Granted Patent B2

US 12,641,578 · App. 17/973,472 · Granted May 26, 2026

Inventors: Yu Chen (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)

Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC

H04W72/0446H04W24/10H04W76/16

Abstract

Claims (66)

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:

transmit a first message, wherein the first message indicates K1 time windows, and

wherein K1 is a positive integer greater than 1, and

wherein any two time windows among the K1 time windows are orthogonal, the K1 time windows are arranged in a chronological order, and a time interval between any two of the K1 time windows in time domain is no smaller than a first time threshold, and

wherein the first message is used to request for stopping wireless transmission for a base station in the K1 time windows, and

wherein a transmission time for the first message is a period of time other than the K1 time windows, and

wherein the UE maintains a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the base station within the K1 time windows, and

wherein the first time threshold is of a length no shorter than a slot; and

receive a first signaling, wherein the first signaling is indicative of acceptance of the request of the first message.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first time threshold comprises z1 millisecond(s), z1 being a positive integer.

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

receive a second signaling, wherein the second signaling indicates the first time threshold.

4 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first time threshold is equal to T time units, where the time unit comprises one of: {a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) cycle, a paging cycle, a modification cycle, or a system message cycle}.

5 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein there are at least two time windows of unequal lengths among the K1 time windows.

6 . The UE according to claim 5 , wherein the first message indicates a start of a first time window among the K1 time windows, and wherein the number K1 is finite.

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first message indicates a start of a first time window among the K1 time windows, and wherein the number K1 is finite.

8 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first signaling comprises a Medium Access Control (MAC) Control Element (CE).

9 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first message comprises at least partial fields in UEAssistanceInformation, while the first signaling comprises a RRCReconfiguration.

10 . The UE according to claim 9 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmit a first signal, the first signal being used to request for performing the wireless transmission for the base station in a target time-domain resource,

wherein the target time-domain resource belongs to the K1 time windows, and

wherein the first signal comprises an RRC message, and

wherein the first signal comprises an RRC message, and

wherein the target time-domain resource comprises all time windows behind a first instance of time among the K1 time windows.

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

transmit a first signal, the first signal being used to request for performing the wireless transmission for the base station in a target time-domain resource,

wherein the target time-domain resource belongs to the K1 time windows.

12 . The UE according to claim 11 , wherein the target time-domain resource comprises all time windows behind a first instance of time among the K1 time windows.

13 . The UE according to claim 12 , wherein the first signal comprises an RRC message, the first instance of time being explicitly indicated by the first signal.

14 . The UE according to claim 12 , wherein the first signal comprises an RRC message, the first instance of time being implicitly indicated by the first signal.

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

transmit a second message, wherein the second message is used to indicate that the UE can receive signals transmitted by the base station within the K1 time windows, and

wherein a transmission time for the second message is a period of time other than the K1 time window.

16 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein

the base station indicates a first time limit, and wherein a total length of time occupied by the K1 time windows is not greater than the first time limit.

17 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein

the base station indicates a second time limit, and wherein a length of any time window among the K1 time windows is not greater than the second time limit.

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

a transceiver; and

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

receive a first message, wherein the first message indicates K1 time windows, and

wherein K1 is a positive integer greater than 1, and

wherein any two time windows among the K1 time windows are orthogonal, the K1 time windows are arranged in a chronological order, and a time interval between any two of the K1 time windows in time domain is no smaller than a first time threshold, and

wherein the first message is used to request for stopping wireless transmission for the base station in the K1 time windows, and

wherein a transmission time for the first message is a period of time other than the K1 time windows, and

wherein a user equipment (UE) maintains a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the base station within the K1 time windows, the first time threshold is of a length no shorter than a slot; and

transmit a first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used for indicating acceptance of the request of the first message.

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

transmitting a first message, wherein the first message being used to indicate K1 time windows, and

wherein K1 is a positive integer greater than 1—, and

wherein any two time windows among the K1 time windows are orthogonal, the K1 time windows are arranged in a chronological order, and a time interval between any two of the K1 time windows in time domain is no smaller than a first time threshold, and

wherein the first message is used to request for stopping wireless transmission for a base station in the K1 time windows, and

wherein a transmission time for the first message is a period of time other than the K1 time windows, and

wherein the first time threshold is of a length no shorter than a slot;

maintaining an RRC connection with the base station within the K1 time windows; and

receiving a first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used for indicating acceptance of the request of the first message.

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

receiving a first message, wherein the first message indicates K1 time windows, and

wherein K1 is a positive integer greater than 1, and

wherein any two time windows among the K1 time windows are orthogonal, the K1 time windows are arranged in a chronological order, and a time interval between any two of the K1 time windows in time domain is no smaller than a first time threshold, and

wherein the first message is used to request for stopping wireless transmission for the base station in the K1 time windows, and

wherein a transmission time for the first message is a period of time other than the K1 time windows, and

wherein a user equipment (UE) maintains a Radio Resource Control (RRC) connection with the base station within the K1 time windows, the first time threshold is of a length no shorter than a slot; and

transmitting a first signaling, wherein the first signaling is used for indicating acceptance of the request of the first message.

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