IP Library Granted Patent US 11,968,624
Granted Patent B2
US 11,968,624 · App. 18/205,391 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Power saving operation in carrier aggregation

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Jonghyun Park (Syosset, NY); Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA)
Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
H04W52/0235H04W72/232H04W76/20
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Patent No.
US 11,968,624
App. No.
18/205,391
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wireless device includes one or more processors and memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to transmit, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including information of radio access capabilities of the wireless device, wherein the information, per frequency band, includes a first parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports skipping physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for power saving operations and a second parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among search space groups (SSGs) for the power saving operations.

Claims (39)

1. A wireless device comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:

transmit, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information of radio access capabilities of the wireless device, wherein the information, per frequency band, comprises:

a first parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports skipping physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for power saving operations; and

a second parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among search space groups (SSGs) for the power saving operations.

2. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive a downlink control information (DCI) with a DCI format comprising a PDCCH monitoring adaptation field with a bit size based on the first parameter and the second parameter.

3. The wireless device of claim 2 , wherein the PDCCH monitoring adaptation field comprises a value indicating one or more power saving operations, of the power saving operations, based on the first parameter and the second parameter.

4. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from the base station, a first RRC message indicating a request for the radio access capabilities of the wireless device, wherein the RRC message is a second RRC message transmitted in response to the request.

5. The wireless device of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from the base station, a third RRC message comprising configuration parameters, based on the first parameter and the second parameter, for the power saving operations of the wireless device.

6. The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein the configuration parameters, based on the first parameter being set to a value indicating that the wireless device supports skipping the PDCCH monitoring, comprise a plurality of time duration values for skipping the PDCCH monitoring.

7. The wireless device of claim 5 , wherein the configuration parameters, based on the second parameter being set to a value indicating that the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among SSGs, indicate:

a plurality of search spaces being grouped into the SSGs identified by respective SSG indexes; and

a timer value of a timer for switching PDCCH monitoring among the SSGs.

8. A base station comprising:

one or more processors; and

memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the base station to:

receive, from a wireless device, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information of radio access capabilities of the wireless device, wherein the information, per frequency band, comprises:

a first parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports skipping physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for power saving operations; and

a second parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among search space groups (SSGs) for the power saving operations.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to transmit a downlink control information (DCI) with a DCI format comprising a PDCCH monitoring adaptation field with a bit size based on the first parameter and the second parameter.

10. The base station of claim 9 , wherein the PDCCH monitoring adaptation field comprises a value indicating one or more power saving operations, of the power saving operations, based on the first parameter and the second parameter.

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to transmit to the wireless device, a first RRC message indicating a request for the radio access capabilities of the wireless device.

12. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device, based on the first parameter being set to a value indicating that the wireless device supports skipping the PDCCH monitoring, an indication of a plurality of time duration values for skipping the PDCCH monitoring.

13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions further cause the base station to transmit, to the wireless device, based on the second parameter being set to a value indicating that the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among SSGs, an indication of:

a plurality of search spaces being grouped into the SSGs identified by respective SSG indexes; and

a timer value of a timer for switching PDCCH monitoring among the SSGs on a downlink bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell.

14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a wireless device, cause the wireless device to:

transmit, to a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message comprising information of radio access capabilities of the wireless device, wherein the information, per frequency band, comprises:

a first parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports skipping physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for power saving operations; and

a second parameter indicating whether the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among search space groups (SSGs) for the power saving operations.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive a downlink control information (DCI) with a DCI format comprising a PDCCH monitoring adaptation field with a bit size based on the first parameter and the second parameter.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the PDCCH monitoring adaptation field comprises a value indicating one or more power saving operations, of the power saving operations, based on the first parameter and the second parameter.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from the base station, a first RRC message indicating a request for the radio access capabilities of the wireless device, wherein the RRC message is a second RRC message transmitted in response to the request.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the instructions further cause the wireless device to receive, from the base station, a third RRC message comprising configuration parameters, based on the first parameter and the second parameter, for the power saving operations of the wireless device.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the configuration parameters, based on the first parameter being set to a value indicating that the wireless device supports skipping the PDCCH monitoring, comprise a plurality of time duration values for skipping the PDCCH monitoring.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the configuration parameters, based on the second parameter being set to a value indicating that the wireless device supports switching PDCCH monitoring among SSGs, indicate:

a plurality of search spaces being grouped into the SSGs identified by respective SSG indexes; and

a timer value of a timer for switching PDCCH monitoring among the SSGs.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2023
From: ZHOU, HUA; YI, YUNJUNG; DINAN, ESMAEL HEJAZI; CIRIK, ALI CAGATAY; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; PARK, JONGHYUN; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
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Continuity (3)
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