IP Library Granted Patent US 12,302,246
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,246 · App. 17/663,918 · Granted May 13, 2025

Power saving techniques

Inventors: Focai Peng (Guangdong, CN); Mengzhu Chen (Guangdong, CN); Jun Xu (Guangdong, CN); Xuan Ma (Guangdong, CN); Qiujin Guo (Guangdong, CN); Xiaoying Ma (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: ZTE Corporation
H04W52/0229H04W52/0216H04W68/005
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Patent No.
US 12,302,246
App. No.
17/663,918
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Power saving techniques are described for paging operation. An example wireless communication method includes receiving, by a communication node, a signal-based wake up signal (WUS) that includes L symbols in time domain or a channel-based WUS that is included in a channel, where the signal-based WUS or the channel-based WUS is associated with the communication node or with a group to which the communication node belongs, and where the signal-based WUS or the channel-based WUS includes an indication information that indicates whether the communication node is triggered to monitor a paging occasion, and determining, by the communication node, whether to perform a paging related operation based on the indication information.

Claims (88)

1. A wireless communication method, comprising:

receiving, by a communication node, a channel-based wake-up signal (WUS) that is included in a channel,

wherein the channel-based WUS is associated with the communication node or with a group to which the communication node belongs,

wherein the channel-based WUS includes an indication information that indicates whether the communication node is triggered to monitor a paging occasion,

wherein the channel-based WUS has a following block structure:

Block 1

Block 2

. . .

Block N

CRC

wherein N blocks are supported,

wherein the N blocks include N groups of communication nodes configured to receive the channel-based WUS,

wherein each block includes an IndicatorInformation that indicates an operation of one communication node and a GroupWUSID that includes a group identifier for one or more communication nodes, and

wherein the IndicatorInformation is associated with an index of the GroupWUSID; and

determining whether to perform a paging related operation based on the indication information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel-based WUS is received in search space having an index of zero.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel-based WUS is received in a pagingSearchSpace that schedules a paging message.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel-based WUS is received in a WUS that is received in a control resource set 0 (CORESET 0).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel-based WUS includes an indication of whether a system information is changed, and

wherein the indication related to the system information is included in a common WUS received by the communication node.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the IndicatorInformation having a value of 1 indicates to the communication node or a group of communication nodes to monitor an incoming paging occasion.

7. The method of claim 1 , an aggregation level (AL) of a search space for the channel-based WUS is 4, 8, or 16, and wherein a corresponding number of one or more candidates for the AL are 4, 2, or 1.

8. The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the channel-based WUS carrying the indication information related to the paging occasion is transmitted or received as a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a search space that is configured for the channel-based WUS,

wherein the channel-based WUS is associated with N search spaces, and

wherein N is a positive integer.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the channel-based WUS is transmitted or received in a search space with an index other than zero.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein a downlink control information (DCI) of the channel-based WUS is associated with a new radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) that is different than that associated with another DCI that schedules a paging message.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the RNTI for the channel-based WUS includes a value whose first three hex numbers are 0xFFF.

12. A communication node for wireless communication comprising one or more processors, configured to cause the communication node to:

receive a channel-based wake-up signal (WUS) that is included in a channel,

wherein the channel-based WUS is associated with the communication node or with a group to which the communication node belongs,

wherein the channel-based WUS includes an indication information that indicates whether the communication node is triggered to monitor a paging occasion,

wherein the channel-based WUS has a following block structure:

Block 1

Block 2

. . .

Block N

CRC

wherein N blocks are supported,

wherein the N blocks include N groups of communication nodes configured to receive the channel-based WUS,

wherein each block includes an IndicatorInformation that indicates an operation of one communication node and a GroupWUSID that includes a group identifier for one or more communication nodes, and

wherein the IndicatorInformation is associated with an index of the GroupWUSID; and

determine whether to perform a paging related operation based on the indication information.

13. A wireless communication method, comprising:

configuring physical resources for a communication node or a group of one or more communication nodes,

wherein the physical resources include a control resource set (CORESET), a search space, and a control channel element (CCE);

generating a channel-based wake-up signal (WUS) by mapping modulated symbols and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) onto the physical resources,

wherein the channel-based WUS is associated with the communication node or with a group to which the communication node belongs,

wherein the modulated symbols include an indication information that indicates whether the communication node or the one or more communication nodes are triggered to monitor a paging occasion,

wherein the channel-based WUS has a following block structure:

Block 1

Block 2

. . .

Block N

CRC

wherein N blocks are supported,

wherein the N blocks include N groups of the one or more communication nodes configured to receive the channel-based WUS,

wherein each block includes an IndicatorInformation that indicates an operation of one communication node and a GroupWUSID that includes a group identifier for one or more communication nodes, and

wherein the IndicatorInformation is associated with an index of the GroupWUSID; and

transmitting the channel-based WUS.

14. The method of claim 13 , an aggregation level (AL) of a search space for the channel-based WUS is 4, 8, or 16, and wherein a corresponding number of one or more candidates for the AL are 4, 2, or 1.

15. The method of claim 13 ,

wherein the channel-based WUS carrying the indication information related to the paging occasion is transmitted or received as a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a search space that is configured for the channel-based WUS,

wherein the channel-based WUS is associated with N search spaces, and

wherein N is a positive integer.

16. The method of claim 13 , wherein the channel-based WUS is transmitted or received in a search space with an index other than zero.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein a downlink control information (DCI) of the channel-based WUS is associated with a new radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) that is different than that associated with another DCI that schedules a paging message.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the RNTI for the channel-based WUS includes a value whose first three hex numbers are 0xFFF.

19. An apparatus for wireless communication comprising one or more processors, configured to cause the apparatus to:

configure physical resources for a communication node or a group of one or more communication nodes,

wherein the physical resources include a control resource set (CORESET), a search space, and a control channel element (CCE);

generate a channel-based wake-up signal (WUS) by mapping modulated symbols and a demodulation reference signal (DMRS) onto the physical resources,

wherein the channel-based WUS is associated with the communication node or with a group to which the communication node belongs,

wherein the modulated symbols include an indication information that indicates whether the communication node or the one or more communication nodes are triggered to monitor a paging occasion,

wherein the channel-based WUS has a following block structure:

Block 1

Block 2

. . .

Block N

CRC

wherein N blocks are supported,

wherein the N blocks include N groups of the one or more communication nodes configured to receive the channel-based WUS,

wherein each block includes an IndicatorInformation that indicates an operation of one communication node and a GroupWUSID that includes a group identifier for one or more communication nodes, and

wherein the IndicatorInformation is associated with an index of the GroupWUSID; and

transmit the channel-based WUS.

20. The communication node of claim 12 , wherein the IndicatorInformation having a value of 1 indicates to the communication node or a group of communication nodes to monitor an incoming paging occasion.

21. The apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the IndicatorInformation having a value of 1 indicates to the communication node or a group of communication nodes to monitor an incoming paging occasion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2022
From: PENG, FOCAI; CHEN, MENGZHU; XU, JUN; MA, XUAN; GUO, QIUJIN; MA, XIAOYING
To: ZTE CORPORATION
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2020098905 · Jun 29, 2020
Related Publication 20220286964A1 · Sep 8, 2022
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