US 12,764,654 B2 · Implicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in wireless communications

Abstract

Some embodiments include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for implicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in a wireless network. Some embodiments include an NCR that can receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format including a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity, KS1, and operate in an On-state for a duration of KS1. The NCR can detect a skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity, and operate in an Off-state for a duration corresponding to the skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity. In some embodiments, the NCR operates with a carrier component (CC) with unpaired spectrum supporting slot configurations time division duplex (tdd)-uplink (UL)-downlink (DL)-ConfigurationCommon or tdd-UL-DLConfigurationDedicated. The NCR can detect from a System Information Block (SIB), a flexible orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and operate in an Off-state for a duration of the flexible OFDM symbol.

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Dependent claims

A network-controlled repeater (NCR) comprising:

a memory;
and
a processor coupled to the memory;
an NCR-mobile termination (MT) component;
and
an NCR-forwarding (Fwd) component, wherein the NCR-MT component and the NCR-Fwd component are communicatively coupled to the processor,
wherein the NCR-MT component at a control link uses a different radio frequency (RF) component than the NCR-Fwd component at a backhaul link, and
wherein the processor is configured to:
operate an On-Off state of the NCR-MT component at the control link independently from an On-Off state of the NCR-Fwd component at the backhaul link, based at least on the different RF component;
receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format comprising a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity, KS1, comprising an integer number of slots;
operate in an On-state for a duration of KS1 based at least on the DCI format;
detect a skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity subsequent to KS1;
and
operate in an Off-state for a duration corresponding to the skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

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A method for operating a network-controlled repeater (NCR) that includes an NCR-mobile termination (MT) component and an NCR-forwarding (Fwd) component, wherein the NCR-MT component at a control link uses a different radio frequency (RF) component than the NCR-Fwd component at a backhaul link, the method comprising:

operating an On-Off state of the NCR-MT component at the control link independently from an On-Off state of the NCR-Fwd component at the backhaul link, based at least on the different RF component;
receiving a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format comprising a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity, KS1, comprising an integer number of slots;
operating in an On-state for a duration of KS1 based at least on the DCI format;
detecting a skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity subsequent to KS1;
and
operating in an Off-state for a duration corresponding to the skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor of a network-controlled repeater (NCR) that includes an NCR-mobile termination (MT) component and an NCR-forwarding (Fwd) component, wherein the NCR-MT component at a control link uses a different radio frequency (RF) component than the NCR-Fwd component at a backhaul link, causes the NCR to perform operations, the operations comprising:

operating an On-Off state of the NCR-MT component at the control link independently from an On-Off state of the NCR-Fwd component at the backhaul link, based at least on the different RF component;
receiving a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format comprising a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity, KS1, comprising an integer number of slots;
operating in an On-state for a duration of KS1 based at least on the DCI format;
detecting a skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity subsequent to KS1;
and
operating in an Off-state for a duration corresponding to the skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Implicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in wireless communications

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