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Granted Patent B2
US 12,652,620 · App. 17/816,351 · Granted Jun 9, 2026

Collision handling for wakeup signal (WUS)

Inventors: Huilin Xu (Temecula, CA); Ahmed Elshafie (San Diego, CA); Diana Maamari (San Diego, CA); Wanshi Chen (San Diego, CA)
Assignee: Qualcomm Incorporated
H04W52/0274
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Patent No.
US 12,652,620
App. No.
17/816,351
Granted
Jun 9, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A user equipment (UE) may identify, while a second radio of the UE is on, a potential communication associated with a first radio of the UE. The potential communication may be independent from an indication received via the second radio. The UE may select whether to execute the potential communication. Executing the potential communication may be associated with switching on the first radio. A single radio between the first radio and the second radio may be switched on at a time. The first radio of the UE may be a main radio. The second radio of the UE may be a wakeup receiver.

Claims (64)

1 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

memory; and

at least one processor coupled to the memory and, based at least in part on information stored in the memory, the at least one processor is configured to:

identify, while a second radio of the UE is on, a scheduled communication associated with a first radio of the UE, wherein the scheduled communication is independent from an indication via the second radio, wherein the first radio corresponds to a main radio and the second radio corresponds to a low power wake up receiver; and

execute the scheduled communication without reception of the indication, wherein an execution of the scheduled communication is within a preconfigured duration after switching on the first radio, wherein one of the first radio or the second radio is switched on at a time.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

switch on the first radio to execute the scheduled communication.

3 . The apparatus of claim 2 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

receive, subsequent to the execution of the scheduled communication, an indication to switch on the second radio from a network node; and

switch on the second radio in response to the indication to switch on the second radio.

4 . The apparatus of claim 2 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

switch on the second radio after the first radio has been on for the preconfigured duration based on no reception of scheduling information for a further communication associated with the first radio via the first radio while the first radio is on for the preconfigured duration.

5 . The apparatus of claim 2 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

receive, via the first radio, scheduling information for a further communication associated with the first radio from a network node within the preconfigured duration after the first radio is switched on;

execute the further communication via the first radio based on the scheduling information; and

switch on the second radio after the execution of the further communication is completed if the preconfigured duration has expired.

6 . The apparatus of claim 2 , the at least one processor being further configured to switch on the first radio to execute the scheduled communication at one preconfigured occasion in a plurality of preconfigured occasions.

7 . The apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the plurality of preconfigured occasions is associated with a periodicity or a start offset.

8 . The apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the scheduled communication includes an uplink transmission or a sidelink transmission.

9 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the scheduled communication is radio resource control (RRC) configured, and the scheduled communication is associated with a preconfigured occasion.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

select not to execute the scheduled communication at the preconfigured occasion; and

keep the second radio on at the preconfigured occasion.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

switch on the first radio to execute the scheduled communication at the preconfigured occasion if the scheduled communication does not correspond to an uplink transmission where the UE has no data to transmit; or

keep the second radio on at the preconfigured occasion if the scheduled communication corresponds to the uplink transmission where the UE has no data to transmit.

12 . The apparatus of claim 9 , the at least one processor being further configured to:

transmit a first indication of a UE behavior configuration associated with the scheduled communication to a network node; or

receive a second indication of the UE behavior configuration associated with the scheduled communication from the network node.

13 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the UE behavior configuration is associated with all communications associated with the UE that are RRC configured.

14 . The apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the UE behavior configuration is associated with one or more individual communications associated with the UE that are RRC configured.

15 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the scheduled communication is one of a periodic communication, a communication based on semi-persistent scheduling (SPS), or a communication based on a configured grant (CG).

16 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the indication corresponds to a wakeup signal associated with the second radio, and wherein the preconfigured duration corresponds to a discontinuous reception (DRX) on duration.

17 . The apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a transceiver coupled to the at least one processor.

18 . A method of wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

identifying, while a second radio of the UE is on, a scheduled communication associated with a first radio of the UE, wherein the scheduled communication is independent from an indication via the second radio, wherein the first radio corresponds to a main radio and the second radio corresponds to a low power wake up receiver; and

executing the scheduled communication without reception of the indication, wherein an execution of the scheduled communication is within a preconfigured duration after switching on the first radio, wherein one of the first radio or the second radio is switched on at a time.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

switching on the first radio to execute the scheduled communication.

20 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving, subsequent to the execution of the scheduled communication, an indication to switch on the second radio from a network node; and

switching on the second radio in response to the indication to switch on the second radio.

21 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

switching on the second radio after the first radio has been on for the preconfigured duration based on no reception of scheduling information for a further communication associated with the first radio via the first radio while the first radio is on for the preconfigured duration.

22 . The method of claim 19 , further comprising:

receiving, via the first radio, scheduling information for a further communication associated with the first radio from a network node within the preconfigured duration after the first radio is switched on;

executing the further communication via the first radio based on the scheduling information; and

switching on the second radio after the execution of the further communication is completed if the preconfigured duration has expired.

23 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the first radio is switched on to execute the scheduled communication at one preconfigured occasion in a plurality of preconfigured occasions.

24 . The method of claim 23 , wherein the plurality of preconfigured occasions is associated with a periodicity or a start offset.

25 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the scheduled communication includes an uplink transmission or a sidelink transmission.

26 . The method of claim 18 , wherein the scheduled communication is radio resource control (RRC) configured, and the scheduled communication is associated with a preconfigured occasion.

27 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

selecting not to execute the scheduled communication at the preconfigured occasion; and

keeping the second radio on at the preconfigured occasion.

28 . The method of claim 26 , further comprising:

switching on the first radio to execute the scheduled communication at the preconfigured occasion if the scheduled communication does not correspond to an uplink transmission where the UE has no data to transmit; or

keeping the second radio on at the preconfigured occasion at the preconfigured occasion if the scheduled communication corresponds to the uplink transmission where the UE has no data to transmit.

29 . An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:

means for identifying, while a second radio of the UE is on, a scheduled communication associated with a first radio of the UE, wherein the scheduled communication is independent from an indication received via the second radio, wherein the first radio corresponds to a main radio and the second radio corresponds to a low power wake up receiver; and

means for executing the scheduled communication without reception of the indication, wherein an execution of the scheduled communication is within a preconfigured duration after switching on the first radio, wherein one of the first radio or the second radio is switched on at a time.

30 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer executable code at a user equipment (UE), the code when executed by a processor causes the processor to:

identify, while a second radio of the UE is on, a scheduled communication associated with a first radio of the UE, wherein the scheduled communication is independent from an indication received via the second radio, wherein the first radio corresponds to a main radio and the second radio corresponds to a low power wake up receiver; and

execute the scheduled communication without reception of the indication, wherein an execution of the scheduled communication is within a preconfigured duration after switching on the first radio, wherein one of the first radio or the second radio is switched on at a time.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2022
From: XU, HUILIN; ELSHAFIE, AHMED; MAAMARI, DIANA; CHEN, WANSHI
To: QUALCOMM INCORPORATED
Reel/Frame 060800/0817 →
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