Granted Patent B2

US 12,563,424 · App. 17/945,997 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Inventor: Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: Apogee Networks, LLC

H04W24/08H04W72/02H04W72/0446

Abstract

Claims (102)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive a first information set indicative of a time length and an expiration value;

receive a second information set indicative of a plurality of candidate slots;

select a time period from a plurality of time periods in a super time period, wherein a duration of the selected time period is equal to the time length;

determine a position of the selected time period in the super time period;

select, based on the position, a first time in the selected time period;

start a timer at the first time;

while the timer is running,

update the timer in each first time interval of a plurality of time intervals in a first time resource pool in the selected time period, and

monitor a target signaling in each candidate slot of the plurality of candidate slots in the first time resource pool in the selected time period;

determine, based on the expiration value, an expiration of the timer; and

on a condition that the timer expires,

stop the timer.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

select a second time;

start the timer at the second time in a second time resource pool;

while the timer is running,

update the timer in each time interval of the plurality of time intervals in the second time resource pool, and

monitor the type target signaling in each candidate slot of the plurality of candidate slots in the second time resource pool in the super time period and before the selected time period;

on a condition that the timer expires,

stop the timer; and

determining, based on a result of the monitoring in the second time resource pool, a position of the first time in the first selected time period.

3 . The UE according to claim 2 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

starting a counter;

on a condition that the target signaling is not detected in the selected time period and the counter is counting, add 1 to a value of a counter;

on a condition that the target signaling is detected in the selected time period, stop the timer;

on a condition that the value of the counter is not less than a threshold, stopping the counter, wherein the first information set is further indicative of the threshold; and

wherein the counter counts in a second candidate slot of the plurality of candidate slots in the second time resource pool.

4 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first time is a candidate time in a first candidate time set, the first candidate time set comprises a plurality of candidate times; the selected time period comprises a plurality of time sub-periods, the plurality of candidate times in the first candidate time set respectively belong to the plurality of time sub-periods in the selected time period.

5 . A base station for wireless communications, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

transmit a first information set, indicative of a time length and an expiration value;

wherein a timer is started at a first time in a first time period; and

wherein on a condition that the timer is running, the timer is updated in each first time interval in the first time period and a target signaling is monitored in each first candidate slot in the first time period; and

wherein on a condition that the timer expires, the timer is stopped; and

wherein a duration of the first time period is equal to the time length, the first time period is a time period in a super time period, and the super time period comprises multiple time periods; and

wherein a position of the first time in the first time period is associated with a position of the first time period in the super time period; and

wherein the first expiration value is used to determine an expiration of the timer.

6 . The base station according to claim 5 , wherein the timer is started at a second time in a second time resource pool; and wherein while the timer is running, the timer is updated in each of the first time interval in the second time resource pool and the target signaling is monitored in each candidate slot in the second time resource pool; and wherein on a condition that the timer expires, the timer is stopped; and

wherein the second time resource pool is within the super time period and before the first time period, a position of the first time in the first time period is related to a result of the monitoring behavior in the second time resource pool.

7 . The base station according to claim 6 , wherein a counter is started; and

wherein on a condition that the target signaling is not detected in each time period and the counter is counting, a value of the counter is added by 1; and

wherein on a condition that the target signaling is detected in any time period, the timer is stopped; and

wherein on a condition that a value of the counter is not less than a first threshold, the counter is stopped; and

wherein the second time resource pool comprises at least one time period; and

wherein the counter counts in a second candidate slot, the second candidate slot belongs to the second time resource pool, and the first information set indicates the first threshold.

8 . The base station according to claim 5 , wherein the first time is any candidate time in a first candidate time set, the first candidate time set comprises a plurality of candidate times; the first time period comprises a plurality of time sub-periods, the plurality of candidate times in the first candidate time set respectively belong to the plurality of time sub-periods in the first time period.

9 . The base station according to claim 5 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmit a second information set indicative of a first time resource pool; and

wherein each first candidate slot belongs to the first time resource pool.

10 . A method in a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving a first information set indicative of a time length and an expiration value;

receiving a second information set indicative of a plurality of candidate slots;

selecting a time period from a plurality of time periods in a super time period, wherein a duration of the selected time period is equal to the time length;

determining a position of the selected time period in the super time period;

selecting, based on the position, a first time in the selected time period;

starting a timer at the first time;

while the timer is running,

updating the timer in each time interval of a plurality of time intervals in a first time resource pool in the selected time period, and

monitoring a target signaling in each candidate slot of the plurality of candidate slots in the first time resource pool in the first selected time period;

determining, based on the expiration value, an expiration of the timer; and

on a condition that the timer expires,

stopping the timer.

11 . The method in the UE according to claim 10 , further comprising:

selecting a second time;

starting the timer at the second time in a second time resource pool;

while the timer is running,

updating the timer in each time interval of the plurality of time intervals in the second time resource pool, and

monitoring the target signaling in each candidate slot of the plurality of candidate slots in the second time resource pool in the super time period and before the selected time period;

on a condition that the timer expires,

stopping the timer; and

determining, based on a result of the monitoring in the second time resource pool, a position of the first time in the selected time period.

12 . The method in the UE according to claim 11 , further comprising:

starting a counter;

on a condition that the target signaling is not detected in the selected time period and the counter is counting, adding 1 to a value of the counter;

on a condition that the target signaling is detected in the selected time period, stopping the timer;

on a condition that the value of the counter is not less than a threshold, stopping the counter, wherein the first information set is further indicative of the threshold; and

wherein the counter counts in a second candidate slot of the plurality of candidate slots in the second time resource pool.

13 . The method in the UE according to claim 10 , wherein the first time is any candidate time in a first candidate time set, the first candidate time set comprises a plurality of candidate times; the selected time period comprises a plurality of time sub-periods, the plurality of candidate times in the first candidate time set respectively belong to the plurality of time sub-periods in the selected time period.

14 . A method in a base station for wireless communications, comprising:

transmitting a first information set indicative of a time length and an expiration value;

wherein a timer is started at a first time in a first time period; and

wherein on a condition that the timer is running, the timer is updated in each first time interval in the first time period and a target signaling is monitored in each first candidate slot in the first time period; and

wherein on a condition that the timer expires, the timer is stopped; and

wherein a duration of the first time period is equal to the time length, the first time period is a time period in a super time period, and the super time period comprises multiple time periods; and

wherein a position of the first time in the first time period is associated with a position of the first time period in the super time period; and

wherein the expiration value is used to determine an expiration of the timer.

15 . The method in a base station according to claim 14 , wherein the timer is started at a second time in a second time resource pool; and wherein while the timer is running, the timer is updated in each of the first time interval in the second time resource pool and the target signaling is monitored in each candidate slot in the second time resource pool; and wherein on a condition that the timer expires, the timer is stopped; and

wherein the second time resource pool is within the super time period and before the first time period, a position of the first time in the first time period is related to a result of the monitoring behavior in the second time resource pool.

16 . The method in a base station according to claim 15 , wherein a counter is started; and

on a condition that the target signaling is not detected in each time period and the counter is counting, a value of the counter is added by 1; and

wherein on a condition that the target signaling is detected in any time period, the timer is stopped; and

wherein on a condition that a value of the counter is not less than a first threshold, the counter is stopped; and

wherein the second time resource pool comprises at least one time period; and

wherein the counter counts in a second candidate slot, the second candidate slot belongs to the second time resource pool, and the first information set indicates the first threshold.

17 . The method in a base station according to claim 14 , wherein the first time is any candidate time in a first candidate time set, the first candidate time set comprises a plurality of candidate times; the first time period comprises a plurality of time sub-periods, the plurality of candidate times in the first candidate time set respectively belong to the plurality of time sub-periods in the first time period.

18 . The method in a base station according to claim 14 , further comprising:

transmitting a second information set indicative of a first time resource pool; and

wherein each first candidate slot belongs to the first time resource pool.

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