Power saving operations for communication systems

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11895584-B2
Application number	US-202117526618-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 15, 2021
Priority date	Mar 25, 2019
Publication date	Feb 6, 2024
Grant date	Feb 6, 2024

Abstract

Base stations and wireless devices may use cross-slot scheduling for each of a plurality of cells. Base stations and wireless devices may communicate regarding the cross-slot scheduling, including for example, one or more indications associated with cross-slot scheduling for one or more cells. A wireless device may determine cross-slot scheduling for one or more transmissions associated with the one or more cells. The wireless device may save power by switching to a power saving mode for at least one cell during one or more slots, based on the cross-slot scheduling.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method comprising:
receiving, by a wireless device, one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising:
at least one first parameter indicating a first time offset for downlink scheduling of a first cell; and
at least one second parameter indicating a second time offset for downlink scheduling of a second cell;

receiving downlink control information (DCI) comprising an indication of the first time offset for reception of at least one downlink transport block via at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource of the first cell; and
receiving, via the at least one PDSCH resource and after the first time offset, the at least one downlink transport block.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving second DCI comprising an indication of the second time offset for reception of at least one second downlink transport block via at least one second PDSCH resource of the second cell; and
receiving, via the at least one second PDSCH resource and after the second time offset, the at least one second downlink transport block.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first time offset is associated with a first bandwidth part associated with the first cell, and
the second time offset is associated with a second bandwidth part associated with the second cell.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first time offset is associated with a first power saving mode; and
the second time offset is associated with a second power saving mode.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the first power saving mode and the second power saving mode are a same power saving mode.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the same power saving mode comprises a micro sleep mode.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI comprises at least one of:
a one-bit indication of a cross-slot scheduling of the first cell;
a cross-slot scheduling configuration; or
an offset indicator.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the at least one downlink transport block occurs during a time in which the wireless device is:
skipping monitoring at least one first slot of the at least one PDSCH resource; and
monitoring at least one second slot of the at least one PDSCH resource.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the receiving the at least one downlink transport block comprises applying the first time offset to the first cell.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the first time offset is associated with cross-slot scheduling for the first cell; and
the second time offset is associated with cross-slot scheduling for the second cell.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the at least one first parameter further indicates a first same slot scheduling; and
the at least one second parameter further indicates a second same slot scheduling.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the DCI further comprises an offset indicator indicating the first cell.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein:
the receiving the DCI comprises receiving the DCI via the first cell, and
the receiving the at least one downlink transport block comprises receiving the at least one downlink transport block via the second cell.

14. A wireless device, comprising:
one or more processors; and
memory storing instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:
receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising:
at least one first parameter indicating a first time offset for downlink scheduling of a first cell and
at least one second parameter indicating a second time offset for downlink scheduling of a second cell;

receive downlink control information (DCI) comprising an indication of the first time offset for reception of at least one downlink transport block via at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource of the first cell; and
receive, via the at least one PDSCH resource and after the first time offset, the at least one downlink transport block.

15. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:
receive second DCI comprising an indication of the second time offset for reception of at least one second downlink transport block via at least one second PDSCH resource of the second cell; and
receive, via the at least one second PDSCH resource and after the second time offset, the at least one second downlink transport block.

16. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein:
the first time offset is a first bandwidth part associated with the first cell, and
the second time offset is a second bandwidth part associated with the second cell.

17. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein:
the first time offset is a first power saving mode; and
the second time offset is a second power saving mode.

18. The wireless device of claim 17 , wherein the first power saving mode and the second power saving mode are a same power saving mode.

19. The wireless device of claim 18 , wherein the same power saving mode comprises a micro sleep mode.

20. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the DCI comprises at least one of:
a one-bit indication of a cross-slot scheduling of the first cell;
a cross-slot scheduling configuration; or
an offset indicator.

21. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to receive the at least one downlink transport block during a time in which the wireless device is:
skipping monitoring at least one first slot of the at least one PDSCH resource; and
monitoring at least one second slot of the at least one PDSCH resource.

22. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to receive the at least one downlink transport block by applying the first time offset to the first cell.

23. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein:
the first time offset is associated with cross-slot scheduling for the first cell; and
the second time offset is associated with cross-slot scheduling for the second cell.

24. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein:
the at least one first parameter further indicates a first same slot scheduling; and
the at least one second parameter further indicates a second same slot scheduling.

25. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the DCI further comprises an offset indicator indicating the first cell.

26. The wireless device of claim 14 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the wireless device to:
receive the DCI via the first cell, and
receive the at least one downlink transport block via the second cell.

27. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed, configure a wireless device to:
receive one or more radio resource control (RRC) messages comprising:
at least one first parameter indicating a first time offset for downlink scheduling of a first cell; and
at least one second parameter indicating a second time offset for downlink scheduling of a second cell;

receive downlink control information (DCI) comprising an indication of the first time offset for reception of at least one downlink transport block via at least one physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) resource of the first

Assignees

• Comcast Cable Comm Llc

Inventors

• Zhou Hua
• Dinan Esmael
• Yi Yunjung
• Cirik Ali
• Babaei Alireza
• Jeon Hyoungsuk
• Park Kyungmin
• Xu Kai

Classifications

• H04W52/0216 Primary

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

• H04W52/143

  Downlink power control · CPC title

• H04W72/0446

  Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames · CPC title

• H04W72/1273

  of downlink data flows · CPC title

• H04W72/23

  in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal · CPC title