IP Library Granted Patent US 12,245,321
Granted Patent B2
US 12,245,321 · App. 17/754,295 · Granted Mar 4, 2025

DRX operation in wireless communication system, operation method in dormant BWP and terminal using method

Inventors: Inkwon Seo (Seoul, KR); Joonkui Ahn (Seoul, KR); Suckchel Yang (Seoul, KR); Seonwook Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
H04W76/28H04L5/0098H04W24/08H04W72/044H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,245,321
App. No.
17/754,295
Granted
Mar 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present specification discloses a DRX operation method performed, by a terminal in which a PCell and a SCell are configured, in a wireless communication system. The DRX operation method comprises: receiving DRX configuration information from a base station; monitoring a PDCCH on the PCell based on the DRX configuration information; receiving dormant BWP configuration information from the base station, wherein the dormant BWP configuration information is information about a downlink BWP used as a dormant BWP on the SCell, from among at least one downlink BWP configured for the terminal; receiving, from the base station, DCI for notifying activation of the dormant BWP; and stopping monitoring a second PDCCH in the dormant BWP on the SCell, wherein a BWP inactivity timer is not used based on the activation of the dormant BWP, and the BWP inactivity timer may be a timer for transition to a default BWP.

Claims (43)

1. A method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information by a user equipment (UE) to which a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary cell (SCell) are configured;

performing, by the UE, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring based on the DRX configuration information;

receiving, from the base station by the UE, dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information, wherein the dormant BWP configuration information is information about a downlink BWP to be used as a dormant BWP among at least one downlink BWP on the SCell configured for the UE;

receiving, from the base station by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) informing an activation of the dormant BWP;

transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat and reQuest-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for the DCI to the base station in a specific resource by the UE; and

stopping a second PDCCH monitoring in the dormant BWP on the SCell by the UE,

wherein the specific resource is informed by the DCI, and

wherein a BWP inactivity timer is not used for transitioning from the dormant BWP, which is activated, to a default BWP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE continues to perform channel state information (CSI) measurement on the dormant BWP.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the default BWP is a BWP to which the UE transitions based on the BWP inactivity timer expiring.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the dormant BWP is a BWP different from the default BWP.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the BWP inactivity timer is not used based on the dormant BWP not being the default BWP.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein based on the dormant BWP being activated and based on running of the BWP inactivity timer, the UE stops the BWP inactivity timer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the UE stops the BWP inactivity timer without a transition to the default BWP, based on a release of the BWP inactivity timer.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the default BWP is a downlink BWP on the SCell.

9. A user equipment (UE) comprising:

at least one transceiver;

at least one memory; and

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

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, from a base station, discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information by the UE to which a primary cell (PCell) and a secondary cell (SCell) are configured;

performing, by the UE, a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring based on the DRX configuration information;

receiving, from the base station by the UE, dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information,

wherein the dormant BWP configuration information is information about a downlink BWP to be used as a dormant BWP among at least one downlink BWP on the SCell configured for the UE;

receiving, from the base station by the UE, downlink control information (DCI) informing an activation of the dormant BWP;

transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat and reQuest-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for the DCI to the base station in a specific resource by the UE; and

stopping a second PDCCH monitoring in the dormant BWP on the SCell by the UE,

wherein the specific resource is informed by the DCI, and

wherein a BWP inactivity timer is not used for transitioning from the dormant BWP, which is activated, to a default BWP.

10. An apparatus comprising:

at least one memory; and

at least one processor being operatively connected to 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:

controlling at least one transceiver to receive, from a base station, discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information;

performing a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring based on the DRX configuration information;

controlling the at least one transceiver to receive, from the base station, dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration information,

wherein the dormant BWP configuration information is information about a downlink BWP to be used as a dormant BWP among at least one downlink BWP on a secondary (SCell) configured for the UE;

controlling the transceiver to receive, from the base station, downlink control information (DCI) informing an activation of the dormant BWP;

transmitting Hybrid Automatic Repeat and reQuest-acknowledgement (HARQ-ACK) information for the DCI to the base station in a specific resource; and

stopping a second PDCCH monitoring in the dormant BWP on the SCell,

wherein the specific resource is informed by the DCI, and

wherein a BWP inactivity timer is not used for transitioning from the dormant BWP, which is activated, to a default BWP.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 29, 2022
From: SEO, INKWON; AHN, JOONKUI; YANG, SUCKCHEL; KIM, SEONWOOK
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 059430/0809 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62910378 · Oct 3, 2019
Related Publication 20220330378A1 · Oct 13, 2022
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