Methods and apparatuses for power saving

A base station (BS), comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the BS to:
• transmit configuration information including at least one candidate for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping, wherein each candidate indicates a number of PDCCH monitoring occasions or a time period;
• transmit downlink control information (DCI) indicating one candidate of the at least one candidate for a current active search space set (SSS) group (SSSG);
• and
• determine a number of skipped PDCCH monitoring occasions or a skipped time period for each SSS included in the current active SSSG based on the one candidate.

A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:

• receiving configuration information including at least one candidate for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping, wherein each candidate indicates a number of PDCCH monitoring occasions or a time period;
• receiving downlink control information (DCI) indicating one candidate of the at least one candidate for a current active search space set (SSS) group (SSSG);
• and
• determining a number of skipped PDCCH monitoring occasions or a skipped time period for each SSS included in the current active SSSG based on the one candidate.

A processor for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:
• receive configuration information including at least one candidate for physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) skipping, wherein each candidate indicates a number of PDCCH monitoring occasions or a time period;
• receive downlink control information (DCI) indicating one candidate of the at least one candidate for a current active search space set (SSS) group (SSSG);
• and
• determine a number of skipped PDCCH monitoring occasions or a skipped time period for each SSS included in the current active SSSG based on the one candidate.