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US 12,739,933 · App. 18/218,012 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Method and device used for discontinuous reception in wireless communication

Inventors: Jinfang Zhang (Shanghai, CN); Xiaobo Zhang (Shanghai, CN)
Assignee: Apogee 5G Global, LLC
H04W76/28H04W52/0235H04W76/38
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Patent No.
US 12,739,933
App. No.
18/218,012
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present application discloses a method and a device for DRX in wireless communications. A first node receives a first signaling and a first bit block, the first signaling being used for scheduling the first bit block; and maintains a first timer; and as a response to receiving the first signaling, starts or restarts a second timer; and when either of the first timer and the second timer is in a running state, monitors a first-type target signaling; herein, the first timer and the second timer are configured for a same DRX group; the action of maintaining a first timer comprises adjusting the time while the first timer is running; when each condition in a first condition set is satisfied, the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running. The present application supports DRX running in an effective manner.

Claims (56)

1 . A user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the UE comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are configured to:

receive a first signaling and a first bit block, wherein the first signaling is indicative of scheduling the first bit block,

maintain a first timer,

in response to receiving the first signaling, start or restart a second timer wherein the first timer and the second timer are configured for a same Discontinuous Reception (DRX) group,

determine that each condition in a condition set is satisfied, wherein the condition set comprises a condition that a data type of a content in the first bit block belongs to a predetermined data type set,

adjust, based on the content of the first bit block, a time of the first timer while the first timer is running, and

when either of the first timer and the second timer is in a running state, monitor a first-type target signaling.

2 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

receive a second signaling indicating an identifier set, wherein each identifier in the identifier set indicates a data type in the predetermined data type set.

3 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein adjusting the time of the first timer while the first timer is running comprises at least one of:

adjusting a start time of the first timer, or

adjusting an expiration value of the first timer.

4 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein a time of receiving the first bit block belonging to one of an M-th time period or a Q-th time period in a super-time period is one condition in the condition set, and wherein the super-time period comprises Q time periods, and wherein the first M time period s among the Q time periods have an identical duration, which is different from duration s of the other Q-M time periods among the Q time periods, and wherein the first timer runs once per time period in a super-time period.

5 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein a time interval from a time of receiving the first bit block to a start time of the first timer in a second time period is larger than a first threshold is one condition in the condition set.

6 . The UE according to claim 5 , wherein maintaining a first timer comprises starting the first timer at a first time in a first time period and starting the first timer at a second time in the second time period, and wherein when the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time of the first timer while the first timer is running, at least one of adjusting a position of the first time in the first time period to where is different from a position of the second time in the second time period or adjusting a first expiration value to what is different from a second expiration value, and wherein the first expiration value is an expiration value of the first timer in the first time period, and wherein the second expiration value is an expiration value of the first timer in the second time period, and wherein the second time period is a nearest time period before the first time period.

7 . The UE according to claim 1 , wherein the first timer is a drx-ondurationtimer, and wherein the second timer is a drx-inactivitytimer.

8 . A base station for wireless communications, the base station comprising:

a transceiver; and

a processor, wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmit a first signaling and a first bit block, the first signaling being used for scheduling the first bit block,

wherein:

a first timer is maintained,

a reception of the first signaling is used for starting or restarting a second timer,

when any of the first timer or the second timer is in a running state, a first-type target signaling is being monitored,

the first timer and the second timer are configured for a same Discontinuous Reception (DRX) group,

the first timer being maintained comprises the time while the first timer is running being adjusted, and whether the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running is related to contents in the first bit block,

when each condition in a condition set is satisfied, the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running,

the first bit block comprising any data type in a predetermined data type set is a condition in the condition set, the predetermined data type set comprising at least one data type, and

the first timer and the second timer are respectively maintained by a receiver of the first signaling.

9 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the transceiver and the processor are further configured to:

transmit a second signaling, the second signaling indicating a first identifier set, wherein each identifier in the first identifier set indicates a data type in the predetermined data type set.

10 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein adjusting the time while the first timer is running comprises at least one of:

a start time of the first timer being adjusted, or

an expiration value of the first timer being adjusted.

11 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein whether the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running is related to a time for receiving the first bit block, and wherein the time for receiving the first bit block belonging to one of an M-th time period or a Q-th time period in a super-time period is one condition in the condition set, and wherein the super-time period comprises Q time periods, where the first M time period s among the Q time periods have an identical duration, which is different from duration s of the other Q-M time periods among the Q time periods, and wherein the first timer runs once per time period in a super-time period.

12 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein whether the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running is related to a time for receiving the first bit block, and wherein a time interval from the time for receiving the first bit block to a start time of the first timer in a second time period being larger than a first threshold is one condition in the condition set.

13 . The base station according to claim 12 , wherein maintaining the first timer comprises that the first timer is started at a first time in a first time period and that the first timer is started at a second time in the second time period, and wherein when the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running, at least one of a position of the first time in the first time period being adjusted to where is different from a position of the second time in the second time period or a first expiration value being adjusted to what is different from a second expiration value; the first expiration value is an expiration value of the first timer in the first time period, and wherein the second expiration value is an expiration value of the first timer in the second time period; the second time period is a nearest time period before the first time period.

14 . The base station according to claim 8 , wherein the first timer is a drx-ondurationtimer, and wherein the second timer is a drx-inactivitytimer.

15 . A method in a user equipment (UE) for wireless communications, the method comprising:

receiving a first signaling and a first bit block, wherein the first signaling is indicative of scheduling the first bit block;

maintaining a first timer,

in response to receiving the first signaling, starting or restarting a second timer, wherein the first timer and the second timer are configured for a same Discontinuous Reception (DRX) group;

determining that each condition in a condition set is satisfied, wherein the condition set comprises a condition that a data type of a content in the first bit block belongs to a predetermined data type set;

adjusting, based on the content of the first bit block, a time of the first timer while the first timer is running; and

when either of the first timer and the second timer is in a running state, monitoring a first-type target signaling.

16 . The method in the UE according to claim 15 , further comprising:

receiving a second signaling indicating an identifier set, wherein each identifier in the identifier set indicates a data type in the predetermined data type set.

17 . The method in the UE according to claim 15 , wherein adjusting the time of the first timer while the first timer is running comprises at least one of:

adjusting a start time of the first timer, or

adjusting an expiration value of the first timer.

18 . The method in the UE according to claim 15 , wherein a time of receiving the first bit block belonging to one of an M-th time period or a Q-th time period in a super-time period is one condition in the condition set, and wherein the super-time period comprises Q time periods, and wherein the first M time period s among the Q time periods have an identical duration, which is different from durations of the other Q-M time periods among the Q time periods, and wherein the first timer runs once per time period in a super-time period.

19 . The method in the UE according to claim 15 , wherein whether the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time while the first timer is running is related to a time for receiving the first bit block;

wherein a time interval from the time for receiving the first bit block to a start time of the first timer in a second time period being larger than a first threshold is one condition in the condition set.

20 . The method in the UE according to claim 19 , wherein maintaining a first timer comprises starting the first timer at a first time in a first time period and starting the first timer at a second time in the second time period, and wherein when the reception of the first bit block is used for adjusting the time of the first timer while the first timer is running, at least one of adjusting a position of the first time in the first time period to where is different from a position of the second time in the second time period or adjusting a first expiration value to what is different from a second expiration value, and wherein the first expiration value is an expiration value of the first timer in the first time period and wherein the second expiration value is an expiration value of the first timer in the second time period, and wherein the second time period is a nearest time period before the first time period.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 7, 2026
From: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
To: APOGEE 5G GLOBAL, LLC
Reel/Frame 075344/0441 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2025
From: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
To: APOGEE NETWORKS, LLC
Reel/Frame 070741/0575 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2024
From: ZHANG, JINFANG; ZHANG, XIAOBO
To: SHANGHAI LANGBO COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067112/0275 →
Priority Claims (1)
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