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US 12,389,491 · App. 18/520,017 · Granted Aug 12, 2025

Method and device for determining timer configuration

Inventors: Rui Fan (Beijing, CN); Jinhua Liu (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
H04W76/28H04L1/1819H04L1/1851H04L1/1854H04W52/0216H04W72/0453H04W72/12Y02D30/70
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Patent No.
US 12,389,491
App. No.
18/520,017
Granted
Aug 12, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Embodiments of the disclosure generally relate to determining configuration of a DRX timer. A wireless device determines a relationship between a DRX timer and different scheduling units and determines a time unit of the DRX timer based on the determined relationship. Then, the wireless device calculates a time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the time unit.

Claims (39)

1. A method implemented at a wireless device, comprising:

determining a first time unit of a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer for a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) process operating on a first carrier based on a first numerology used in the first carrier;

determining a first time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the first time unit, the first time interval being associated with a first duration of time for the DRX timer;

determining a second time unit of the DRX timer for a second HARQ process operating on a second carrier based on a second numerology used in the second carrier; and

determining a second time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the second time unit, the second time interval being associated with a second duration of time for the DRX timer.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the second time interval comprises:

determining the second time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the second duration of time different from the first duration of time based on the second numerology different from the first numerology.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with one of a drx-RetransmissionTimer and a drx-ULRetransmissionTimer.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first carrier and the second carrier share one media access control (MAC) entity in carrier aggregation.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with a HARQ round trip time (RTT) timer of a respective HARQ process.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the determination of the first time interval comprises:

determining the first time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the first duration of time when the first numerology is currently used, and determining the first time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the first duration of time when a third numerology different from the first numerology is currently used.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with one of an onDurationTimer, a drx-InactivityTimer, a drxShortCycleTimer, a shortDRX-Cycle, and a longDRX-CycleStartOffset.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wireless device is a network device or a terminal device.

9. A wireless device, comprising:

a processor, and

a non-transitory machine-readable medium coupled to the processor and storing instructions that when executed by the processor, are to cause the wireless device to perform:

determining a first time unit of a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer for a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) process operating on a first carrier based on a first numerology used in the first carrier;

determining a first time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the first time unit, the first time interval being associated with a first duration of time for the DRX timer;

determining a second time unit of the DRX timer for a second HARQ process operating on a second carrier based on a second numerology used in the second carrier; and

determining a second time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the second time unit, the second time interval being associated with a second duration of time for the DRX timer.

10. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the determination of the second time interval comprises:

determining the second time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the second duration of time different from the first duration of time based on the second numerology different from the first numerology.

11. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with one of a drx-RetransmissionTimer and a drx-ULRetransmissionTimer.

12. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the first carrier and the second carrier share one media access control (MAC) entity in carrier aggregation.

13. The wireless device of claim 12 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with a HARQ round trip time (RTT) timer of the HARQ process.

14. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the determination of the first time interval comprises:

determining the time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the first duration of time when the first numerology is currently used, and determining the time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the first duration of time when a third numerology different from the first numerology is currently used.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with one of an onDurationTimer, a drx-InactivityTimer, a drxShortCycleTimer, a shortDRX-Cycle, and a longDRX-CycleStartOffset.

16. The wireless device of claim 9 , wherein the wireless device is a network device or a terminal device.

17. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, the instructions, when executed by at least one processor, are to cause the at least one processor to perform:

determining a first time unit of a discontinuous reception (DRX) timer for a first Hybrid Automatic Repeat request (HARQ) process operating on a first carrier based on a first numerology used in the first carrier;

determining a first time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the first time unit, the first time interval being associated with a first duration of time for the DRX timer;

determining a second time unit of the DRX timer for a second HARQ process operating on a second carrier based on a second numerology used in the second carrier; and

determining a second time interval indicated by the DRX timer based on the second time unit, the second time interval being associated with a second duration of time for the DRX timer.

18. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the determination of the second time interval comprises:

determining the second time interval indicated by the DRX timer being associated with the second duration of time different from the first duration of time based on the second numerology different from the first numerology.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein each of the first time unit and the second time unit is associated with one of a drx-RetransmissionTimer and a drx-ULRetransmissionTimer.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the first carrier and the second carrier share one media access control (MAC) entity in carrier aggregation.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: FAN, RUI; LIU, JINHUA
To: TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (PUBL)
Reel/Frame 066586/0453 →
Priority Claims (1)
WO PCT/CN2017/077915 · Mar 23, 2017 · international
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17670066 · Feb 11, 2022
Continuation 16859734 · Apr 27, 2020
Continuation 15774278
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