Control channel monitoring
AssigneeTelefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
InventorsPeter Alriksson, Tai Do, Reem Karaki, Gen Li, Amitav Mukherjee, Yu Yang
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Abstract
A method for use in a User Equipment configured to operate according to the New Radio (5G) standard, said method comprising: monitoring a control region for mini-slots for a transmission; detecting a start of the transmission; monitoring a control region of said transmission for regular slots; detecting that the transmission has ended; and in response thereto monitoring the control region for mini-slots again.
Claims8
A method for use in a User Equipment, said method comprising:
- switching between monitoring a control region of mini-slots and monitoring a control region of regular slots, wherein each of the mini-slots has a shorter duration than each of the regular slots, wherein said switching comprises:
- monitoring the control region of mini-slots;
- detecting a start of a transmission by a network node or another device, where said detecting is by correlation to a known reference signal or preamble, or by decoding a physical control channel or physical broadcast channel;
- during a time when said transmission is ongoing, switching from monitoring the control region of mini-slots to monitoring the control region of regular slots;
- detecting that the transmission has ended and in response thereto,
- switching from monitoring the control region of regular slots to monitoring the control region of mini-slots again.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instructions that, when executed on a processor, perform a method for use in a User Equipment, said method comprising:
- switching between monitoring a control region of mini-slots and monitoring a control region of regular slots, wherein each of the mini-slots has a shorter duration than each of the regular slots, wherein said switching comprises:
- monitoring the control region of mini-slots;
- detecting a start of a transmission by a network node or another device, where said detecting is by correlation to a known reference signal or preamble, or by decoding a physical control channel or physical broadcast channel;
- during a time when said transmission is ongoing, switching from monitoring the control region of mini-slots to monitoring the control region of regular slots;
- detecting that the transmission has ended and in response thereto,
- switching from monitoring the control region of regular slots to monitoring the control region of mini-slots again.
A User Equipment comprising a controller configured to:
- switch between monitoring a control region of mini-slots and monitoring a control region of regular slots, wherein each of the mini-slots has a shorter duration than each of the regular slots, wherein said switching comprises:
- monitoring the control region of mini-slots;
- detecting a start of a transmission by a network node or another device, where said detecting is by correlation to a known reference signal or preamble, or by decoding a physical control channel or physical broadcast channel;
- during a time when said transmission is ongoing, switching from monitoring the control region of mini-slots to monitoring the control region of regular slots;
- detecting that the transmission has ended and in response thereto,
- switching from monitoring the control region of regular slots to monitoring the control region of mini-slots again.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.