METHOD AND DEVICE FOR NETWORK ENERGY SAVING

1 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), a first configuration of a cell-discontinuous transmission (cell-DTX) mechanism;

receiving, from the BS, a second configuration of a cell-discontinuous reception (cell-DRX) mechanism;

monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the BS based on the first configuration; and

performing an uplink transmission to the BS based on the second configuration.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the first configuration comprises a first discontinuous pattern and a second discontinuous pattern, and the method further comprises:

receiving, from the BS, an indication;

selecting, based on the indication, one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern; and

monitoring the PDCCH using the selected one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the second configuration comprises a first discontinuous pattern and a second discontinuous pattern, and the method further comprises:

receiving, from the BS, an indication;

selecting, based on the indication, one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern; and

performing the uplink transmission using the selected one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, from the BS, information related to whether the BS is configured with at least one of the cell-DTX mechanism and the cell-DRX mechanism.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the information is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) parameter.

6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

sending a scheduling request (SR) to the BS in an active time of the cell-DRX mechanism according to the second configuration.

7 . A user equipment (UE), comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the at least one processor configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the UE to:

receive, from a base station (BS), a first configuration of a cell-discontinuous transmission (cell-DTX) mechanism;

receive, from the BS, a second configuration of a cell-discontinuous reception (cell-DRX) mechanism;

monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) of the BS based on the first configuration; and

perform an uplink transmission to the BS based on the second configuration.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the first configuration comprises a first discontinuous pattern and a second discontinuous pattern, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the UE to:

receive, from the BS, an indication;

select, based on the indication, one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern; and

monitor the PDCCH using the selected one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern.

9 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the second configuration comprises a first discontinuous pattern and a second discontinuous pattern, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the UE to:

receive, from the BS, an indication;

select, based on the indication, one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern; and

perform the uplink transmission using the selected one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern.

10 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the UE to:

receive, from the BS, information related to whether the BS is configured with at least one of the cell-DTX mechanism and the cell-DRX mechanism.

11 . The UE of claim 10 , wherein the information is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) parameter.

12 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the UE to:

send a scheduling request (SR) to the BS in an active time of the cell-DRX mechanism according to the second configuration.

13 . A base station (BS), comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing one or more computer-executable instructions; and

at least one processor coupled to the one or more non-transitory computer-readable media, the at least one processor configured to execute the one or more computer-executable instructions to cause the BS to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a first configuration of a cell-discontinuous transmission (cell-DTX) mechanism;

transmit, to the UE, a second configuration of a cell-discontinuous reception (cell-DRX) mechanism;

transmit a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), to the UE, based on the first configuration; and

receive an uplink transmission, from the UE, based on the second configuration.

14 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the first configuration comprises a first discontinuous pattern and a second discontinuous pattern, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the BS to:

transmit, to the UE, an indication, wherein the indication indicates one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern for the UE to monitor the PDCCH.

15 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the second configuration comprises a first discontinuous pattern and a second discontinuous pattern, and the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the BS to:

transmit, to the UE, an indication, wherein the indication indicates one of the first discontinuous pattern and the second discontinuous pattern for the UE to perform the uplink transmission.

16 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the BS to:

transmit, to the UE, information related to whether the BS is configured with at least one of the cell-DTX mechanism and the cell-DRX mechanism.

17 . The BS of claim 16 , wherein the information is carried in a radio resource control (RRC) parameter.

18 . The BS of claim 13 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to execute the computer-executable instructions to further cause the BS to:

receive, from the UE, a scheduling request (SR) in an active time of the cell-DRX mechanism according to the second configuration.