Method and apparatus for detecting indication information, and methods and devices for relaying transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12294945-B2
Application number	US-202318453141-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 21, 2023
Priority date	Jul 31, 2017
Publication date	May 6, 2025
Grant date	May 6, 2025

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a method for detecting indication information, including: determining a carrier/narrowband position and a time-domain position where indication information is located; in which the indication information is configured to indicate whether a user equipment (UE) monitors a paging message or a downlink control channel that indicates the paging message, on associated one or more paging occasions (POs); and detecting the indication information on the determined carrier/narrowband position and the time-domain position, and determining, according to the indication information, whether to monitor the paging message or the downlink control channel on the one or more POs.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of performing communication, by a user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, the method comprising:
receiving system information including configuration information of indication information;
obtaining time gap information from the configuration information of the indication information, wherein the time gap information indicates a time gap between the indication information and a paging occasion;
identifying a time domain position based on the time gap;
monitoring the indication information based on the identified time domain position; and
based on the indication information being detected as a result of the monitoring, monitoring the paging occasion,
wherein the configuration information of the indication information includes information regarding a maximum duration of the indication information.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the maximum duration of the indication information is identified based on R_max.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein R_max is a maximum repetition number for a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH) search space for a paging.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indication information is transmitted through a valid subframe and the valid subframe includes a subframe configured as a NB-IoT DL subframe based on a higher layer parameter or system information block 1 (SIB 1) or a subframe not used for transmitting at least one of a narrow band primary synchronization signal (NPSS), a narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS), or narrow band-physical broadcast channel (NPBCH).

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the monitoring of the indication information comprises:
monitoring the indication information based on the maximum duration of the indication information.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein a resource element where a cell specific reference signal (CRS) or a narrowband reference signal (NRS) is transmitted, is excluded for a transmission of the indication information.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the time gap, indicated by the indication information, is from an end of the maximum duration of the indication information to the paging occasion.

8. A user equipment (UE), in a wireless communication system, the UE comprising:
a transceiver; and
a processor coupled with the transceiver and configured to:
receive system information including configuration information of indication information;
obtain time gap information from the configuration information of the indication information, wherein the time gap information indicates a time gap between the indication information and a paging occasion;
identify a time domain position based on the time gap;
monitor the indication information based on the identified time domain position; and
based on the indication information being detected as a result of the monitoring, monitor the paging occasion,

wherein the configuration information of the indication information includes information regarding a maximum duration of the indication information.

9. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the maximum duration of the indication information is identified based on R_max.

10. The UE of claim 9 , wherein R_max is a maximum repetition number for a narrowband physical downlink control channel (NPDCCH) search space for a paging.

11. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the indication information is transmitted through a valid subframe and the valid subframe includes a subframe configured as a NB-IoT DL subframe based on a higher layer parameter or system information block 1 (SIB 1) or a subframe not used for transmitting at least one of a narrow band primary synchronization signal (NPSS), a narrowband secondary synchronization signal (NSSS), or narrow band-physical broadcast channel (NPBCH).

12. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the processor is configured to monitor the indication information based on the maximum duration of the indication information.

13. The UE of claim 8 , wherein a resource element where a cell specific reference signal (CRS) or a narrowband reference signal (NRS) is transmitted, is excluded for a transmission of the indication information.

14. The UE of claim 8 , wherein the time gap, indicated by the indication information, is from an end of the maximum duration of the indication information to the paging occasion.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Feifei
• Zhou Miao
• Fu Jingxing
• Su Di
• Qian Chen
• Zhang Yingjie

Classifications

• H04W72/23 Primary

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

• H04W72/0446

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

• H04W52/0216

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

• H04W68/02

  Arrangements for increasing efficiency of notification or paging channel · CPC title

• H04W68/005

  Transmission of information for alerting of incoming communication · CPC title