IP Library Granted Patent US 12,550,064
Granted Patent B2
US 12,550,064 · App. 18/349,540 · Granted Feb 10, 2026

Method and apparatus for saving power of user equipment in wireless communication system

Inventors: Taehyoung Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jinkyu Kang (Suwon-si, KR); Youngbum Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seunghoon Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H04W52/0235H04L5/0053H04W24/08H04W72/23H04W76/28H04W72/0446
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Patent No.
US 12,550,064
App. No.
18/349,540
Granted
Feb 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method performed by a user equipment (UE) in a wireless communication system is provided. The method comprises: receiving, from a base station, higher layer signaling comprising a power saving offset (PS-offset) indicating a first start time when the UE starts, prior to a second start time of a drx-onDuration timer, monitoring physical downlink channel (PDCCH) for downlink control information (DCI) notifying power saving information outside a discontinuous reception (DRX) active time and parameters indicating a search space; identifying at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion for the DCI based on the PS-offset and the parameters indicating the search space; and monitoring the DCI on the at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion.

Claims (30)

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

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including power saving offset information indicating a time where the UE starts monitoring, prior to a start of a drx-onDurationTimer, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of downlink control information (DCI) related to power saving;

monitoring the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving, based on the RRC message; and

detecting the DCI related to the power saving, the DCI including wake-up indication information and dormancy indication information for a secondary cell (Scell), wherein the wake-up indication information indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and

wherein a PDCCH monitoring operation for the Scell is not performed during a DRX active time in case that the wake-up indication information indicates to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next DRX cycle and that the dormancy indication information indicates a cell state of the Scell as a dormancy state.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the RRC message further includes search space information for monitoring the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the search space information includes a parameter indicating a periodicity and an offset for monitoring the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving.

4 . The method claim 2 , wherein the search space information includes a parameter indicating a number of consecutive slots in which a search space exists.

5 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

identifying at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion for the DCI, based on the power saving offset information and the search space.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion is located before a predetermined time gap from the start of the drx-onDurationTimer.

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

at least one transceiver;

at least one processor communicatively coupled to the at least one transceiver; and

at least one memory, communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to cause the UE to:

receive, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including power saving offset information indicating a time where the UE starts monitoring, prior to a start of a drx-onDurationTimer, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of downlink control information (DCI) related to power saving;

monitor the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving, based on the RRC message; and

detect the DCI related to the power saving, the DCI including wake-up indication information and dormancy indication information for a secondary cell (Scell), wherein the wake-up indication information indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and

wherein a PDCCH monitoring operation for the Scell is not performed during a DRX active time in case that the wake-up indication information indicates to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next DRX cycle and that the dormancy indication information indicates a cell state of the Scell as a dormancy state.

8 . The UE of claim 7 , wherein the RRC message further includes search space information for monitoring the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving.

9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the search space information includes a parameter indicating a periodicity and an offset for monitoring the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving.

10 . The UE claim 8 , wherein the search space information includes a parameter indicating a number of consecutive slots in which a search space exists.

11 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the UE is further caused to:

identify at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion for the DCI, based on the power saving offset information and the search space information.

12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the at least one PDCCH monitoring occasion is located before a predetermined time gap from the start of the drx-onDurationTimer.

13 . One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a user equipment (UE), cause the UE to perform operations, the operations comprising:

receiving, from a base station, a radio resource control (RRC) message including power saving offset information indicating a time where the UE starts monitoring, prior to a start of a drx-onDurationTimer, a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of downlink control information (DCI) related to power saving;

monitoring the PDCCH for the detection of the DCI related to the power saving, based on the RRC message; and

detecting the DCI related to the power saving, the DCI including wake-up indication information and dormancy indication information for a secondary cell (Scell), wherein the wake-up indication information indicates whether to start the drx-onDurationTimer for next discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle, and

wherein a PDCCH monitoring operation for the Scell is not performed during a DRX active time in case that the wake-up indication information indicates to start the drx-onDurationTimer for the next DRX cycle and that the dormancy indication information indicates a cell state of the Scell as a dormancy state.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2023
From: KIM, TAEHYOUNG; KANG, JINKYU; KIM, YOUNGBUM; CHOI, SEUNGHOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 064200/0831 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0137114 · Oct 31, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17086291 · Oct 30, 2020
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