Wake-up mechanisms in wireless communications

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a communication node, a first signal;

determining quasi co-location (QCL) information for the first signal based on a configuration information from a base station,

wherein the configuration information of the first signal includes one or a list of control channel resource set (CORESET) and/or search space (SS) configured to indicate whether the CORESET and/or SS is monitored, and

wherein when multiple CORESETs and/or search spaces are associated with the first signal, the first signal has a same QCL as that of the associated CORESET and/or search space with a highest or lowest CORESET ID and/or search space ID; and

performing a selective monitoring of a control channel based on information received in the first signal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the selective monitoring includes:

performing a first determination that the information received from the first signal indicates that the control channel is to be monitored; and

monitoring, upon the first determination, the control channel.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the performing the selective monitoring includes:

deciding that the information received from the first signal indicates that the control channel is to be skipped; and

forgoing, upon the deciding, monitoring of the control channel.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the QCL of the first signal is the same as that of one or more of the CORESET and a search space of the control channel.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the QCL information includes a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH Block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) information of the first signal QCL information, and the QCL information is a space receiving parameter QCL information.

6. The method of claims 1 , wherein the information includes quasi-co-location (QCL) information, and wherein the QCL information is a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH Block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) information of the first signal QCL information, and the QCL information includes at least one of a Doppler shift, a Doppler spread, a delay spread, and an average delay.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein a latest of the first signal before an occasion of one or more of the control channel resource set (CORESET) and search space (SS) have a same QCL as that of the control channel resource set (CORESET) and/or search space (SS).

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein a latest of the first signal before an occasion of the configured CORESET and/or SS associated with the first signal has a same QCL as that of the CORESET and/or SS.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information of the first signal includes configuration information for one or more first signal resources, wherein each first signal resource includes at least one of the following information: time-frequency domain location information of the first signal resource, period and/or time offset of the first signal resource, CORESET information and/or SS information associated with the first signal resource.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein a first signal resource has a same QCL as that of the configured CORESET and/or SS associated with the first signal resource.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first signal satisfies at least one of the following:

there is no more than one first signal on the same time domain symbol;

the first signal has a same QCL with the SSB and/or CSI-RS on the same time domain symbol;

if there is more than one first signal on a same time-domain symbol, the first signal other than the first signal with the highest or lowest associated CORESET ID and/or SS ID is ignored; or

if there is more than one first signal on the same time domain symbol, the multiple first signals and the highest or lowest associated CORESET and/or SS have a same QCL.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein one or multiple first signal resources are configured to indicate whether one or more of CORESET and search space is monitored.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein a first signal resource is configured to have same QCL with an SSB or CSI-RS.

14. A wireless communication method, comprising:

transmitting, by a base station to a communication node, a first signal, wherein quasi co-location (QCL) information for the first signal is based on a configuration information from the base station,

wherein the configuration information of the first signal includes one or a list of control channel resource set (CORESET) and/or search space (SS) configured to indicate whether the CORESET and/or SS is monitored, and

wherein when multiple CORESETs and/or search spaces are associated with the first signal, the first signal has a same QCL as that of the associated CORESET and/or search space with a highest or lowest CORESET ID and/or search space ID,

and wherein the first signal provides the communication node information related to a selective monitoring of a control channel.

15. The method of claims 14 , wherein the QCL information includes a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH Block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) information of the first signal QCL information, and the QCL information is a space receiving parameter QCL information.

16. The method of claims 14 , wherein the QCL information is a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH Block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) information of the first signal QCL information, and the QCL information includes at least one of Doppler shift, Doppler spread, delay spread, average delay.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein the configuration information of the first signal includes configuration information for one or more first signal resources, wherein each first signal resource includes at least one of the following information: time-frequency domain location information of the first signal resource, period and/or time offset of the first signal resource, CORESET information and/or SS information associated with the first signal resource.

18. The method of claim 14 , wherein one or multiple first signal resources are configured to indicate whether one or more of CORESET and search space should be monitored.

19. The method of claim 18 , wherein a first signal resource is configured to have same QCL with an SSB or CSI-RS.

20. A wireless communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

receive, by a communication node, a first signal;

determine quasi co-location (QCL) information for the first signal based on a configuration information from a base station,

wherein the configuration information of the first signal includes one or a list of control channel resource set (CORESET) and/or search space (SS) configured to indicate whether the CORESET and/or SS is monitored, and

wherein when multiple CORESETs and/or search spaces are associated with the first signal, the first signal has a same QCL as that of the associated CORESET and/or search space with a highest or lowest CORESET ID and/or search space ID; and

perform a selective monitoring of a control channel based on information received in the first signal.

21. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the selective monitoring is performed by the processor configured to:

perform a first determination that the information received from the first signal indicates that the control channel is to be monitored; and

monitor, upon the first determination, the control channel.

22. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the selective monitoring is performed by the processor configured to:

decide that the information received from the first signal indicates that the control channel is to be skipped; and

forgo, upon the decide, monitoring of the control channel.

23. A wireless communication apparatus comprising a processor configured to:

transmit, by a base station to a communication node, a first signal, wherein quasi co-location (QCL) information for the first signal is based on a configuration information from the base station,

wherein the configuration information of the first signal includes one or a list of control channel resource set (CORESET) and/or search space (SS) configured to indicate whether the CORESET and/or SS is monitored, and

wherein when multiple CORESETs and/or search spaces are associated with the first signal, the first signal has a same QCL as that of the associated CORESET and/or search space with a highest or lowest CORESET ID and/or search space ID,

and wherein the first signal provides the communication node information related to a selective monitoring of a control channel.

24. The wireless communication apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the QCL information includes a synchronization signal (SS)/PBCH Block (SSB) or channel state information reference signal (CSI-RS) information of the first signal QCL information, and the QCL information is a space receiving parameter QCL information.