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Granted Patent B2
US 11,950,186 · App. 17/842,426 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Power saving techniques

Inventors: Xiaoying Ma (Guangdong, CN); Jun Xu (Guangdong, CN); Mengzhu Chen (Guangdong, CN); Hao Wu (Guangdong, CN); Qiujin Guo (Guangdong, CN); Xuan Ma (Guangdong, CN); Focai Peng (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W52/0229H04W24/08H04W52/0209H04W72/12H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 11,950,186
App. No.
17/842,426
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Techniques are described to enable a user equipment (UE) to save power consumption and/or can enable the UE to acquire the channel state in time without reducing the UE's data transmission efficiency. An example technique includes determining, by the communication device, an operating mode based on a first signaling, and operating the communication device in the operating mode, where the operating mode includes any one of a normal mode, a first power saving mode, a second power saving mode, a third power saving mode, or a fourth power saving mode.

Claims (40)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a communication device from a serving cell, a signaling including a minimum threshold indication in a first slot n,

wherein the minimum threshold indication indicates a first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and a second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min),

wherein k0 includes an offset between a downlink control information (DCI) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI,

wherein k2 includes an offset between another DCI and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the another DCI; and

applying, by the communication device and for a cross-carrier scheduling, the first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and the second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min) in a second slot n+X,

wherein X is a value that indicates an application delay, and

wherein a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the application delay is based on another SCS of the serving cell in a prior bandwidth part (BWP) before a BWP switching during the application delay.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving, by the communication device, an RRC configuration signaling comprising one or two minimum thresholds of k0 and one or two minimum thresholds of k2,

wherein the minimum threshold indication in the signaling includes a 1-bit field indicating a minimum threshold index of the RRC configuration signaling, and

wherein the first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and the second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min) are based on the signaling and the RRC configuration signaling.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the signaling comprises a DCI format 0_1 or DCI format 1_1.

4. A communication device for wireless communication, comprising:

a processor and a memory having instructions stored thereupon, the instructions upon execution by the processor configure the communication device to:

receive, from a serving cell, a signaling including a minimum threshold indication in a first slot n,

wherein the minimum threshold indication indicates a first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and a second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min),

wherein k0 includes an offset between a downlink control information (DCI) and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI,

wherein k2 includes an offset between another DCI and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the another DCI; and

apply, for a cross-carrier scheduling, the first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and the second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min) in a second slot n+X,

wherein X is a value that indicates an application delay, and

wherein a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the application delay is based on another SCS of the serving cell in a prior bandwidth part (BWP) before a BWP switching during the application delay.

5. The communication device of claim 4 , wherein the processor further configures the communication device to:

receive an RRC configuration signaling comprising one or two minimum thresholds of k0 and one or two minimum thresholds of k2,

wherein the minimum threshold indication in the signaling includes a 1-bit field indicating a minimum threshold index of the RRC configuration signaling, and

wherein the first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and the second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min) are based on the signaling and the RRC configuration signaling.

6. The communication device of claim 4 , wherein the signaling comprises a DCI format 0_1 or DCI format 1_1.

7. A non-transitory computer readable program storage medium having code stored thereon, the code, when executed by a processor, causing the processor to implement a method, comprising:

receiving, by a communication device from a serving cell, a signaling including a minimum threshold indication in a first slot n,

wherein the minimum threshold indication indicates a first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and a second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min),

wherein k0 includes an offset between a DCI and a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) scheduled by the DCI,

wherein k2 includes an offset between another DCI and a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) scheduled by the another DCI; and

applying, by the communication device and for a cross-carrier scheduling, the first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and the second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min) in a second slot n+X,

wherein X is a value that indicates an application delay, and

wherein a subcarrier spacing (SCS) of the application delay is based on another SCS of the serving cell in a prior bandwidth part (BWP) before a BWP switching during the application delay.

8. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the method further comprises:

receiving, by the communication device, an RRC configuration signaling comprising one or two minimum thresholds of k0 and one or two minimum thresholds of k2,

wherein the minimum threshold indication in the signaling includes a 1-bit field indicating a minimum threshold index of the RRC configuration signaling, and

wherein the first minimum threshold of k0 (k0min) and the second minimum threshold of k2 (k2 min) are based on the signaling and the RRC configuration signaling.

9. The non-transitory computer readable program storage medium of claim 7 , wherein the signaling comprises a DCI format 0_1 or DCI format 1_1.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2022
From: MA, XIAOYING; XU, JUN; CHEN, MENGZHU; WU, HAO; GUO, QIUJIN; MA, XUAN; PENG, FOCAI
To: ZTE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 060230/0542 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17736967 · May 4, 2022
Continuation PCTCN2019116583 · Nov 8, 2019
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