IP Library Granted Patent US 12,376,037
Granted Patent B2
US 12,376,037 · App. 18/740,816 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Wake-up signal resource determining method and apparatus, wake-up signal resource configuration method and apparatus, terminal, and base station

Inventors: Huayu Zhou (Shanghai, CN); Xinghang Gao (Shanghai, CN); Dawei Ma (Shanghai, CN); Zhengang Pan (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
H04W52/0235H04L5/0048H04W72/0446H04W72/23H04W76/28
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Patent No.
US 12,376,037
App. No.
18/740,816
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A wake-up signal resource determining method and apparatus, a wake-up signal resource configuration method and apparatus, a terminal, and a base station. The resource determining method comprises: receiving resource configuration information sent by a network; and determining, according to the resource configuration information, a frequency domain resource and/or a time domain resource configured for a wake-up signal. According to the technical solutions provided by embodiments of the present invention, resources for wake-up signals can be flexibly configured, and resource conflict between different wake-up signals is avoided.

Claims (29)

1. A wake-up signal resource determining method, comprising:

receiving resource configuration information from a network;

determining a resource configured for a wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information; and

in response to symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal completely or partially overlapping with a reserved resource, postponing receiving the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal, or punching to receive the overlapped symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

following said postponing receiving the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal, ignoring the symbols that exceed a duration or a longest duration of the wake-up signal.

3. The method according to claim 2 , further comprising:

in response to a number of remaining symbols being less than a preset number threshold, or a remaining duration of the wake-up signal after ignoring the symbols that exceed the duration or the longest duration of the wake-up signal being shorter than a preset duration threshold, determining that the wake-up signal does not need to be detected and entering a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) on-duration directly, wherein the remaining symbols comprise the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal other than the ignored symbols that exceed the duration or the longest duration of the wake-up signal.

4. The method according to claim 2 , wherein the resource configuration information comprises the duration or the longest duration of the wake-up signal.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the reserved resource is a time-frequency resource of a Synchronization Signal and physical broadcast channel Block (SSB), a time-frequency resource of a search space set and a corresponding control resource set, a Rate Matching Resource (RMR), a time-frequency resource of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), or a time-frequency resource of a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

6. A wake-up signal resource configuration method, comprising:

configuring a resource for a wake-up signal;

in response to symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal completely or partially overlapping with a reserved resource, postponing transmitting the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal, until the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal do not overlap with the reserved resource, or punching to transmit the overlapped symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal.

7. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising:

following said postponing transmitting the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal, dropping the symbols that exceed a duration or a longest duration of the wake-up signal.

8. The method according to claim 6 , wherein the reserved resource is a time-frequency resource of a Synchronization Signal and physical broadcast channel Block (SSB), a time-frequency resource of a search space set and a corresponding control resource set, a Rate Matching Resource (RMR), a time-frequency resource of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), or a time-frequency resource of a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

9. A terminal comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

receive resource configuration information from a network;

determine a resource configured for a wake-up signal based on the resource configuration information; and

in response to symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal completely or partially overlapping with a reserved resource, postpone receiving the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal, or punch to receive the overlapped symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal.

10. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

following said postponing receiving the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal, ignore the symbols that exceed a duration or a longest duration of the wake-up signal.

11. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the processor is further caused to:

in response to a number of remaining symbols being less than a preset number threshold, or a remaining duration of the wake-up signal after ignoring the symbols that exceed the duration or the longest duration of the wake-up signal being shorter than a preset duration threshold, determine that the wake-up signal does not need to be detected and enter a Discontinuous Reception (DRX) on-duration directly, wherein the remaining symbols comprise the symbols in the resource configured for the wake-up signal other than the ignored symbols that exceed the duration or the longest duration of the wake-up signal.

12. The terminal according to claim 10 , wherein the resource configuration information comprises the duration or the longest duration of the wake-up signal.

13. The terminal according to claim 9 , wherein the reserved resource is a time-frequency resource of a Synchronization Signal and physical broadcast channel Block (SSB), a time-frequency resource of a search space set and a corresponding control resource set, a Rate Matching Resource (RMR), a time-frequency resource of a Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH), or a time-frequency resource of a Channel State Information Reference Signal (CSI-RS).

14. A non-volatile or non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 1 .

15. A non-volatile or non-transitory storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 6 .

16. A base station comprising a memory and a processor, wherein the memory stores one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising computer instructions, which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the method of claim 6 .

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: ZHOU, HUAYU; MA, DAWEI; PAN, ZHENGANG
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067779/0075 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067779/0251 →
ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: GAO, XINGHANG
To: BEIJING SPREADTRUM HI-TECH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067792/0432 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 20, 2024
From: BEIJING SPREADTRUM HI-TECH COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: BEIJING UNISOC COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067792/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 201811302228.0 · Nov 2, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17289538
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