IP Library Granted Patent US 12,068,993
Granted Patent B2
US 12,068,993 · App. 17/650,065 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Method and apparatus for unified design of PDCCH and RS based paging early indication

Inventor: Qiongjie Lin (Sunnyvale, CA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04L5/005H04W68/02
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Patent No.
US 12,068,993
App. No.
17/650,065
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatus for physical downlink data channel (PDCCH) and reference signal (RS) based paging in a wireless communication system. A method includes receiving: a first configuration for a search space set in common search space (CSS), wherein the search space set is for a downlink control information (DCI) format that includes a tracking RS (TRS) availability indication field, wherein the TRS availability indication field in the DCI format provides a bitmap; and a second configuration for a number of TRS resources sets. The method further includes determining a TRS resources set from the number of TRS resources sets associated with a bit from the bitmap, wherein TRS resources from the TRS resources set are present for a time duration based on an associated bit for the TRS resources set in the bitmap; and receiving TRS resources from the number of TRS resources sets that are present.

Claims (29)

1. A terminal in a wireless communication system, the terminal comprising:

a transceiver configured to:

receive, from a base station, a higher layer signaling including (i) a configuration of at least one tracking reference signal (TRS) resource set for use in at least a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state and (ii) information on a validity duration for the at least one TRS resource set, and

receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging early indication (PEI) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), wherein the DCI includes an availability indication providing a bitmap associated with the at least one TRS resource set of the configuration; and

a processor operably coupled with the transceiver, the processor configured to identify a TRS resource set among the at least one TRS resource set based on a value of a bit of the bitmap, wherein the TRS resource set is available for the validity duration.

2. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the validity duration includes a multiple of a paging cycle starting from a radio frame in which the DCI is received.

3. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein bits of the bitmap are associated with TRS resource sets, respectively, and indicate whether the associated TRS resource sets are available or not.

4. The terminal of claim 1 , wherein the validity duration is two paging cycles starting from a first system frame number in which the DCI is received.

5. A base station in a wireless communication system, the base station comprising:

a processor configured to determine a higher layer signaling including (i) a configuration of at least one tracking reference signal (TRS) resource set for a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state and (ii) information on a validity duration for the at least one TRS resource set; and

a transceiver operably coupled with the processor, the transceiver configured to transmit, to a terminal, downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging early indication (PEI) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), wherein the DCI comprises an availability indication including a bitmap associated with the at least one TRS resource set of the configuration,

wherein a TRS resource set among the at least one TRS resource set is available for the validity duration based on a value of a bit of the bitmap.

6. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the validity duration includes a multiple of paging cycle starting from a radio frame in which the DCI is transmitted.

7. The base station of claim 5 , wherein bits of the bitmap are associated with TRS resource sets, respectively, and indicate whether the associated TRS resource sets are available or not.

8. The base station of claim 5 , wherein the validity duration is two paging cycles starting from a first system frame number in which the DCI is transmitted.

9. A method performed by a terminal in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a higher layer signaling including (i) a configuration of at least one tracking reference signal (TRS) resource set for a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state and (ii) information on a validity duration for the at least one TRS resource set;

receiving, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging early indication (PEI) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), wherein the DCI comprises an availability indication including a bitmap associated with the at least one TRS resource set of the configuration; and

identifying a TRS resource set among the at least one TRS resource set based on a value of a bit of the bitmap, wherein the TRS resource set is available for the validity duration.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the validity duration includes a multiple of paging cycle starting from a radio frame in which the DCI is received.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein bits of the bitmap are associated with TRS resource sets, respectively, and indicate whether the associated TRS resource sets are available or not.

12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the validity duration is two paging cycles starting from a first system frame number in which the DCI is received.

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

determining a higher layer signaling including (i) a configuration of at least one tracking reference signal (TRS) resource set for a radio resource control (RRC) idle state or an RRC inactive state and (ii) information on a validity duration for the at least one TRS resource set; and

transmitting, to a terminal, downlink control information (DCI) with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a paging early indication (PEI) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), wherein the DCI comprises an availability indication including a bitmap associated with the at least one TRS resource set of the configuration,

wherein a TRS resource set among the at least one TRS resource set is available for the validity duration based on a value of a bit of the bitmap.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the validity duration includes a multiple of paging cycle starting from a radio frame in which the DCI is transmitted.

15. The method of claim 13 , wherein bits of the bitmap are associated with TRS resource sets, respectively, and indicate whether the associated TRS resource sets are available or not.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the validity duration is two paging cycles starting from a first system frame number in which the DCI is transmitted.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2022
From: LIN, QIONGJIE
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058898/0980 →
Continuity (6)
Provisional Application 63302329 · Jan 24, 2022
Provisional Application 63275784 · Nov 4, 2021
Provisional Application 63243515 · Sep 13, 2021
Provisional Application 63187618 · May 12, 2021
Provisional Application 63151320 · Feb 19, 2021
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