Power saving operations in a wireless communication system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11895582-B2
Application number	US-201916520927-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 24, 2019
Priority date	Jul 24, 2018
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

A wireless device monitors a downlink control channel of a transmission reception point (TRP) on an active bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell, where the TRP is in an active state. First channel state information reports of the TRP for the active BWP are transmitted. The TRP transitions from the active state into a dormant state in response to a first time period of inactivity on the TRP. The monitoring is stopped. Second channel state information reports of the TRP for the active BWP are transmitted when the TRP is in the dormant state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
monitoring, by a wireless device:
a first downlink control channel of a first transmission reception point (TRP) of a cell, in an active state, on an active bandwidth part (BWP) of a cell; and
a second downlink control channel of a second TRP of the cell, in the active state, on the active BWP;

transmitting first channel state information reports of the first TRP of the cell and the second TRP of the cell for the active BWP;
transitioning the second TRP of the cell from the active state into a dormant state, wherein the active state, the dormant state, and an inactive state are different from one another;
stopping the monitoring of the second downlink control channel of the second TRP of the cell, based on the transition from the active state into the dormant state;
maintaining the first TRP of the cell in the active state, while the second TRP of the cell is in the dormant state; and
transmitting second channel state information reports of the second TRP of the cell, while the second TRP of the cell is in the dormant state, for the active BWP.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second TRP of the cell is identified by at least one of:
one or more reference signals;
one or more downlink control channel control resource sets; and
one or more radio network temporary identifiers.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving one or more radio resource control messages comprising configuration parameters of the cell, wherein the configuration parameters indicate:
a plurality of BWPs comprising the active BWP; and
a plurality of TRPs comprising the first TRP of the cell and the second TRP of the cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the cell comprises at least one of:
a primary cell; and
a secondary cell.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising activating the second TRP of the cell in response to receiving a command indicating an activation of the second TRP of the cell, wherein the command comprises at least one of:
a radio resource control message;
a medium access control control element; and
a downlink control information.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising, when the second TRP of the cell is in the active state, at least one of:
transmitting on a physical uplink shared channel of the second TRP of the cell;
transmitting on a physical random access channel of the second TRP of the cell; and
receiving downlink transport blocks via the second TRP of the cell.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising, based on the second TRP of the cell being in the dormant state, at least one of:
stopping transmission on a physical uplink shared channel of the second TRP of the cell;
stopping transmission on a physical random access channel of the second TRP of the cell; and
stopping reception of downlink transport blocks via the second TRP of the cell.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transmission of the first channel state information reports is based on a first plurality of reference signals of the second TRP of the cell, in the active state, on the active BWP.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the first channel state information reports comprise one or more reference signal received power values of the first plurality of reference signals.

10. The method of claim 8 , further comprising stopping the transmitting of the first channel state information reports in response to the transitioning the second TRP of the cell from the active state into the dormant state.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the transmission of the second channel state information reports is based on a second plurality of reference signals of the second TRP of the cell on the active BWP.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising:
stopping the transmitting the second channel state information reports in response to a second time period of inactivity on the second TRP of the cell; and
deactivating the second TRP of the cell on the active BWP.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the deactivating the second TRP of the cell comprises at least one of:
stopping the monitoring of the downlink control channel of the second TRP of the cell;
stopping transmission on a physical uplink shared channel of the second TRP of the cell;
stopping transmission on a physical random access channel of the second TRPof the cell; and
stopping reception of downlink transport blocks via the second TRP of the cell.

14. The method of claim 12 , further comprising maintaining an active state of the active BWP based on the deactivating the second TRP of the cell.

15. The method of claim 12 , further comprising maintaining the first TRP of the cell in the active state based on the deactivating the second TRP of the cell.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein a duration of the second time period is configured in a radio resource control message.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein during the second time period of inactivity, the method further comprises not receiving downlink control information via the second TRP of the cell.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein during the second time period of inactivity, the method further comprises not receiving downlink transport blocks via the second TRP of the cell.

19. The method of claim 16 , wherein during the second time period of inactivity, the method further comprises not transmitting unlink control information via the second TRP of the cell.

20. The method of claim 16 , wherein during the second time period of inactivity, the method further comprises not transmitting unlink transport blocks via the second TRP of the cell.

Assignees

• Zhou Hua
• Dinan Esmael
• Jeon Hyoungsuk
• Cirik Ali
• Babaei Alireza
• Park Kyungmin
• Ofinno Llc

Inventors

• Zhou Hua
• Dinan Esmael
• Jeon Hyoungsuk
• Cirik Ali
• Babaei Alireza
• Park Kyungmin

Classifications

• H04W52/0216 Primary

  using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame · CPC title

• H04B7/0626

  Channel coefficients, e.g. channel state information [CSI] · CPC title

• H04L5/0032

  Distributed allocation, i.e. involving a plurality of allocating devices, each making partial allocation · CPC title

• H04L5/0051

  of dedicated pilots, i.e. pilots destined for a single user or terminal · CPC title

• H04L5/001

  the frequencies being arranged in component carriers · CPC title