Techniques and apparatuses for polled-mode power saving
AssigneeQUALCOMM Incorporated
InventorsSantosh Paul ABRAHAM, Miguel GRIOT
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Abstract
A method, a user equipment, a 5G core network device, an apparatus, and a computer program product for wireless communication are provided. Battery life and network efficiency of the user equipment are improved through the usage of a polled-mode power saving technique, wherein the user equipment periodically awakens to poll the 5G core network device regarding whether a communication is available for the user equipment. If the communication is available, the user equipment receives the communication. If the communication is delayed, the user equipment performs discontinuous reception to save power until the communication is available. If the communication is unavailable, the user equipment resumes a sleep mode.
Claims30
A method of wireless communication performed by a user equipment (UE), comprising:
- transmitting a poll message after awakening from a sleep mode;
- receiving a response to the poll message, the response indicating whether or not a communication is available for the UE;
- and
- entering an idle mode or a connection-suspended mode if the response to the poll message indicates that the communication is available for the UE and provision of the communication is delayed.
A user equipment (UE) for wireless communication, comprising:
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:
- transmit a poll message after awakening from a sleep mode;
- receive a response to the poll message, the response indicating whether or not a communication is available for the UE;
- and
- enter an idle mode or a connection-suspended mode if the response to the poll message indicates that the communication is available for the UE and provision of the communication is delayed.
A method of wireless communication performed by a 5G core network device, comprising:
- providing configuration information to configure a sleep cycle of a user equipment (UE), wherein the configuration information is for an idle mode or a connection-suspended mode of the UE, the idle mode and the connection-suspended mode each comprising a mode for the UE to enter if communication is available for the UE and provision of the communication is delayed;
- receiving, from the UE, a poll message;
- and
- transmitting a response to the poll message, the response indicating whether or not a communication is available for the UE.
A device for wireless communication, comprising:
- memory;
- and
- one or more processors coupled to the memory, the memory and the one or more processors configured to:
- provide configuration information to configure a sleep cycle of a user equipment (UE), wherein the configuration information is for an idle mode or a connection-suspended mode of the UE, the idle mode and the connections-suspended mode each comprising a mode for the UE to enter if communication is available for the UE and provision of the communication is delayed;
- receive, from the UE, a poll message;
- and
- transmit a response to the poll message, the response indicating whether or not a communication is available for the UE.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.