IP Library Granted Patent US 11,937,183
Granted Patent B2
US 11,937,183 · App. 17/285,891 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Method and device for monitoring power-saving signal

Inventor: Yanhua Li (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
H04W52/0232H04W52/0235H04W72/044H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 11,937,183
App. No.
17/285,891
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for monitoring a power-saving signal includes: configuring a first power-saving signal parameter used for monitoring a power-saving signal for a first BWP; generating power-saving signal configuration information, said power-saving signal configuration information being used for indicating to use the first power-saving signal parameter on the first BWP for monitoring the power-saving signal; sending the power-saving signal configuration information to a terminal so that the terminal monitors the power-saving signal in light of the first power-saving signal parameter on the first BWP according to the power-saving signal configuration information.

Claims (79)

1. A method for monitoring a power-saving signal, applied to a base station configuring at least one Bandwidth Portion (BWP) for a terminal, the method comprising:

for a first BWP, configuring a first power-saving signal parameter for monitoring the power-saving signal;

generating power-saving signal configuration information, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information is configured for indicating to perform a power-saving signal monitoring over the first BWP using the first power-saving signal parameter; and

transmitting the power-saving signal configuration information to the terminal, to enable the terminal to perform the power-saving signal monitoring over the first BWP according to the first power-saving signal parameter based on the power-saving signal configuration information,

wherein the first BWP is any one of BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station:

wherein transmitting the power-saving signal configuration information to the terminal comprises;

establishing a binding relationship between the BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station and power-saving signal parameters; and

adding the binding relationship to the power-saving signal configuration information; and

transmitting the power-saving signal configuration information carrying the binding relationship to the terminal.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first power-saving signal parameter comprises at least one of:

a first information configured for indicating a transmission period of the power-saving signal;

a second information configured for indicating a start-end time of the power-saving signal; or

a third information configured for indicating a duration of the power saving signal.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the start-end time of the power-saving signal comprise at least one of a starting time of the power-saving signal or an ending time of the power-saving signal within the transmission period, wherein each of the starting time and the ending time is a respective offset value for a specified reference point.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the binding relationship comprises at least one of one-to-one correspondences between the BWPs and the power-saving signal parameters or many-to-one correspondences between the BWPs and the power-saving signal parameters.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein transmitting the power-saving signal configuration information carrying the binding relationship to the terminal comprises:

adding the power-saving signal configuration information to a first system message or a first dedicated signaling; and

transmitting the first system message or the first dedicated signaling to the terminal, to enable the terminal to obtain the power-saving signal configuration information from the first system message or the first dedicated signaling.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first BWP is a target BWP that the base station indicates the terminal for a BWP switching;

wherein transmitting the power-saving signal configuration information to the terminal comprises:

generating a BWP switching command carrying the power-saving signal configuration information, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information comprises a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP or indication information for indicating a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP; and

transmitting the BWP switching command to the terminal.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising:

configuring a power-saving signal candidate parameter set for the terminal;

adding the power-saving signal candidate parameter set to a second system message or a second dedicated signaling; and

transmitting the second system message or the second dedicated signaling to the terminal, to enable the terminal to obtain the power-saving signal candidate parameter set from the second system message or the second dedicated signaling, and determining the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP according to the power-saving signal candidate parameter set and the indication information in the power-saving signal configuration information.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first BWP is at least one of a default BWP or an initial BWP for implementing a BWP auto-fallback function;

wherein transmitting the power-saving signal configuration information to the terminal comprises:

generating a third system message or a third dedicated signaling carrying the power-saving signal configuration information, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information comprises at least one of a first default power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the default BWP or a second default power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the initial BWP; and

transmitting the third system message or the third dedicated signaling to the terminal.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first power-saving signal parameter corresponds to a serving cell serving the terminal, and power-saving signal parameter configurations corresponding to different serving cells are performed, respectively.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the serving cell comprises a primary cell and a secondary cell for carrier aggregation (CA) or dual connectivity (DC).

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the power-saving signal comprises at least one of a wake-up signal (WUS) or a go-to sleep signal (GTS).

12. A method for monitoring a power-saving signal, applied to a terminal for which at least one Bandwidth Portion (BWP) is configured by a base station, the method comprising:

receiving power-saving signal configuration information from a base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information is configured for indicating to monitor the power-saving signal over a first BWP using the first power-saving signal parameter, and the first power-saving signal parameter is a power-saving signal parameter configured for the first BWP by the base station to monitor the power-saving signal; and

performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the first BWP according to the first power-saving signal parameter based on the power-saving signal configuration information,

wherein the first BWP is any one of BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station, and the power-saving signal configuration information comprises a binding relationship between the BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station and power-saving signal parameters,

wherein performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the first BWP according to the first power-saving signal parameter based on the power-saving signal configuration information comprises;

determining whether the binding relationship comprises a target power-saying signal parameter bound to a target BWP in response that a switching is performed from a currently activated BWP to the target BWP:

in response that the binding relationship comprises the target power-saving signal parameter bound to the target BWP, performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter; or

in response that the binding relationship does not comprise the target power-saving signal parameter bound to the target BWP, not performing an operation of monitoring the power-saving signal over the target BWP, and falling back to at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring mechanism or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) monitoring mechanism.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first BWP is a target BWP that the base station indicates the terminal for a BWP switching;

wherein receiving the power saving signal configuration information from the base station comprises:

receiving a BWP switching command carrying the power-saving signal configuration information from the base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information comprises a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP or indication information for indicating a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP;

wherein monitoring a first power-saving signal corresponding to the first power-saving signal parameter over the first BWP according to the power-saving signal configuration information comprises:

in response that the power-saving signal configuration information comprises the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP, performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter; or

in response that the power-saving signal configuration information comprises the indication information for indicating the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP, determining the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the indication information according to a power-saving signal candidate parameter set configured for the terminal by the base station and the power-saving signal configuration information, and performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first BWP is a target BWP that the base station indicates the terminal for a BWP switching;

wherein receiving the power-saving signal configuration information from the base station comprises:

receiving a BWP switching command carrying the power-saving signal configuration information from the base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information does not comprise a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP or indication information for indicating a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP,

the method further comprises:

not performing the operation of monitoring the power-saving signal over the target BWP, and falling back to at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring mechanism or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) monitoring mechanism.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the first BWP is at least one a default BWP or an initial BWP for implementing a BWP auto-fallback function;

wherein receiving the power-saving signal configuration information from the base station comprises:

receiving a system message or a dedicated signaling carrying the power-saving signal configuration information from the base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information comprises at least one of a first default power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the default BWP or a second default power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the initial BWP;

wherein monitoring a first power-saving signal corresponding to the first power-saving signal parameter over the first BWP according to the power-saving signal configuration information comprises:

in response to falling back from a currently activated BWP to the default BWP, performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the default BWP according to the first default power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the default BWP; or

in response to falling back from a currently activated BWP to the initial BWP, performing the power-saving signal monitoring over the initial BWP according to the second default power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the initial BWP.

16. A device for monitoring a power-saving signal, applied to a terminal for which at least one bandwidth portion BWP is configured by a base station, the device comprising:

a processor;

a memory for storing processor-executable instructions;

wherein the processor is configured to:

receive power-saving signal configuration information from a base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information is configured for indicating to monitor the power-saving signal over a first BWP using the first power-saving signal parameter, and the first power-saving signal parameter is a power-saving signal parameter configured for the first BWP by the base station to monitor the power-saving signal; and

perform the power-saving signal monitoring over the first BWP according to the first power-saving signal parameter based on the power-saving signal configuration information,

wherein the first BWP is any one of BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station, and the power-saving signal configuration information comprises a binding relationship between the BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station and power-saving signal parameters,

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the binding relationship comprises a target power-saving signal parameter bound to a target BWP in response that a switching is performed from a currently activated BWP to the target BWP;

in response that the binding relationship comprises the target power-saving signal parameter bound to the target BWP, perform the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter; or

in response that the binding relationship does not comprise the target power-saving signal parameter bound to the target BWP, not perform an operation of monitoring the power-saving signal over the target BWP, and fall back to at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring mechanism or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) monitoring mechanism.

17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the first BWP is any one of BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information comprises a binding relationship between the BWPs which are configured for the terminal by the base station and power-saving signal parameters;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

determine whether the binding relationship comprises a target power-saving signal parameter bound to a target BWP in response that a switching is performed from a currently activated BWP to the target BWP;

in response that the binding relationship comprises the target power-saving signal parameter bound to the target BWP, perform the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter; or

in response that the binding relationship does not comprise the target power-saving signal parameter bound to the target BWP, not perform an operation of monitoring the power-saving signal over the target BWP, and fall back to at least one of a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring mechanism or a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) monitoring mechanism.

18. The device of claim 16 , wherein the first BWP is a target BWP that the base station indicates the terminal for a BWP switching;

wherein the processor is further configured to:

receive a BWP switching command carrying the power-saving signal configuration information from the base station, wherein the power-saving signal configuration information comprises a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP or indication information for indicating a target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP;

in response that the power-saving signal configuration information comprises the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP, perform the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter; or

in response that the power-saving signal configuration information comprises the indication information for indicating the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the target BWP, determine the target power-saving signal parameter corresponding to the indication information according to a power-saving signal candidate parameter set configured for the terminal by the base station and the power-saving signal configuration information, and perform the power-saving signal monitoring over the target BWP according to the target power-saving signal parameter.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 15, 2021
From: LI, YANHUA
To: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055937/0064 →
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