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US 12,526,746 · App. 17/607,799 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Method and apparatus for saving power of terminal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Taehyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Taehan Bae (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W52/0235H04L5/0053H04W48/12H04W52/0216H04W52/0229
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,526,746
App. No.
17/607,799
Filed
Oct 29, 2021
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2642
USPC
370/311
Abstract

The disclosure provides a method, performed by a user equipment (UE), of controlling downlink (DL) control channel monitoring, the method including: receiving power saving signal (POSS) configuration information from a base station (BS); performing monitoring on a POSS from the BS, based on the POSS configuration information; determining whether the POSS is detected based on the monitoring; and controlling a DL control channel (PDCCH) monitoring configuration of the UE, based on a result of the determining.

Claims (45)

1 . A method, performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station (BS), radio resource control (RRC) information including power saving signal (POSS) configuration information;

monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of downlink control information (DCI) used for power saving, based on the POSS configuration information, wherein the DCI comprises a wake-up indication bit;

determining whether the DCI is detected based on the monitoring; and

in case that the DCI is detected and the wake-up indication bit of the detected DCI indicates a first value, determining to perform wake-up operation,

in case that the DCI is detected and the wake-up indication bit of the detected DCI indicates a second value, determining not to perform the wake-up operation;

in case that the DCI is not detected and default operation information is configured in the POSS configuration information of the RRC information, performing the PDCCH monitoring, wherein the default operation information indicates the UE to perform the wake-up operation when the DCI is not detected; and

in case that the DCI is not detected and the default operation information is not configured, skipping the wake-up operation.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the DCI is scrambled by power saving radio network temporary identifier (ps-RNTI).

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the POSS configuration information includes at least one of ps-RNTI information, offset information or DCI size information.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the DCI size information indicates a number of at least one bit of the DCI,

wherein, in case that the number of the at least one bit is more than 1, the DCI includes additional information associated with the wake-up operation.

5 . A method, performed by a base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), radio resource control (RRC) information including power saving signal (POSS) configuration information; and

transmitting, to the UE, downlink control information, DCI, corresponding to the POSS used for power saving on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI comprises a wake-up indication bit, wherein, in case that the DCI corresponding to the POSS is detected, whether to perform wake-up operation is indicated by the wake-up indication bit of the detected DCI, wherein the wake-up indication bit indicating a first value indicates the UE to perform the wake-up operation and the wake-up indication bit indicating a second value indicated the UE not to perform the wake-up operation,

in case that the DCI is not detected and default operation information is configured in the POSS configuration information of the RRC information, the PDCCH monitoring is performed at the UE, wherein the default operation information indicates the UE to perform the wake-up operation when the DCI is not detected, and

in case that the DCI is not detected and the default operation information is not configured, the wake-up operation is skipped at the UE.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the DCI is scrambled by power saving radio network temporary identifier (ps-RNTI).

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the POSS configuration information includes at least one of ps-RNTI information, offset information, or DCI size information.

8 . The method of claim 7 , wherein the DCI size information indicates a number of at least one bit of the DCI,

in case that the number of the at least one bit is 1, the DCI indicates whether the UE is to perform the wake-up operation, and

in case that the number of the at least one bit is more than 1, the DCI includes additional information associated with the wake-up operation.

9 . A user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

receive, from a base station (BS), radio resource control (RRC) information including power saving signal (POSS) configuration information,

monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of downlink control information (DCI) used for power saving, based on the POSS configuration information, wherein the DCI comprises a wake-up indication bit,

determine whether the DCI is detected based on the monitoring, and

in case that the DCI is detected and the wake-up indication bit of the detected DCI indicates a first value, determine to perform wake-up operation,

in case that the DCI is detected and the wake-up indication bit of the detected DCI indicates a second value, determine not to perform the wake-up operation;

in case that the DCI is not detected and default operation information is configured in the POSS configuration information of the RRC information, performing the PDCCH monitoring, wherein the default operation information indicates the UE to perform the wake-up operation when the DCI is not detected; and

in case that the DCI is not detected and the default operation information is not configured, skipping the wake-up operation.

10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein cyclic redundancy check (CRC) of the DCI is scrambled by power saving radio network temporary identifier (ps-RNTI).

11 . The UE of claim 9 , the POSS configuration information includes at least one of ps-RNTI information, offset information or DCI size information.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the DCI size information indicates a number of at least one bit of the DCI,

in case that the number of the at least one bit is 1, the DCI indicates whether the UE is to perform the wake-up operation, and

in case that the number of the at least one bit is more than 1, the DCI includes additional information associated with the wake-up operation.

13 . A base station (BS) in a wireless communication system, the BS comprising:

a transceiver; and

at least one processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), radio resource control (RRC) information including power saving signal (POSS) configuration information,

transmit, to the UE, downlink control information, DCI, corresponding to the POSS used for power saving on a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH), wherein the DCI comprises a wake-up indication bit,

wherein, in case that the DCI corresponding to the POSS is detected, whether to perform wake-up operation is indicated by the wake-up indication bit of the detected DCI, wherein the wake-up indication bit indicating a first value indicates the UE to perform the wake-up operation and the wake-up indication bit indicating a second value indicated the UE not to perform the wake-up operation,

in case that the DCI is not detected and default operation information is configured in the POSS configuration information of the RRC information, the PDCCH monitoring is performed at the UE, wherein the default operation information indicates the UE to perform the wake-up operation when the DCI is not detected, and

in case that the DCI is not detected and the default operation information is not configured, the wake-up operation is skipped at the UE.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 29, 2021
From: KIM, TAEHYOUNG; BAE, TAEHAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 057967/0629 →
Priority Claims (4)
KR 10-2019-0051870 · May 2, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0052514 · May 3, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0059136 · May 20, 2019 · national
KR 10-2019-0062192 · May 27, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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