Methods and system for forward link power saving in a star topology of user equipment

A first user equipment (UE), comprising:

• a memory;
• a transceiver;
• and
• at least one processor coupled to the memory and the transceiver, wherein the first UE is configured to:
• monitor, for a first duration, a forward link connecting a second UE to the first UE for a control message transmitted by the second UE to the first UE, wherein the control message is a group common control message including a first group common control message having an indication of a bloom filter and a second group common control message having a bitmap having an index associated with each UE of a plurality of UEs;
• establish an operational mode for a second duration immediately following the first duration of the first UE based on the bitmap and the indication of the bloom filter of the control message;
• accessing, in response to the monitoring, the first group common control message;
• and
• determining to access the second group common control message based on the first group common control message,
• wherein the operational mode is one of an active mode or a power saving mode.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium (CRM) having program code recorded thereon, the program code comprising:

• code for causing a first user equipment (UE) to monitor, for a first duration, a forward link connecting a second UE to the first UE for a control message transmitted by the second UE to the first UE, wherein the control message is a group common control message including a first group common control message having an indication of a bloom filter and a second group common control message having a bitmap having an index associated with each UE of a plurality of UEs;
• code for causing the first UE to establish an operational mode for a second duration immediately following the first duration based on the bitmap and the indication of the bloom filter of the control message;
• code for causing the first UE to access, in response to the monitoring, the first group common control message;
• and
• code for causing the first UE to determine to access the second group common control message based on the first group common control message,
• wherein the operational mode is one of an active mode or a power saving mode.

A first user equipment (UE) comprising:

• means for monitoring, for a first duration, a forward link connecting a second UE to the first UE for a control message transmitted by the second UE to the first UE, wherein the control message is a group common control message including a first group common control message having an indication of a bloom filter and a second group common control message having a bitmap having an index associated with each UE of a plurality of UEs;
• means for establishing an operational mode for a second duration immediately following the first duration based on the bitmap and the indication of the bloom filter of the control message;
• means for accessing, in response to the monitoring, the first group common control message;
• and
• means for determining to access the second group common control message based on the first group common control message,
• wherein the operational mode is one of an active mode or a power saving mode.