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Granted Patent B2
US 11,595,980 · App. 17/709,937 · Granted Feb 28, 2023

Discontinuous reception operation method

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
H04W72/1273H04L5/0053H04W24/08H04W72/042H04W72/044H04W72/1278H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 11,595,980
App. No.
17/709,937
Granted
Feb 28, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification proposes a discontinuous reception operation method characterized by: in a wireless communication system, a terminal in which a plurality of cells are configured performing a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring on-duration; receiving bandwidth part (BWP) setting information, wherein the BWP setting information informs a specific BWP; receiving a PDCCH on the basis of the PDCCH monitoring, wherein the PDCCH includes dormant indication information for a specific cell from among the plurality of cells of the terminal; and activating the specific BWP on the basis of the dormant indication information indicating non-dormancy.

Claims (46)

1. A method for a discontinuous reception (DRX) operation performed by a user equipment (UE) for which a plurality of cells is configured in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

performing a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in on-duration;

receiving bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information,

wherein the BWP configuration information informs a specific BWP;

receiving a PDCCH based on the PDCCH monitoring,

wherein the PDCCH includes secondary cell (SCell) dormancy information; and

transmitting (acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for the PDCCH including the SCell dormancy information,

wherein the SCell dormancy information includes a bit, which corresponds to a secondary cell group, having a value for dormancy or a value for non-dormancy, and

wherein the bit having the value for the non-dormancy informs an activation of the specific BWP, which is provided based on the BWP configuration information, based on a current active BWP being a dormant BWP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE receives the PDCCH on a primary cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE does not perform the PDCCH monitoring or does not receive a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) on the dormant BWP.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dormant BWP is a BWP set by higher layer signaling.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein a maximum number of BWPs configurable for a cell for the UE is four.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK information includes ACK information, and does not include NACK information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK information includes ACK information and NACK information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE receives a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) or the PDCCH on the specific BWP.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK information is transmitted in a slot after a specific number of slots from a slot in which the PDCCH is transmitted.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the ACK/NACK information is transmitted in a slot after a specific number of slots from a slot in which a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the PDCCH is transmitted.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the PDSCH is a virtual PDSCH that is not actually scheduled.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of cells includes a primary cell and a SCell,

wherein the primary cell is a cell in which the UE performs an initial connection establishment procedure or a connection re-establishment procedure, and the SCell is a cell in which additional radio resources are provided to the UE.

13. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

one or more memories storing instructions;

one or more transceivers; and

one or more processors coupling the one or more memories and the one or more transceivers,

wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

perform a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in on-duration;

receive bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information,

wherein the BWP configuration information informs a specific BWP;

receive a PDCCH based on the PDCCH monitoring,

wherein the PDCCH includes secondary cell (SCell) dormancy information; and

transmit acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for the PDCCH including the SCell dormancy information,

wherein the SCell dormancy information includes a bit, which corresponds to a secondary cell group, having a value for dormancy or a value for non-dormancy, and

wherein the bit having the value for the non-dormancy informs an activation of the specific BWP, which is provided based on the BWP configuration information, based on a current active BWP being a dormant BWP.

14. An apparatus configured to control a user equipment (UE), the apparatus comprising:

one or more processors; and

one or more memories operably coupled by the one or more processors and storing instructions,

wherein the one or more processors execute the instructions to:

perform a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring in on-duration;

receive bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information,

wherein the BWP configuration information informs a specific BWP;

receive a PDCCH based on the PDCCH monitoring,

wherein the PDCCH includes secondary cell (SCell) dormancy information; and

transmit acknowledgement/negative-acknowledgement (ACK/NACK) information for the PDCCH including the SCell dormancy information,

wherein the SCell dormancy information includes a bit, which corresponds to a secondary cell group, having a value for dormancy or a value for non-dormancy, and

wherein the bit having the value for the non-dormancy informs an activation of the specific BWP, which is provided based on the BWP configuration information, based on a current active BWP being a dormant BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2022
From: SEO, INKWON; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, SEONWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 060672/0237 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2019-0129268 · Oct 17, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0141053 · Nov 6, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation PCTKR2020011690 · Sep 1, 2020
Provisional Application 62932604 · Nov 8, 2019
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