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Granted Patent B2
US 12,745,317 · App. 18/726,774 · Granted Sep 22, 2026

Method and device for transmitting/receiving control channel for sensitive traffic

Inventors: Sung Hyun Moon (Daejeon, KR); Cheulsoon Kim (Daejeon, KR); Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
H04W76/28H04W52/0216H04W72/232
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Patent No.
US 12,745,317
App. No.
18/726,774
Granted
Sep 22, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a device for transmitting/receiving a control channel for sensitive traffic are disclosed. The method of a terminal comprises the steps of: receiving first DRX configuration information from a base station; confirming a first DRX active time and a first DRX inactive time on the basis of the first DRX configuration information; receiving a first downlink signal set from the base station in the first DRX active time; and receiving a second downlink signal set from the base station in the first DRX inactive time.

Claims (40)

1 . A method of a terminal, comprising:

receiving first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information from a base station;

identifying a first DRX active time and a first DRX inactive time based on the first DRX configuration information;

receiving a first downlink signal set from the base station in the first DRX active time; and

receiving a second downlink signal set from the base station in the first DRX inactive time,

wherein the first DRX active time is distinguished from the first DRX inactive time in time domain, an intersection between the first downlink signal set and the second downlink signal set includes at least a synchronization signal block (SSB), and a difference between the first downlink signal set and the second downlink signal set includes at least a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) including unicast downlink data.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first DRX configuration information is included in a downlink control information (DCI) format commonly transmitted to a terminal group.

3 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first DRX configuration information is received by the terminal together with discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein at least a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) including unicast uplink data is not transmitted from the terminal in a DTX inactive time configured based on the DTX configuration information.

5 . The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving second DRX configuration information from the base station;

identifying a second DRX active time and a second DRX inactive time based on the second DRX configuration information; and

performing a monitoring operation on one or more search space sets in the second DRX active time.

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first DRX active time is divided into a first time period belonging to the second DRX active time and a second time period belonging to the second DRX inactive time, and different physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring operations are performed in the first time period and the second period.

7 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the first DRX active time is divided into a first time period belonging to the second DRX active time and a second time period belonging to the second DRX inactive time, and a PDCCH monitoring operation is skipped in the second time period.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second DRX active time is divided into a third time period belonging to the first DRX active time and a fourth time period belonging to the first DRX inactive time, and monitoring operations on different search space sets are performed in the third time period and the fourth time period.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the third time period and the fourth time period, a common search space (CSS) set is commonly monitored.

10 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein the second DRX configuration information is included in a terminal-specific radio resource control (RRC) message transmitted to the terminal.

11 . A method of a base station, comprising:

transmitting first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information to a terminal;

transmitting a first downlink signal set to the terminal in a first DRX active time according to the first DRX configuration information; and

transmitting a second downlink signal set to the terminal in a first DRX inactive time according to the first DRX configuration information,

wherein the first DRX active time is distinguished from the first DRX inactive time in time domain, an intersection between the first downlink signal set and the second downlink signal set includes at least a synchronization signal block (SSB), and a difference between the first downlink signal set and the second downlink signal set includes at least a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) including unicast downlink data.

12 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first DRX configuration information is included in a downlink control information (DCI) format commonly transmitted to a terminal group.

13 . The method according to claim 11 , wherein the first DRX configuration information is transmitted to the terminal together with discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information.

14 . The method according to claim 13 , wherein at least a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) including unicast uplink data is not received from the terminal in a DTX inactive time configured based on the DTX configuration information.

15 . A terminal comprising a processor, wherein the processor causes the terminal to perform:

receiving first discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration information from a base station;

identifying a first DRX active time and a first DRX inactive time based on the first DRX configuration information;

receiving a first downlink signal set from the base station in the first DRX active time; and

receiving a second downlink signal set from the base station in the first DRX inactive time,

wherein the first DRX active time is distinguished from the first DRX inactive time in time domain, an intersection between the first downlink signal set and the second downlink signal set includes at least a synchronization signal block (SSB), and a difference between the first downlink signal set and the second downlink signal set includes at least a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) including unicast downlink data.

16 . The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the first DRX configuration information is received by the terminal together with discontinuous transmission (DTX) configuration information, and at least a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) including unicast uplink data is not transmitted from the terminal in a DTX inactive time configured based on the DTX configuration information.

17 . The terminal according to claim 15 , wherein the processor further causes the terminal to perform:

receiving second DRX configuration information from the base station;

identifying a second DRX active time and a second DRX inactive time based on the second DRX configuration information; and

performing a monitoring operation on one or more search space sets in the second DRX active time.

18 . The terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the first DRX active time is divided into a first time period belonging to the second DRX active time and a second time period belonging to the second DRX inactive time, and different physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring operations are performed in the first time period and the second period.

19 . The terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the first DRX active time is divided into a first time period belonging to the second DRX active time and a second time period belonging to the second DRX inactive time, and a PDCCH monitoring operation is skipped in the second time period.

20 . The terminal according to claim 17 , wherein the second DRX active time is divided into a third time period belonging to the first DRX active time and a fourth time period belonging to the first DRX inactive time, and monitoring operations on different search space sets are performed in the third time period and the fourth time period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 3, 2024
From: MOON, SUNG HYUN; KIM, CHEULSOON; LEE, JUNG HOON
To: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Reel/Frame 068256/0569 →
Priority Claims (3)
KR 10-2022-0000584 · Jan 3, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0016373 · Feb 8, 2022 · national
KR 10-2022-0028143 · Mar 4, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
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