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Granted Patent B2
US 12,108,328 · App. 18/096,330 · Granted Oct 1, 2024

Combining power saving operation with cell dormancy

Inventors: Hua Zhou (Vienna, VA); Esmael Hejazi Dinan (McLean, VA); Ali Cagatay Cirik (Chantilly, VA); Yunjung Yi (Vienna, VA); Youngwoo Kwak (Woodbury, NY); Hyoungsuk Jeon (Centreville, VA); Kai Xu (Great Falls, VA)
Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
H04W52/0206H04W24/10H04W72/23H04W76/28
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,108,328
App. No.
18/096,330
Filed
Jan 12, 2023
Granted
Oct 1, 2024
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2412
USPC
370/311
Abstract

A base station transmits indications to a wireless device. The indications include: a wake-up indication indicating downlink control channel monitoring, for a plurality of cells, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a DRX cycle; and a dormancy indication indicating a switching to a dormant bandwidth part of a cell, from the plurality of cells, to stop downlink control channel monitoring. During the DRX on duration and based on transmitting both the wake-up indication and the dormancy indication, the base station: stops transmitting a downlink control channel on the cell, while maintaining the cell activated; and receives a channel state information report for the dormant bandwidth part.

Claims (55)

1. A method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station to a wireless device, indications comprising:

a wake-up indication indicating downlink control channel monitoring, for a plurality of cells, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a DRX cycle; and

a dormancy indication indicating a switching to a dormant bandwidth part of a cell, from the plurality of cells, to stop downlink control channel monitoring; and

during the DRX on duration and based on transmitting both the wake-up indication and the dormancy indication:

stopping transmitting a downlink control channel on the cell, while maintaining the cell activated; and

receiving a channel state information report for the dormant bandwidth part.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell is maintained in an active state after the switching from an active bandwidth part of the cell to the dormant bandwidth part of the cell.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the stopping transmitting the downlink control channel is on the dormant bandwidth part of the cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indications are transmitted in at least one downlink control information (DCI) during a DRX off duration, and wherein the DRX off duration is not in the DRX on duration.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting one or more downlink control information (DCI), comprising the indications, with cyclic redundancy check bits being scrambled by a power saving radio network temporary identifier.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting, to the wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising:

configuration parameters of the cell, the configuration parameters indicating the dormant bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts of the cell; and

a time offset indicating a starting symbol, for transmitting downlink control channels comprising one or more downlink control information comprising the indications, relative to a start of the DRX on duration of the DRX cycle.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

transmitting a medium access control control element (MAC CE) message indicating a deactivation of the cell;

deactivating the cell after the transmitting the MAC CE message indicating the deactivation of the cell; and

stopping receiving the channel state information report for the dormant bandwidth part of the deactivated cell.

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:

transmit, to a wireless device, indications comprising:

a wake-up indication indicating downlink control channel monitoring, for a plurality of cells, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a DRX cycle; and

a dormancy indication indicating a switching to a dormant bandwidth part of a cell, from the plurality of cells, to stop downlink control channel monitoring; and

during the DRX on duration and based on transmitting both the wake-up indication and the dormancy indication:

stop transmitting a downlink control channel on the cell, while maintaining the cell activated; and

receive a channel state information report for the dormant bandwidth part.

9. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the cell is maintained in an active state after the switching from an active bandwidth part of the cell to the dormant bandwidth part of the cell.

10. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the indications are transmitted in at least one downlink control information (DCI) during a DRX off duration, and wherein the DRX off duration is not in the DRX on duration.

11. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the stopping transmitting the downlink control channel is on the dormant bandwidth part of the cell.

12. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit one or more downlink control information (DCI), comprising the indications, with cyclic redundancy check bits being scrambled by a power saving radio network temporary identifier.

13. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

transmit a medium access control control element (MAC CE) message indicating a deactivation of the cell;

deactivate the cell after the transmitting the MAC CE message indicating the deactivation of the cell; and

stop receiving the channel state information report for the dormant bandwidth part of the deactivated cell.

14. The base station of claim 8 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

transmit, to the wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising:

configuration parameters of the cell, the configuration parameters indicating the dormant bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts of the cell; and

a time offset indicating a starting symbol, for transmitting downlink control channels comprising one or more downlink control information comprising the indications, relative to a start of the DRX on duration of the DRX cycle.

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

transmit, to a wireless device, indications comprising:

a wake-up indication indicating downlink control channel monitoring, for a plurality of cells, during a discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration of a DRX cycle; and

a dormancy indication indicating a switching to a dormant bandwidth part of a cell, from the plurality of cells, to stop downlink control channel monitoring; and

during the DRX on duration and based on transmitting both the wake-up indication and the dormancy indication:

stop transmitting a downlink control channel on the cell, while maintaining the cell activated; and

receive a channel state information report for the dormant bandwidth part.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the cell is maintained in an active state after the switching from an active bandwidth part of the cell to the dormant bandwidth part of the cell.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the indications are transmitted in at least one downlink control information (DCI) during a DRX off duration, and wherein the DRX off duration is not in the DRX on duration.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to transmit one or more downlink control information (DCI), comprising the indications, with cyclic redundancy check bits being scrambled by a power saving radio network temporary identifier.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the stopping transmitting the downlink control channel is on the dormant bandwidth part of the cell.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the base station to:

transmit, to the wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising:

configuration parameters of the cell, the configuration parameters indicating the dormant bandwidth part of a plurality of bandwidth parts of the cell; and

a time offset indicating a starting symbol, for transmitting downlink control channels comprising one or more downlink control information comprising the indications, relative to a start of the DRX on duration of the DRX cycle.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2023
From: OFINNO, LLC
To: HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT LP
Reel/Frame 065766/0925 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2023
From: ZHOU, HUA; DINAN, ESMAEL; CIRIK, ALI; YI, YUNJUNG; KWAK, YOUNGWOO; JEON, HYOUNGSUK; XU, KAI
To: OFINNO, LLC
Reel/Frame 062484/0856 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 17400424 · Aug 12, 2021
Continuation PCTUS2020053557 · Sep 30, 2020
Provisional Application 62908487 · Sep 30, 2019
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