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US 12,641,542 · App. 18/454,060 · Granted May 26, 2026

Method for wireless communication and first device

Inventor: Chuanfeng He (Dongguan, CN)
Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
H04W52/0235H04L5/0048
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Patent No.
US 12,641,542
App. No.
18/454,060
Granted
May 26, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for wireless communication are provided. The method includes the following. A first device determines a target reference signal (RS) transmission occasion set according to whether a power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on a target resource set, and/or, according to content indicated by the power-saving signal. The power-saving signal indicates whether a terminal device is to monitor in a target paging occasion (PO) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying paging indication information, and the target RS transmission occasion set contains RS transmission occasions for transmitting an RS.

Claims (38)

1 . A method for wireless communication, comprising:

determining, by a first device, a target reference signal (RS) transmission occasion set at least according to content indicated by a power-saving signal;

wherein the power-saving signal indicates whether a terminal device is to monitor in a target paging occasion (PO) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying paging indication information, and the target RS transmission occasion set contains RS transmission occasions for transmitting an RS.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set at least according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal comprises determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on a target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal;

wherein determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on the target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal comprises the following:

on condition that the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted by the first device on the target resource set, and the power-saving signal indicates that a terminal device group or a terminal device sub-group where the terminal device is located is to monitor in the target PO the PDCCH carrying the paging indication information, determining, by the first device, that the target RS transmission occasion set contains at least an RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or an RS transmission occasion for the target PO; and

on condition that the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted by the first device on the target resource set, and the power-saving signal indicates that the terminal device group or the terminal device sub-group where the terminal device is located is not to monitor in the target PO the PDCCH carrying the paging indication information, determining, by the first device, that the target RS transmission occasion set contains no RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or no RS transmission occasion for the target PO.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or the RS transmission occasion for the target PO is determined according to a first time offset.

4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein the RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or the RS transmission occasion for the target PO comprises part or all of RS transmission occasions in a first duration corresponding to the first time offset, wherein the first time offset is used for determining a start position of the first duration.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the RS transmission occasions in the target RS transmission occasion set are in a first correspondence with PDCCH monitoring occasions in a PDCCH monitoring occasion set in the target PO.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein number of the PDCCH monitoring occasions in the PDCCH monitoring occasion set in the target PO is equal to a product of a first parameter and number of actually transmitted synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) indicated by SSB positions in burst (ssb-PositionsInBurst), wherein the first parameter indicates number of PDCCH monitoring occasions per SSB.

7 . The method of claim 5 , wherein in the first correspondence, the RS transmission occasions are in one-to-one correspondence with the PDCCH monitoring occasions, or the RS transmission occasions are in one-to-multiple correspondence with the PDCCH monitoring occasions, or the RS transmission occasions are in multiple-to-one correspondence with the PDCCH monitoring occasions, or the RS transmission occasions are quasi co-located with the PDCCH monitoring occasions.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the RS transmission occasions in the target RS transmission occasion set are in a second correspondence with SSBs in an SSB set.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein in the second correspondence, the RS transmission occasions are in one-to-one correspondence with the SSBs, or the RS transmission occasions are in one-to-multiple correspondence with the SSBs, or the RS transmission occasions are in multiple-to-one correspondence with the SSBs, or the RS transmission occasions are quasi co-located with the SSBs, wherein the SSBs in the SSB set are actually transmitted SSBs indicated by ssb-PositionsInBurst.

10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the RS transmission occasions in the target RS transmission occasion set are in a third correspondence with power-saving-signal monitoring occasions in a power-saving-signal monitoring occasion set corresponding to the target PO.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein in the third correspondence, the RS transmission occasions are in one-to-one correspondence with the power-saving-signal monitoring occasions, or the RS transmission occasions are in one-to-multiple correspondence with the power-saving-signal monitoring occasions, or the RS transmission occasions are in multiple-to-one correspondence with the power-saving-signal monitoring occasions, or the RS transmission occasions are quasi co-located with the power-saving-signal monitoring occasions, wherein the power-saving-signal monitoring occasions in the power-saving-signal monitoring occasion set are located in the target resource set.

12 . The method of claim 1 , wherein RS resources in an RS resource set are in a fourth correspondence with SSBs in an SSB set, wherein each RS transmission occasion in the target RS transmission occasion set corresponds to one RS resource in the RS resource set.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein in the fourth correspondence, the RS resources are in one-to-one correspondence with the SSBs, or the RS resources are in one-to-multiple correspondence with the SSBs, or the RS resources are in multiple-to-one correspondence with the SSBs, or the RS resources are quasi co-located with the SSBs, wherein the SSBs in the SSB set are actually transmitted SSBs indicated by ssb-PositionsInBurst.

14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the power-saving signal is a paging early indication (PEI).

15 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the first device is a terminal device; and

determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on the target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal comprises:

determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected on the target resource set and/or according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal.

16 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the first device is a network device; and

determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on the target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal comprises:

determining, by the first device, the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is transmitted on the target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal.

17 . A first device comprising:

a transceiver;

a processor coupled to the transceiver; and

a memory configured to store a computer program;

wherein the processor is configured to execute the computer program to cause the first device to:

determine a target reference signal (RS) transmission occasion set at least according to content indicated by a power-saving signal;

wherein the power-saving signal indicates whether a terminal device is to monitor in a target paging occasion (PO) a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) carrying paging indication information, and the target RS transmission occasion set comprises RS transmission occasions for transmitting an RS.

18 . The first device of claim 17 , wherein the processor configured to execute the computer program to determine the target RS transmission occasion set at least according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal is configured to execute the computer program to determine the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on a target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal;

wherein the processor configured to execute the computer program to determine the target RS transmission occasion set according to whether the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted on the target resource set and according to the content indicated by the power-saving signal is configured to execute the computer program to cause the first device to perform the following:

on condition that the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted by the first device on the target resource set, and the power-saving signal indicates that a terminal device group or a terminal device sub-group where the terminal device is located is to monitor in the target PO the PDCCH carrying the paging indication information, determining that the target RS transmission occasion set contains at least an RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or an RS transmission occasion for the target PO; and

on condition that the power-saving signal is detected or transmitted by the first device on the target resource set, and the power-saving signal indicates that the terminal device group or the terminal device sub-group where the terminal device is located is not to monitor in the target PO the PDCCH carrying the paging indication information, determining that the target RS transmission occasion set contains no RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or no RS transmission occasion for the target PO.

19 . The first device of claim 18 , wherein the RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or the RS transmission occasion for the target PO is determined according to a first time offset.

20 . The first device of claim 19 , wherein the RS transmission occasion for the power-saving signal or the RS transmission occasion for the target PO comprises part or all of RS transmission occasions in a first duration corresponding to the first time offset, wherein the first time offset is used for determining a start position of the first duration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2023
From: HE, CHUANFENG
To: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
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Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTCN2021080274 · Mar 11, 2021
Related Publication 20230397118A1 · Dec 7, 2023
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