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US 12,621,768 · App. 18/410,320 · Granted May 5, 2026

Method and apparatus for reducing power consumption of terminal in wireless communication system

Inventors: Taehyoung Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Heedon Gha (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Jinkyu Kang (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Youngbum Kim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Seunghoon Choi (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W52/0225H04W72/23
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Patent No.
US 12,621,768
App. No.
18/410,320
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The disclosure relates to a communication scheme and system for convergence between an IoT technology and a 5G communication system for supporting a higher data transfer rate beyond a 4G system. The disclosure may be applied to intelligent services (e.g. smart home, smart building, smart city, smart car or connected car, health care, digital education, retail business, and security and safety-related services), based on a 5G communication technology and an IoT-related technology. In addition, the disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for reducing the power consumption of a terminal in a wireless communication system.

Claims (62)

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

receiving, from a base station, first information for a secondary cell (SCell) configuration, wherein the first information includes a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration for the SCell and information indicating an SCell group for dormancy associated with the SCell;

receiving, from the base station, second information for a first search space set to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of a first downlink control information (DCI) format and third information for a second search space set to monitor a second PDCCH for detection of a second DCI format; and

receiving, from the base station, a DCI format for indicating SCell dormancy,

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a first DCI format, the first DCI format includes an SCell dormancy indication field for indicating SCell dormancy, the SCell dormancy indication field corresponding to a first bitmap where each bit is associated with a group of SCells, and

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a second DCI format, the second DCI format includes a sequence of fields for indicating SCell dormancy, the sequence of fields corresponding to a second bitmap where each bit is associated with an SCell.

2 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a size of the first bitmap is equal to a number of SCell groups.

3 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein a ‘0’ value for a bit of the first bitmap indicates a dormant BWP as an active downlink (DL) BWP for each SCell in an SCell group corresponding to the bit, and

wherein a ‘1’ value for the bit of the first bitmap indicates a BWP other than the dormant BWP as the active DL BWP for each SCell in the SCell group corresponding to the bit.

4 . A method performed by a base station in a communication system, the method comprising:

transmitting, to a user equipment (UE), first information for a secondary cell (SCell) configuration, wherein the first information includes a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration for the SCell and information indicating an SCell group for dormancy associated with the SCell;

transmitting, to the UE, second information for a first search space set to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of a first downlink control information (DCI) format and third information for a second search space set to monitor a second PDCCH for detection of a second DCI format;

and

transmitting, to the UE, a DCI format for indicating SCell dormancy,

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a first DCI format, the first DCI format includes an SCell dormancy indication field for indicating SCell dormancy, the SCell dormancy indication field corresponding to a first bitmap where each bit is associated with a group of SCells, and

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a second DCI format, the second DCI format includes a sequence of fields for indicating SCell dormancy, the sequence of fields corresponding to a second bitmap where each bit is associated with an SCell.

5 . The method of claim 4 ,

wherein a size of the first bitmap is equal to a number of SCell groups.

6 . The method of claim 4 ,

wherein a ‘0’ value for a bit of the first bitmap indicates a dormant BWP as an active downlink (DL) BWP for each SCell in an SCell group of SCells corresponding to the bit, and

wherein a ‘1’ value for the bit of the first bitmap indicates a BWP other than the dormant BWP as the active DL BWP for each SCell in the SCell group corresponding to the bit.

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

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

receive, from a base station, first information for a secondary cell (SCell) configuration, wherein the first information includes a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration for the SCell and information indicating an SCell group for dormancy associated with the SCell;

receive, from the base station, second information for a first search space set to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of a first downlink control information (DCI) format; and

receive, from the base station, a DCI format for indicating SCell dormancy,

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a first DCI format, the first DCI format includes an SCell dormancy indication field for indicating SCell dormancy, the SCell dormancy indication field corresponding to a first bitmap where each bit is associated with a group of SCells, and

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a second DCI format, the second DCI format includes a sequence of fields for indicating SCell dormancy, the sequence of fields corresponding to a second bitmap where each bit is associated with an SCell.

8 . The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein a size of the first bitmap is equal to a number of SCell groups.

9 . The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein a ‘0’ value for a bit of the first bitmap indicates a dormant BWP as an active downlink (DL) BWP for each SCell in an SCell group corresponding to the bit, and

wherein a ‘1’ value for the bit of the first bitmap indicates a BWP other than the dormant BWP as the active DL BWP for each SCell in the SCell group corresponding to the bit.

10 . A base station in a communication system, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a controller configured to:

transmit, to a user equipment (UE), first information for a secondary cell (SCell) configuration, wherein the first information includes a dormant bandwidth part (BWP) configuration for the SCell and information indicating an SCell group for dormancy associated with the SCell;

transmit, to the UE, second information for a first search space set to monitor a first physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) for detection of a first downlink control information (DCI) format and third information for a second search space set to monitor a second PDCCH for detection of a second DCI format;

and

transmit, to the UE, a_DCI format for indicating SCell dormancy,

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a first DCI format, the first DCI format includes an SCell dormancy indication field for indicating SCell dormancy, the SCell dormancy indication field corresponding to a first bitmap where each bit is associated with a group of SCells, and

wherein, in case that the DCI format is a second DCI format, the second DCI format includes a sequence of fields for indicating SCell dormancy, the sequence of fields corresponding to a second bitmap where each bit is associated with an SCell.

11 . The base station of claim 10 ,

wherein a size of the first bitmap is equal to a number of SCell groups.

12 . The base station of claim 10 ,

wherein a ‘0’ value for a bit of the first bitmap indicates a dormant BWP as an active downlink (DL) BWP for each SCell in an SCell group corresponding to the bit, and

wherein a ‘1’ value for the bit of the first bitmap indicates a BWP other than the dormant BWP as the active DL BWP for each SCell in the SCell group corresponding to the bit.

13 . The method of claim 1 ,

wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1 or DCI format 2_6, and

wherein the second DCI format is DCI format 1_1 satisfying predetermined conditions.

14 . The method of claim 4 ,

wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1 or DCI format 2_6, and

wherein the second DCI format is DCI format 1_1 satisfying predetermined conditions.

15 . The UE of claim 7 ,

wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1 or DCI format 2_6, and

wherein the second DCI format is DCI format 1_1 satisfying predetermined conditions.

16 . The base station of claim 10 ,

wherein the first DCI format is DCI format 0_1, DCI format 1_1 or DCI format 2_6, and

wherein the second DCI format is DCI format 1_1 satisfying predetermined conditions.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0174352 · Dec 24, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17982869 · Nov 8, 2022
Continuation 17130714 · Dec 22, 2020
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