IP Library Granted Patent US 12,368,621
Granted Patent B2
US 12,368,621 · App. 18/260,777 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Technologies for reference signal indication

Inventors: Sigen Ye (San Diego, CA); Huaning Niu (San Jose, CA); Hongbo Yan (Vista, CA); Shengshan Cui (San Diego, CA); Wei Zeng (Saratoga, CA); Oghenekome Oteri (San Diego, CA); Weidong Yang (San Diego, CA); Dawei Zhang (Saratoga, CA); Hong He (San Jose, CA); Haitong Sun (Saratoga, CA)
Assignee: Apple Inc.
H04L27/261H04L5/0048H04W68/005
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Patent No.
US 12,368,621
App. No.
18/260,777
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for reference signal indication for idle or inactive user equipments.

Claims (33)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a signal from a base station, wherein the signal is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission;

detecting, in the PDCCH or PDSCH transmission, an indication that a tracking reference signal/channel state information-reference signal (TRS/CSI-RS) is conditionally available;

determining, based on the indication, that the TRS/CSI-RS is conditionally available at a configured occasion after a predetermined period of time; and

monitoring for the TRS or CSI-RS at the configured occasion.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period of time is based on a configured parameter.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein a condition upon which the TRS/CSI-RS is conditionally available at the configured occasion comprises a paging PDCCH PDSCH being transmitted in a paging occasion that follows the configured occasion.

4. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

detecting the TRS/CSI-RS at the configured occasion; and

receiving the paging PDCCH or PDSCH in the paging occasion.

5. The method of claim 3 , further comprising:

failing to detect the TRS/CSI-RS at the configured occasion; and

either monitoring for the paging PDCCH or PDSCH in the paging occasion or not monitoring for the paging PDCCH or PDSCH in the paging occasion.

6. An apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry to:

determine that a tracking reference signal/channel state information-reference signal (TRS/CSI-RS) is to be transmitted at one or more configured occasions when a paging message is to be transmitted at a paging occasion;

determine a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) within a monitoring occasion of the paging occasion is to be transmitted with a same beam as the TRS/CSI-RS;

identify the one or more configured occasions based on the monitoring occasion and a predetermined number of occasions, time duration, or time offset; and

monitor for the TRS/CSI-RS in at least one of the one or more configured occasions; and

interface circuitry coupled with the processing circuitry to enable communication.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to determine the PDCCH is to be transmitted with the same beam as the TRS/CSI-RS, the processing circuitry is to:

determine that both the PDCCH and the TRS/CSI-RS correspond to a same SSB.

8. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is to identify the one or more configured occasions based on a predetermined number of occasions that occur: at least the time offset before the monitoring occasion; or immediately before the monitoring occasion.

9. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein to identify the one or more configured occasions the processing circuitry is to identify the one or more configured occasions that occur within a time window that includes a predetermined time duration and ends at least the time offset before the monitoring occasion.

10. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is to identify the one or more configured occasions that occur within a time window that includes a predetermined time duration and ends immediately before the monitoring occasion.

11. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is to identify the one or more configured occasions based on the time offset, which is predefined or configured by a base station.

12. The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is to identify the one or more configured occasions when a user equipment is in a radio resource control (RRC) idle or inactive state.

13. One or more non-transitory, computer-readable media having instructions that, when executed, cause processor circuitry to:

generate a signal to be transmitted to a user equipment (UE), wherein the signal is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) or physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) transmission with an indication that a tracking reference signal/channel state information-reference signal (TRS/CSI-RS) is conditionally available at a configured occasion after a predetermined period of time;

determine a paging message is to be transmitted to the UE after the configured occasion; and

generate, based on determination that the paging message is to be transmitted to the UE, the TRS/CSI-RS to be transmitted to the UE at the configured occasion.

14. The one or more non-transitory, computer-readable media of claim 13 , wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the processor circuitry to:

generate, for transmission to the UE, a parameter to configure the UE with the predetermined period of time.

Continuity (2)
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