IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,621,839
Granted Patent B2
US 12,621,839 · App. 18/123,745 · Granted May 5, 2026

System and method for physical downlink control channel monitoring based on user equipment capability

Inventors: Hamid Saber (San Diego, CA); Jung Hyun Bae (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd
H04W72/23H04W48/16
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Patent No.
US 12,621,839
App. No.
18/123,745
Granted
May 5, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses are provided for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH). A user equipment (UE) reports capability information indicating one or more tuples. Each tuple indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring that the UE is capable of supporting. An indication is received in response to the capability information. A pair of values is determined based on the indication. A first value is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring. A monitored candidate limit per slot is determined based on the first value. A monitored candidate limit per span is determined based on the second value.

Claims (47)

1 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a user equipment (UE), from a base station (BS), capability indication information, the capability indication information relating to a plurality of tuples, wherein each tuple indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring; and

determining, by the UE, based at least in part on the received capability indication information, a monitoring value pair including a first value and second value, wherein the UE is configured, using the monitoring value pair, to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a monitored candidate limit per slot based on the first value and a monitored candidate limit per span based on the second value.

2 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising sending, by the UE, to the BS, tuple data including the plurality of tuples.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the capability indication information is generated by the BS based on the plurality of tuples and one or more of a number of the serving cells configured for slot based monitoring, a number of the serving cells configured for span based monitoring, and a unique function shared by the UE.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising, in response to receiving the capability indication information, by the UE, from the BS, detecting, by the UE, that one or more cells are configured with slot-based monitoring and one or more cells are configured with span-based monitoring.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining the monitoring value pair by:

calculating a first complexity value for one or more configured cells with slot-based monitoring and one or more configured cells with span-based monitoring;

calculating complexity values for each tuple of the plurality of tuples;

determining a tuple having a complexity value closest to the first complexity value; and

determining a pair of values of the monitoring pair value as the determined tuple.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability indication information is generated according to an index value that corresponds to the monitoring value pair in a table shared by the UE.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability indication information comprises a single pair of values or a set index.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the monitored candidate limit per slot is determined based on a number of cells configured for per-slot monitoring, a per-slot candidate single cell limit, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration, and a number of cells scheduled with the SCS configuration; and

the monitored candidate limit per span is determined based on a number of cells configured for per-span monitoring, a per-span candidate single cell limit, the SCS configuration, and the number of cells scheduled with the SCS configuration.

9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability indication information is generated based on at least one of a per-UE basis, a per-band basis, a per-band combination basis, a per-feature set basis, and a per-feature set, per-component carrier basis.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the capability indication information comprises one or more of:

a plurality of feature groups for a monitoring behavior of the UE;

a feature group from the plurality of feature groups based on a predetermined guideline; and

capability information for the feature group.

11 . A method comprising:

receiving, by a base station (BS), from a user equipment (UE), a plurality of tuples, wherein each tuple of the plurality of tuples indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring that the UE is capable of supporting; and

generating, by the BS, capability indication information, wherein the capability indication information is usable by the UE to configure the UE to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a monitored candidate limit per slot based on the first value and a monitored candidate limit per span based on the second value in a pair of values, wherein the UE determines the first value and second value from the capability indication information; and

sending the capability indication information to the UE.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the capability indication information is further generated based on one or more of a number of one or more cells configured with slot based monitoring, a number of one or more cells configured with span based monitoring, and a unique function shared by the UE.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein, in response to receiving the capability indication information generated by the BS, the UE is configured to detect that one or more cells are configured with slot-based monitoring and one or more cells are configured with span-based monitoring.

14 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the capability indication information is further generated by:

calculating a first complexity value for one or more configured cells with slot-based monitoring and one or more configured cells with span-based monitoring;

calculating complexity values for each tuple of the plurality of tuples;

determining a tuple having a complexity value closest to the first complexity value; and

determining the pair of values of a monitoring pair value as the determined tuple.

15 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising receiving, by the BS, from the UE, a value table, wherein the capability indication information is generated according to an index value that corresponds to the pair of values in the table.

16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the capability indication information comprises a single pair of values or a set index.

17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein:

the monitored candidate limit per slot is determined based on a number of cells configured for per-slot monitoring, a per-slot candidate single cell limit, a subcarrier spacing (SCS) configuration, and a number of cells scheduled with the SCS configuration; and

the monitored candidate limit per span is determined based on a number of cells configured for per-span monitoring, a per-span candidate single cell limit, the SCS configuration, and the number of cells scheduled with the SCS configuration.

18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the capability indication information is generated based on at least one of a per-UE basis, a per-band basis, a per-band combination basis, a per-feature set basis, and a per-feature set, per-component carrier basis.

19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the capability indication information comprises one or more of:

a plurality of feature groups for a monitoring behavior of the UE;

a feature group from the plurality of feature groups based on a predetermined guideline; and

capability information for the feature group.

20 . A user equipment (UE) comprising:

a processor; and

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to:

receive, from a base station (BS), capability indication information, the capability indication information relating to a plurality of tuples, wherein each tuple indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring;

determine, based at least in part on the received capability indication information, a monitoring value pair including a first value and second value, wherein the UE is configured, using the monitoring value pair, to monitor a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) according to a monitored candidate limit per slot based on the first value and a monitored candidate limit per span based on the second value.

Continuity (5)
Continuation 17029831 · Sep 23, 2020
Provisional Application 63014112 · Apr 22, 2020
Provisional Application 63013526 · Apr 21, 2020
Provisional Application 63012055 · Apr 17, 2020
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