 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided are a method by which a terminal monitors a downlink control channel in a wireless communication system, and a device. The method receives a configuration message that notifies of a monitoring occasion for detecting a wake up signal and, if first control channel monitoring for detecting the wake up signal is not required in the at least one monitoring occasion, monitors a second control channel in the next DRX-on section.

Claims (36)

1. A method of monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving configuration message informing of a monitoring occasion for detecting a wake up signal (WUS); and

based on that a first PDCCH monitoring for detecting the WUS is not required in the monitoring occasion, performing a second PDCCH monitoring in a next discontinuous reception (DRX)-on duration,

wherein the WUS is first downlink control information (DCI) including a wake-up indication,

wherein the second PDCCH monitoring is for detecting a second DCI other than the first DCI, and

wherein based on a resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a long term evolution (LTE) cell specific reference signal (CRS) resource indicated by a network, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a resource indicated as an uplink by a higher layer signal, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein based on even one of symbols constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a symbol indicated as an uplink by the higher layer signal, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block) resource indicated by the network, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring occasion is located within a predetermined time from a start time of the next DRX-on duration.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on that the first PDCCH monitoring for detecting the WUS is not required in the monitoring occasion, the first PDCCH monitoring is not performed in the monitoring occasion.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein, based on a number of monitoring occasions being plural, the second PDCCH monitoring is performed in the next DRX-on duration based on that the first PDCCH monitoring for detecting the WUS is not required in all of the plurality of monitoring occasions.

8. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

at least one transceiver for transmitting and receiving a radio signal;

at least one memory; and

at least one processor connected to the at least one transceiver and the at least one memory,

wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving configuration message informing of a monitoring occasion for detecting a wake up signal (WUS); and

based on that a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for detecting the WUS is not required in the monitoring occasion, performing a second PDCCH monitoring in a next discontinuous reception (DRX)-on duration,

wherein the WUS is first downlink control information (DCI) including a wake-up indication,

wherein the second PDCCH monitoring is for detecting a second DCI other than the first DCI, and

wherein based on a resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a long term evolution (LTE) cell specific reference signal (CRS) resource indicated by a network, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein based on the resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a resource indicated as an uplink by a higher layer signal, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein based on even one of symbols constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a symbol indicated as an uplink by the higher layer signal, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein based on the resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a synchronization signal/physical broadcast channel block (SS/PBCH block) resource indicated by the network, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the monitoring occasion is located within a predetermined time from a start time of the next DRX-on duration.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein based on that the first PDCCH monitoring for detecting the WUS is not required in the monitoring occasion, the first PDCCH monitoring is not performed in the monitoring occasion.

14. An apparatus operated in a wireless communication system, the apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory operatively connected to the at least one processor,

wherein the at least one memory stores instructions that, based on being executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving configuration message informing of a monitoring occasion for detecting a wake up signal (WUS); and

based on that a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for detecting the WUS is not required in the monitoring occasion, performing a second PDCCH monitoring in a next discontinuous reception (DRX)-on duration,

wherein the WUS is first downlink control information (DCI) including a wake-up indication,

wherein the second PDCCH monitoring is for detecting a second DCI other than the first DCI, and

wherein based on a resource constituting the monitoring occasion overlapping with a long term evolution (LTE) cell specific reference signal (CRS) resource indicated by a network, the first PDCCH monitoring is not required in the monitoring occasion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2022
From: SEO, INKWON; AHN, JOONKUI; PARK, CHANGHWAN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 058545/0536 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0090826 · Jul 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220264464A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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