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US 12,439,338 · App. 17/737,992 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Wake-up signal configuration method, wake-up signal processing method, and related device

Inventors: Wei Bao (Dongguan, CN); Dajie Jiang (Dongguan, CN); Li Chen (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
H04W52/0232H04W52/0274
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Patent No.
US 12,439,338
App. No.
17/737,992
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a Wake-Up Signal (WUS) configuration method, a WUS processing method, and a related device. The WUS configuration method includes: in a case that at least two Discontinuous Reception (DRX) groups are configured for a terminal device, configuring one wake-up signal WUS or at least two WUSs for the terminal device, where the WUS includes at least two indication bits, and the at least two indication bits separately correspond to different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups; and the at least two WUSs separately correspond to different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups.

Claims (54)

1. A Wake-Up Signal (WUS) configuration method performed by a network side device, the method comprising:

when at least two Discontinuous Reception (DRX) groups are configured for a terminal device,

configuring one WUS for the terminal device, and sending the one WUS via a communication link between the network side device and the terminal device, wherein the one WUS comprises at least two indication bits, the at least two indication bits separately correspond to different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups, and each of the at least two indication bits indicates whether to enable an onDuration timer of a DRX group corresponding to each indication bit in a next DRX cycle; or

configuring at least two WUSs for the terminal device, and sending the at least two WUSs via the communication link between the network side device and the terminal device, wherein the at least two WUSs separately correspond to different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups, and each of the at least two WUSs is used to indicate whether to enable an onDuration timer of a DRX group corresponding to each WUS in the next DRX cycle,

wherein the method further comprises:

sending, to the terminal device, a first indication which indicates whether to enable an onDuration timer of a DRX group corresponding to a WUS that fails to be received in the next DRX cycle.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured in a same DRX group of the at least two DRX groups, or configured in the different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured on different transmission resources of the same DRX group of the at least two DRX groups; and

the transmission resource comprise at least one of the following: a time domain location, a frequency domain location, a search space, or a carrier.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured in a first DRX group, and the first DRX group is a DRX group corresponding to a Primary Cell (Pcell) or a Special Cell (Spcell) in the at least two DRX groups.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first indication comprises one sub-indication, and the one sub-indication corresponds to all of the at least two DRX groups; or the first indication comprises at least two sub-indications, and the at least two sub-indications separately correspond to the different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups.

6. A Wake-Up Signal (WUS) processing method performed by a terminal device, the method comprising:

when at least two Discontinuous Reception (DRX) groups are configured for the terminal device,

receiving one WUS via a communication link between a network side device and the terminal device, wherein the one WUS comprises at least two indication bits, the at least two indication bits separately correspond to different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups, and each of the at least two indication bits is used to indicate whether to enable an onDuration timer of a DRX group corresponding to each indication bit in a next DRX cycle; and determining whether to enable the on Duration timer of the DRX group corresponding to each indication bit in the next DRX cycle based on the corresponding indication bit; or

receiving at least two WUSs via the communication link between the network side device and the terminal device, wherein the at least two WUSs separately correspond to the different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups, and each of the at least two WUSs is used to indicate whether to enable an on Duration timer of a DRX group corresponding to each WUS in the next DRX cycle; and determining whether to enable the on Duration timer of the DRX group corresponding to each WUS in the next DRX cycle based on the corresponding WUS,

wherein the method further comprises:

when a WUS fails to be received, determining, based on a first indication, whether to enable an onDuration timer of a DRX group corresponding to the WUS that fails to be received in the next DRX cycle.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured in a same DRX group of the at least two DRX groups, or configured in the different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured on different transmission resources of the same DRX group of the at least two DRX groups; and

the transmission resources comprise at least one of the following: a time domain location, a frequency domain location, a search space, or a carrier.

9. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured in a first DRX group, and the first DRX group is a DRX group corresponding to a Primary Cell (Pcell) or a Special Cell (Spcell) in the at least two DRX groups.

10. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured for the terminal device, and the method further comprises:

when a time domain location of a first WUS is in an active time of a second DRX group, quitting receiving the first WUS, and enabling an on Duration timer of the second DRX group in the next DRX cycle, wherein:

the first WUS is a WUS corresponding to the second DRX group, and the second DRX group is a DRX group in which the first WUS is configured in the at least two DRX groups.

11. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured for the terminal device, and receiving-a-WUS the at least two WUSs comprises:

receiving a second WUS when a time domain location of the second WUS is in a non-active time of a third DRX group, wherein

the second WUS is a WUS corresponding to the third DRX group, and the third DRX group is a DRX group in which the second WUS is configured in the at least two DRX groups.

12. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured for the terminal device, the at least two WUSs are configured in a fourth DRX group of the at least two DRX groups, and the method further comprises at least one of the following:

when a time domain location of a third WUS is in an active time of the fourth DRX group, quitting receiving the third WUS, and enabling an onDuration timer of a fifth DRX group in the next DRX cycle;

when the time domain location of the third WUS is in an active time of the fifth DRX group, quitting receiving the third WUS, and enabling the on Duration timer of the fifth DRX group in the next DRX cycle; or

when the time domain location of the third WUS is in the active time of the fourth DRX group and the active time of the fifth DRX group, quitting receiving the third WUS, and enabling the onDuration timer of the fifth DRX group in the next DRX cycle, wherein

the third WUS is a WUS corresponding to the fifth DRX group, and the fifth DRX group is a DRX group other than the fourth DRX group in the at least two DRX groups.

13. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the at least two WUSs are configured for the terminal device, the at least two WUSs are configured in a sixth DRX group of the at least two DRX groups, and receiving the at least two WUSs comprises at least one of the following:

receiving a fourth WUS when a time domain location of the fourth WUS is in a non-active time of the sixth DRX group;

receiving the fourth WUS when the time domain location of the fourth WUS is in a non-active time of a seventh DRX group; or

receiving the fourth WUS when the time domain location of the fourth WUS is in the non-active time of the sixth DRX group and the non-active time of the seventh DRX group, wherein

the fourth WUS is a WUS corresponding to the seventh DRX group, and the seventh DRX group is a DRX group other than the sixth DRX group in the at least two DRX groups.

14. The method according to claim 6 , wherein when the one WUS is configured for the terminal device, before receiving the one WUS, the method further comprises:

determining, based on states of a part or all of the at least two DRX groups, whether to receive the one WUS.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein determining, based on the states of the part or all of the at least two DRX groups, whether to receive the one WUS comprises at least one of the following:

when a time domain location of the one WUS is in an active time of an eighth DRX group, determining to quit receiving the one WUS; otherwise, determining to receive the one WUS, wherein the eighth DRX group is a DRX group in which the one WUS is configured in the at least two DRX groups;

when the time domain location of the one WUS is in an active time of each of the at least two DRX groups, determining to quit receiving the one WUS; otherwise, determining to receive the one WUS; or

when the time domain location of the one WUS is in an active time of any one of the at least two DRX groups, determining to quit receiving the one WUS; otherwise, determining to receive the one WUS.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the method further comprises at least one of the following:

enabling an onDuration timer of a ninth DRX group in the next DRX cycle when it is determined to quit receiving the one WUS, wherein the ninth DRX group is a DRX group in which the one WUS is configured in the at least two DRX groups; or

enabling an onDuration timer of each of the at least two DRX groups in the next DRX cycle when it is determined to quit receiving the one WUS.

17. The method according to claim 6 , wherein

the first indication is predefined in a protocol or configured by the network side device.

18. The method according to claim 17 , wherein the first indication comprises one sub-indication, and the one sub-indication corresponds to all of the at least two DRX groups; or the first indication comprises at least two sub-indications, and the at least two sub-indications separately correspond to the different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups.

19. A terminal device, comprising a processor, a memory, and a computer program stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, wherein the computer program, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform a Wake-Up Signal (WUS) processing method, wherein the WUS processing method comprises:

when at least two Discontinuous Reception (DRX) groups are configured for the terminal device,

receiving one WUS via a communication link between a network side device and the terminal device, wherein the one WUS comprises at least two indication bits, the at least two indication bits separately correspond to different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups, and each of the at least two indication bits is used to indicate whether to enable an on Duration timer of a DRX group corresponding to each indication bit in a next DRX cycle; and determining whether to enable the on Duration timer of the DRX group corresponding to each indication bit in the next DRX cycle based on the corresponding indication bit; or

receiving at least two WUSs via the communication link between the network side device and the terminal device, wherein the at least two WUSs separately correspond to the different DRX groups of the at least two DRX groups, and each of the at least two WUSs is used to indicate whether to enable an on Duration timer of a DRX group corresponding to each WUS in the next DRX cycle; and determining whether to enable the on Duration timer of the DRX group corresponding to each WUS in the next DRX cycle based on the corresponding WUS, wherein the method further comprises:

when a WUS fails to be received, determining based on a first indication, whether to enable an onDuration timer of a DRX group corresponding to the WUS that fails to be received in the next DRX cycle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2022
From: BAO, WEI; JIANG, DAJIE; CHEN, LI
To: VIVO MOBILE COMMUNICATION CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 201911349111.2 · Dec 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020137147 · Dec 17, 2020
Related Publication 20220264462A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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