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US 12,256,460 · App. 18/154,672 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Discontinuous reception operations for wireless communications systems

Inventors: Zhibin Wu (Los Altos, CA); Hong Cheng (Basking Ridge, NJ); Kapil Gulati (Belle Mead, NJ); Tien Viet Nguyen (Bridgewater, NJ); Junyi Li (Fairless Hills, PA); Sudhir Kumar Baghel (Pleasanton, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W76/28H04W4/40H04W24/08H04W28/0268H04W76/27H04W92/18
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Patent No.
US 12,256,460
App. No.
18/154,672
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A user equipment (UE) of a group of UEs may receive, from a group member of the group of UEs, traffic information including a transmission schedule associated with traffic of the group member UE. The UE may determine a discontinuous reception configuration for the group of UEs based at least in part on the transmission schedule. The discontinuous reception configuration may include a discontinuous reception schedule for the group of UEs. The UE may transmit, to the group of UEs, the discontinuous reception configuration.

Claims (51)

1. A method for wireless communications at a first user equipment (UE) of a group of UEs, comprising:

identifying, by the first UE in the group of UEs, that a second UE in the group of UEs is a group leader of the group of UEs;

transmitting, to the second UE, traffic information comprising a transmission schedule associated with traffic of the first UE;

monitoring a resource based at least in part on identifying that the second UE is designated as the group leader;

receiving, from the second UE, a group configuration message indicating a discontinuous reception configuration based at least in part on monitoring the resource;

receiving, from the second UE, an adjustment message based at least in part on transmitting the traffic information; and

adjusting one or more transmissions associated with the transmission schedule based at least in part on the adjustment message.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the second UE, an acknowledgment message based at least in part on transmitting the traffic information; and

transmitting one or more transmissions associated with the transmission schedule based at least in part on the acknowledgment message.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the traffic information further comprises:

transmitting a PC5 radio resource control message to the second UE, the PC5 radio resource control message comprising the traffic information of the first UE.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the traffic information comprises a group identifier, a member identifier, a data rate, a periodicity, an offset, a quality of service (QOS) profile, or a combination thereof.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the traffic information further comprises:

transmitting a medium access control-control element message to the second UE, the medium access control-control element message comprising the traffic information of the first UE.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the traffic information comprises a side link group identifier, a side link member identifier, a buffered data amount, a quality of service (QOS) indicator, or a combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discontinuous reception configuration indicates an awake period associated with a discontinuous reception cycle, further comprising:

monitoring, during the awake period of the discontinuous reception cycle, for transmissions from the group of UEs; and

terminating the discontinuous reception configuration based at least in part on the awake period associated with the discontinuous reception cycle lapsing.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the discontinuous reception configuration indicates multiple awake periods associated with multiple discontinuous reception cycles, further comprising:

monitoring, during the multiple awake periods associated with the multiple discontinuous reception cycles, for transmissions from the group of UEs.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:

receiving, during an awake period of the multiple awake periods and a discontinuous reception cycle of the multiple discontinuous reception cycles, a termination message from the second UE, the termination message indicating that the discontinuous reception configuration is terminated for subsequent discontinuous reception cycles.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying that the second UE is the group leader of the group of UEs further comprises:

receiving, from an upper layer of the first UE, a message indicating that the second UE is the group leader of the group of UEs.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein identifying that the second UE is the group leader of the group of UEs further comprises:

determining that the second UE is a leader of a platoon comprising the first UE, that the second UE is a roadside unit, that the second UE performs a resource management operation for the group of UEs, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of a group of apparatuses for wireless communications, comprising:

a processor,

memory coupled with the processor; and

instructions stored in the memory and executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

identify, by the apparatus in the group of apparatuses, that a second apparatus in the group of apparatuses is a group leader of the group of apparatuses;

transmit, to the second apparatus, traffic information comprising a transmission schedule associated with traffic of the apparatus;

monitor a resource based at least in part on identifying that the second apparatus is designated as the group leader;

receive, from the second apparatus, a group configuration message indicating a discontinuous reception configuration based at least in part on monitoring the resource;

receive, from the second apparatus, an adjustment message based at least in part on transmitting the traffic information; and

adjust one or more transmissions associated with the transmission schedule based at least in part on the adjustment message.

13. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

receive, from the second apparatus, an acknowledgment message based at least in part on transmitting the traffic information; and

transmit one or more transmissions associated with the transmission schedule based at least in part on the acknowledgment message.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to transmit the traffic information are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a PC5 radio resource control message to the second apparatus, the PC5 radio resource control message comprising the traffic information of the apparatus.

15. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the instructions executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to transmit the traffic information are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a medium access control-control element message to the second apparatus, the medium access control-control element message comprising the traffic information of the apparatus.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a first user equipment (UE) of a group of UEs, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

identify, by the first UE in the group of UEs, that a second UE in the group of UEs is a group leader of the group of UEs;

transmit, to the second UE, traffic information comprising a transmission schedule associated with traffic of the first UE;

monitor a resource based at least in part on identifying that the second UE is designated as the group leader;

receive, from the second UE, a group configuration message indicating a discontinuous reception configuration based at least in part on monitoring the resource;

receive, from the second UE, an adjustment message based at least in part on transmitting the traffic information; and

adjust one or more transmissions associated with the transmission schedule based at least in part on the adjustment message.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 13, 2023
From: WU, ZHIBIN; CHENG, HONG; GULATI, KAPIL; NGUYEN, TIEN VIET; LI, JUNYI; BAGHEL, SUDHIR KUMAR
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 062389/0536 →
Continuity (3)
Division 16996738 · Aug 18, 2020
Provisional Application 62891017 · Aug 23, 2019
Related Publication 20230156860A1 · May 18, 2023
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