WTRU power saving in active time
A WTRU may be configured to receive, in a first search space (SS) group (SSG), a first downlink transmission. The first downlink transmission may comprise first configuration information associated with power saving and downlink transmission monitoring. The WTRU may be configured to monitor for a second downlink transmission based on the first configuration information. On a condition that the first configuration information indicates a first value, the WTRU may be configured to monitor in the first SSG. On a condition that the first configuration information indicates a second value, the WTRU may be configured to monitor in a second SSG. On a condition that the first configuration information indicates a third value, the WTRU may be configured to skip downlink transmission monitoring in the first SSG for a first interval and monitor in the first SSG. The WTRU may receive the second downlink transmission based on the first configuration information.
1 . A wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
a processor configured to:
receive, in a search space group (SSG), a first downlink transmission, wherein the first downlink transmission comprises configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the configuration information indicates a value associated with a monitoring action and a time duration, wherein the monitoring action is associated with the SSG; and
monitor, in the SSG in accordance with the monitoring action indicated by the value, for a second downlink transmission, wherein the processor being configured to monitor, in the SSG in accordance with the monitoring action indicated by the value, for the second downlink transmission comprises the processor being configured to:
skip downlink transmission monitoring in the SSG for the time duration, and
in response to the time duration ending, monitor, in the SSG, for the second downlink transmission.
2 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the SSG is a first SSG, the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, and the processor is further configured to:
receive, in the first SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action; and
monitor, in a second SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a third downlink transmission.
3 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, the time duration is a first time duration, and wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, in the SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action and a second time duration, wherein the second monitoring action is associated with the SSG; and
monitor, in the SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a third downlink transmission, wherein the processor being configured to monitor, in the SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for the third downlink transmission comprises the processor being configured to:
skip downlink transmission monitoring in the SSG for the second time duration, and
in response to the second time duration ending, monitor, in the SSG, for the third downlink transmission.
4 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, the processor is further configured to receive, in the SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action, and wherein the second monitoring action indicates for the WTRU to skip monitoring for a remainder of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.
5 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the SSG is a first SSG, the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, the time duration is a first time duration, and wherein the processor is further configured to:
receive, in the first SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action;
monitor, in a second SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a third downlink transmission;
receive, in the second SSG, the third downlink transmission;
monitor, in the second SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a fourth downlink transmission;
determine that a second time duration has elapsed since the WTRU began monitoring in the second SSG; and
based on the second time duration elapsing, monitor in the first SSG.
6 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the first downlink transmission is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission, the configuration information is indicated in downlink control information (DCI), and the configuration information is associated with power saving.
7 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is associated with power saving, and the time duration is an interval of time, slots, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or monitoring occasions.
8 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the value is implicitly indicated based on at least one of:
a control resource set (CORESET) in which the first downlink transmission is received;
a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) used to scramble cyclic redundancy check (CRC) information associated with the first downlink transmission;
a bandwidth part type associated with the first downlink transmission; or
a downlink control information (DCI) format associated with the first downlink transmission.
9 . The WTRU of claim 1 , wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, and the processor is further configured to:
receive, in the SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action, wherein the second monitoring action is associated with the SSG; and
monitor, in the SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action, for a third downlink transmission, wherein the processor being configured to monitor in accordance with the second monitoring action comprises the processor being configured to monitor in the SSG based on a monitoring periodicity.
10 . A method, performed by a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) comprising:
receiving, in a search space group (SSG), a first downlink transmission, wherein the first downlink transmission comprises configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the configuration information indicates a value associated with a monitoring action and a time duration, wherein the monitoring action is associated with the SSG; and
monitoring, in the SSG in accordance with the monitoring action indicated by the value, for a second downlink transmission, wherein monitoring, in the SSG in accordance with the monitoring action indicated by the value, for the second downlink transmission comprises:
skipping downlink transmission monitoring in the SSG for the time duration, and
in response to the time duration ending, monitoring, in the SSG, for the second downlink transmission.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the SSG is a first SSG, the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, and the method further comprises:
receiving, in the first SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action; and
monitoring, in a second SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a third downlink transmission.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, the time duration is a first time duration, and wherein the method further comprises:
receiving, in the SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action and a second time duration, wherein the second monitoring action is associated with the SSG; and
monitoring, in the SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a third downlink transmission, wherein monitoring, in the SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for the third downlink transmission comprises:
skipping downlink transmission monitoring in the SSG for the second time duration, and
in response to the second time duration ending, monitoring, in the SSG, for the third downlink transmission.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the method further comprises receiving, in the SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action, and wherein the second monitoring action indicates for the WTRU to skip monitoring for a remainder of a discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle.
14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the SSG is a first SSG, the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, the time duration is a first time duration, and the method further comprises:
receiving, in the first SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action;
monitoring, in a second SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a third downlink transmission;
receiving, in the second SSG, the third downlink transmission;
monitoring, in the second SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action indicated by the second value, for a fourth downlink transmission;
determining that a second time duration has elapsed since the WTRU began monitoring in the second SSG; and
based on the second time duration elapsing, monitoring in the first SSG.
15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first downlink transmission is a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) transmission, the configuration information is indicated in downlink control information (DCI), and the configuration information is associated with power saving.
16 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information is associated with power saving, and the time duration is an interval of time, slots, orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbols, or monitoring occasions.
17 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the value is implicitly indicated based on at least one of:
a control resource set (CORESET) in which the first downlink transmission is received;
a radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) used to scramble cyclic redundancy check (CRC) information associated with the first downlink transmission;
a bandwidth part type associated with the first downlink transmission; or
a downlink control information (DCI) format associated with the first downlink transmission.
18 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the configuration information is first configuration information, the value is a first value, and the method further comprises:
receiving, in the SSG, the second downlink transmission, wherein the second downlink transmission comprises second configuration information associated with downlink transmission monitoring, and wherein the second configuration information indicates a second value associated with a second monitoring action, wherein the second monitoring action is associated with the SSG; and
monitoring, in the SSG in accordance with the second monitoring action, for a third downlink transmission, wherein monitoring in accordance with the second monitoring action comprises monitoring in the SSG based on a monitoring periodicity.