Granted Patent B2

US 12,621,830 · App. 17/816,219 · Granted May 5, 2026

Inventors: Xiaoying Ma (Shenzhen, CN); Mengzhu Chen (Shenzhen, CN); Qiujin Guo (Shenzhen, CN); Jun Xu (Shenzhen, CN); Jian Kang (Shenzhen, CN); Qiang Fu (Shenzhen, CN)

Assignee: ZTE Corporation

H04W72/1273H04W24/08H04W72/23

Abstract

Claims (76)

1 . A wireless communication method for use in a wireless terminal, the wireless communication method comprising:

receiving, from a wireless network node, predefined control information associated with at least one first kind of search space set in a plurality of search space sets for a scheduled cell,

determining at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell, and

monitoring the at least one PDCCH candidate in a scheduling cell,

wherein the plurality of search space sets comprises at least one second kind of search space set, and

wherein the predefined control information comprises at least one of a PDCCH skipping indication or a search space set group switch indication, and

wherein the determining the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell comprises:

(a) not counting any PDCCH candidates in search space sets of a first kind; and

(b) for search space sets of a second kind:

counting at least one of: a number of at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind or a number of non-overlapped control channel elements (CCEs) of the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind based on the predefined control information, for determining the at least one PDCCH candidate to be monitored,

wherein the counting the number of the at least one of: the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind or the non-overlapped CCEs of the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind based on the predefined control information comprises:

a first PDCCH candidate in a first search space set of the second kind with a first index is ignored when counting the number of the at least one PDCCH candidate when:

a second PDCCH candidate in a second search space set of the second kind having a second index uses a same set of CCEs as the first PDCCH candidate, wherein the first index is greater than the second index,

the second PDCCH candidate in the second search space set of the second kind has a same scrambling as the first PDCCH candidate, and

DCI format corresponding to the second PDCCH candidate in the second search space set of the second kind has a same size as DCI format corresponding to the first PDCCH candidate, and

wherein the first kind of search space sets are not monitored by the wireless terminal and the second kind of search space sets are monitored by the wireless terminal; and

wherein the determining the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell comprises:

determining the at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one of the plurality of search space sets to be monitored based on a parameter, whose value is determined based on the predefined control information,

wherein the parameter comprises at least one of a maximum number of monitored PDCCH candidates per time unit or a maximum number of non-overlapped CCEs per time unit,

wherein the time unit is at least one slot or a span, and

wherein the value of the parameter changes between a first value and a second value based on the predefined control information, and the second value is greater than the first value.

2 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless terminal does not monitor the PDCCH candidate in the at least one first kind of search space set in the scheduling cell based on the predefined control information.

3 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless terminal monitors the PDCCH candidate in the at least one second kind of search space set in the scheduling cell based on the predefined control information.

4 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one first kind of search space set and the at least one second kind of search space set are in an active bandwidth part.

5 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the determining the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell comprises:

allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one of the plurality of search space sets to be monitored in the scheduling cell based on the predefined control information,

wherein the allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one of the plurality of search space sets to be monitored in the scheduling cell based on the predefined control information comprises:

allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set to be monitored in the scheduling cell, or

not allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the at least one first kind of search space set to be monitored in the scheduling cell, and

wherein the allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set to be monitored in the scheduling cell, or not allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the at least one first kind of search space set to be monitored in the scheduling cell comprises at least one of:

allocating at least one PDCCH candidate in each of common search space (CSS) sets in the plurality of search space sets to be monitored in the scheduling cell,

allocating at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one CSS set of the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set to be monitored in the scheduling cell, or

allocating at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one user-specific search space, USS, set of the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set to be monitored in a sequence of an ascending order of at least one index of the at least one USS set.

6 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one second kind of search space set is associated with a first type of CORESET, and wherein the at least one first kind of search space set is associated with a second type of CORESET.

7 . The wireless communication method of claim 1 , wherein a determination to apply the PDCCH skipping indication or the search space set group switch indication is based on a discontinuous reception (DRX) state of the wireless terminal.

8 . A wireless communication method for use in a wireless network node, the wireless communication method comprising:

transmitting, to a wireless terminal, predefined control information associated with at least one first kind of search space set in a plurality of search space sets for a scheduled cell,

determining at least one physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell, and

transmitting, to the wireless terminal, at least one DCI on the at least one PDCCH candidate in a scheduling cell,

wherein the plurality of search space sets comprises at least one second kind of search space set, and

wherein the predefined control information comprises at least one of a PDCCH skipping indication or a search space set group switch indication, and

wherein the determining the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell comprises:

(a) not counting any PDCCH candidates in search space sets of a first kind; and

(b) for search space sets of a second kind:

counting at least one of: a number of at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind or a number of non-overlapped control channel elements (CCEs) of the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind based on the predefined control information, for determining the at least one PDCCH candidate to be monitored,

wherein the counting the number of the at least one of: the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind or the non-overlapped CCEs of the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to each of the plurality of search space sets of the second kind based on the predefined control information comprises:

a first PDCCH candidate in a first search space set of the second kind with a first index is ignored when counting the number of the at least one PDCCH candidate when:

a second PDCCH candidate in a second search space set of the second kind having a second index uses a same set of CCEs as the first PDCCH candidate, wherein the first index is greater than the second index,

the second PDCCH candidate in the second search space set of the second kind has a same scrambling as the first PDCCH candidate,

DCI format corresponding to the second PDCCH candidate in the second search space set of the second kind has a same size as DCI format corresponding to the first PDCCH candidate, and

wherein the first kind of search space sets are not monitored by the wireless terminal and the second kind of search space sets are monitored by the wireless terminal; and

wherein the determining the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell comprises:

determining the at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one of the plurality of search space sets to be monitored based on a parameter, whose value is determined based on the predefined control information,

wherein the parameter comprises at least one of a maximum number of monitored PDCCH candidates per time unit or a maximum number of non-overlapped CCEs per time unit,

wherein the time unit is at least one slot or a span, and

wherein the value of the parameter changes between a first value and a second value based on the predefined control information, and the second value is greater than the first value.

9 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless network node does not transmit the at least one DCI in the at least one first kind of search space set in the scheduling cell.

10 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the wireless network node transmits the at least one DCI in the at least one second kind of search space set in the scheduling cell.

11 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the at least one first kind of search space set and the at least one second kind of search space set are in an active bandwidth part.

12 . The wireless communication method of claim 8 , wherein the determining the at least one PDCCH candidate corresponding to at least one of the plurality of search space sets based on the predefined control information for the scheduled cell comprises:

allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one of the plurality of search space sets for transmitting at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell based on the predefined control information,

wherein the allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one of the plurality of search space sets for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell based on the predefined control information comprises:

allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell, or

not allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the at least one first kind of search space set for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell, and

wherein the allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell, or not allocating the at least one PDCCH candidate in the at least one first kind of search space for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell comprises at least one of:

allocating at least one PDCCH candidate in each of common search space (CSS) set in the plurality of search space sets for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell,

allocating at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one CSS set of the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set for transmitting the at least one reference signal in the scheduling cell, or

allocating at least one PDCCH candidate in at least one user-specific search space, USS, set of the plurality of search space sets except the at least one first kind of search space set for transmitting the at least one reference signal in a sequence of an ascending order of at least one index of the at least one USS set.

13 . A wireless terminal, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, which is configured to store at least one program;

wherein the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, enables the at least one processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

14 . A wireless network node, comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory, which is configured to store at least one program;

wherein the at least one program, when executed by the at least one processor, enables the at least one processor to perform the method of claim 8 .

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