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Granted Patent B2
US 10,820,299 · App. 16/182,380 · Granted Oct 27, 2020

Radio resource management configuration for user equipment with wake-up signal receivers

Inventors: Le Liu (Fremont, CA); Alberto Rico Alvarino (San Diego, CA); Mungal Singh Dhanda (Slough, GB); Umesh Phuyal (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: QUALCOMM Incorporated
H04W68/02H04W24/08H04W24/10H04W48/16H04W52/028H04W52/0216H04W52/0229H04W52/0248H04W68/025H04W72/0446H04W76/27H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 10,820,299
App. No.
16/182,380
Granted
Oct 27, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. A wireless device, such as a user equipment (UE), may receive a configuration of a wake-up signal periodicity and perform discontinuous monitoring for a plurality of wake-up signals based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity. In some cases, the UE may perform a radio resource management (RRM) measurement according to an RRM measurement periodicity that corresponds to the wake-up signal periodicity. In such cases, the UE may monitor for paging messages to receive paging information, or updates to system information, during one or more wake-up signal occasions that correspond to the RRM measurement periodicity. For instance, paging information may be received while the UE is performing RRM measurements, where paging message may be monitored for based on the wake-up signal periodicity.

Claims (76)

1. A method for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

receiving a configuration of a wake-up signal periodicity;

performing discontinuous monitoring for a plurality of wake-up signals based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity; and

performing a radio resource management (RRM) measurement according to an RRM measurement periodicity, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining, based on the RRM measurement, a reference signal received power (RSRP), or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a confirmation of a serving cell, or a combination thereof.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the wake-up signal periodicity corresponds to one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether a wake-up signal is detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions; and

performing the RRM measurement based on a determination that at least one wake-up signal is detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining whether a wake-up signal is detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions; and

performing the RRM measurement at a temporally last wake-up signal occasion based on a determination that no wake-up signals were detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

detecting a paging message according to a page monitoring periodicity that corresponds to the RRM measurement periodicity; and

identifying a system information change notification based at least in part on the detected paging message.

7. A method for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

determining a wake-up signal periodicity for a plurality of wake-up signals;

configuring, based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity, a radio resource management (RRM) measurement periodicity for a user equipment (UE) to perform an RRM measurement, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity; and

transmitting a configuration indicating the RRM measurement periodicity to the UE.

8. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

configuring the RRM measurement periodicity based at least in part on one or more RRM measurements performed by the UE.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the wake-up signal periodicity corresponds to one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting, within the configuration, an indication that a page monitoring periodicity comprises one or more radio resource management (RRM) measurement periods.

11. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

transmitting a system information change notification within a paging message, wherein the paging message is transmitted according to the RRM measurement periodicity.

12. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

a receiver configured to receive a configuration of a wake-up signal periodicity;

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor; and

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

perform discontinuous monitoring for a plurality of wake-up signals based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity; and

perform a radio resource management (RRM) measurement according to an RRM measurement periodicity, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity.

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

determine, based on the RRM measurement, a reference signal received power (RSRP), or a reference signal received quality (RSRQ), or a confirmation of a serving cell, or a combination thereof.

14. The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the wake-up signal periodicity corresponds to one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles.

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

determine whether a wake-up signal is detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions; and

perform the RRM measurement based on a determination that at least one wake-up signal is detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions.

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

determine whether a wake-up signal is detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions; and

perform the RRM measurement at a temporally last wake-up signal occasion based on a determination that no wake-up signals were detected at the one or more wake-up signal occasions.

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

detect a paging message according to a page monitoring periodicity that corresponds to the RRM measurement periodicity; and

identify a system information change notification based at least in part on the detected paging message.

18. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

a processor;

memory in electronic communication with the processor;

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

determine a wake-up signal periodicity for a plurality of wake-up signals; and

configure, based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity, a radio resource management (RRM) measurement periodicity for a user equipment (UE) to perform an RRM measurement, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity; and

a transmitter configured to transmit a configuration indicating the RRM measurement periodicity to the UE.

19. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

configure the RRM measurement periodicity based at least in part on one or more RRM measurements performed by the UE.

20. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the wake-up signal periodicity corresponds to one or more discontinuous reception (DRX) cycles.

21. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit, within the configuration, an indication that a page monitoring periodicity comprises one or more radio resource management (RRM) measurement periods.

22. The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to cause the apparatus to:

transmit a system information change notification within a paging message, wherein the paging message is transmitted according to the RRM measurement periodicity.

23. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for receiving a configuration of a wake-up signal periodicity;

means for performing discontinuous monitoring for a plurality of wake-up signals based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity; and

means for performing a radio resource management (RRM) measurement according to an RRM measurement periodicity, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity.

24. An apparatus for wireless communication at a base station, comprising:

means for determining a wake-up signal periodicity for a plurality of wake-up signals;

means for configuring, based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity, a radio resource management (RRM) measurement periodicity for a user equipment (UE) to perform an RRM measurement, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity; and

means for transmitting a configuration indicating the RRM measurement periodicity to the UE.

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

receive a configuration of a wake-up signal periodicity;

perform discontinuous monitoring for a plurality of wake-up signals based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity; and

perform a radio resource management (RRM) measurement according to an RRM measurement periodicity, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity.

26. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code for wireless communication at a base station, the code comprising instructions executable by a processor to:

determine a wake-up signal periodicity for a plurality of wake-up signals;

configure, based at least in part on the wake-up signal periodicity, a radio resource management (RRM) measurement periodicity for a user equipment (UE) to perform an RRM measurement, wherein the RRM measurement periodicity corresponds to one or more wake-up signal occasions according to the wake-up signal periodicity; and

transmit a configuration indicating the RRM measurement periodicity to the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2019
From: LIU, LE; RICO ALVARINO, ALBERTO; DHANDA, MUNGAL SINGH; PHUYAL, UMESH
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
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Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62585478 · Nov 13, 2017
Related Publication 20190150094A1 · May 16, 2019