Communication method, terminal device, and network device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026046767-A1
Application number	US-202519361738-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Oct 17, 2025
Priority date	Apr 20, 2023
Publication date	Feb 12, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

This application provides a communication method, a terminal device, and a network device. In this application, when a low power wake up signal (LP-WUS) is deployed in a part of cells, the terminal device can use the LP-WUS to save energy. The method is applied to a first terminal device, and the first terminal device is in a radio resource control non-connected state. The method includes: The first terminal device receives, in a first cell, a first downlink signal from a first network device, where the first cell corresponds to a first frequency position; and then the first terminal device determines first indication information based on the first downlink signal, where the first indication information indicates a second frequency position, an LP-WUS is configured in a cell corresponding to the second frequency position, and the second frequency position is different from the first frequency position.

First claim

1 . A communication method, applied to a first terminal device or a chip of the first terminal device, wherein the first terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, and the method comprises:
determining a first frequency position; and monitoring, at the first frequency position, a low power wake up signal (LP-WUS) from a first network device, wherein the LP-WUS indicates to monitor, on a first carrier, a physical downlink control channel PDCCH from a second network device, the first frequency position is out of a frequency range of the first carrier, and the first network device is the same as or different from the second network device.

2 . The method according to claim 1 , wherein the first frequency position is in a frequency range of a second carrier, and the second carrier is different from the first carrier.

3 . The method according to claim 2 , wherein the LP-WUS further indicates to monitor, on the second carrier, a PDCCH from the first network device.

4 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein
the LP-WUS comprises an identifier of the first terminal device, wherein the LP-WUS indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the first carrier and the second carrier.

5 . The method according to claim 3 , wherein
the LP-WUS comprises fifth indication information and sixth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the first carrier, and the sixth indication information indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the second carrier.

6 . A communication method, applied to a first network device or a chip of the first network device, wherein the method comprises:
determining a first frequency position; and sending, at the first frequency position, a low power wake up signal (LP-WUS) to a first terminal device, wherein the first terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, the LP-WUS indicates to monitor, on a first carrier, a physical downlink control channel PDCCH from a second network device, the first frequency position is out of a frequency range of the first carrier, and the first network device is the same as or different from the second network device.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the first frequency position is in a frequency range of a second carrier, and the second carrier is different from the first carrier.

8 . The method according to claim 7 , wherein the LP-WUS further indicates to monitor, on the second carrier, a PDCCH from the first network device.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein
the LP-WUS comprises an identifier of the first terminal device, wherein the LP-WUS indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the first carrier and the second carrier.

10 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein
the LP-WUS comprises fifth indication information and sixth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the first carrier, and the sixth indication information indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the second carrier.

11 . An apparatus, the apparatus is applied to a first terminal device, wherein the first terminal device is in a radio resource control (RRC) connected state, comprising:
at least one processor; and at least one memory, wherein the memory stores instructions, and when executing the instructions stored in the memory, the apparatus executes operations comprising: determining a first frequency position; and monitoring, at the first frequency position, a low power wake up signal (LP-WUS) from a first network device, wherein the LP-WUS indicates to monitor, on a first carrier, a physical downlink control channel PDCCH from a second network device, the first frequency position is out of a frequency range of the first carrier, and the first network device is the same as or different from the second network device.

12 . The apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the first frequency position is in a frequency range of a second carrier, and the second carrier is different from the first carrier.

13. The apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the LP-WUS further indicates to monitor, on the second carrier, a PDCCH from the first network device.

14 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein
the LP-WUS comprises an identifier of the first terminal device, wherein the LP-WUS indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the first carrier and the second carrier.

15 . The apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein
the LP-WUS comprises fifth indication information and sixth indication information, wherein the fifth indication information indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the first carrier, and the sixth indication information indicates the first terminal device to perform PDCCH monitoring on the second carrier.

Assignees

• Huawei Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Xue Yifan
• Tie Xiaolei

Classifications

• H04W52/0235

  where the received signal is a power saving command · CPC title

• H04W52/028

  switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks · CPC title

• H04W52/0229 Primary

  where the received signal is a wanted signal · CPC title

• H04W76/27 Primary

  Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states · CPC title

• H04W72/0453

  Resources in frequency domain, e.g. a carrier in FDMA · CPC title