Determining a monitoring window for control information

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

• receiving a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a set of non-uniform DRX cycles occurring according to a periodic pattern, wherein at least two DRX cycles of the set of non-uniform DRX cycles have different durations;
• determining a first set of DRX cycles based on the DRX configuration;
• receiving a search space configuration associated with monitoring a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein a DCI having the DCI format is to be monitored during a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring window of time outside of an active time of a DRX cycle;
• receiving DCI with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a power saving (PS) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) (PS-RNTI) (DCP) configuration for monitoring the DCI format;
• and
• determining a PDCCH monitoring window for monitoring the DCI format for each DRX cycle of the first set of DRX cycles, wherein the PDCCH monitoring window for each DRX cycle is determined based on:
• a periodicity of the search space configuration, or an offset of the search space configuration, or a combination thereof;
• a start of an on-duration timer for the corresponding DRX cycle;
• or
• the DCP configuration;
• or a combination thereof;
• wherein the at least two DRX cycles of the first set of DRX cycles have different attributes for the PDCCH monitoring window, and the attributes comprise a window duration, or a relative window location with respect to a start of a DRX on-duration, or a combination thereof.

A processor for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to:
• receive a discontinuous reception (DRX) configuration for a set of non-uniform DRX cycles occurring according to a periodic pattern, wherein at least two DRX cycles of the set of non-uniform DRX cycles have different durations;
• determine a first set of DRX cycles based on the DRX configuration;
• receive a search space configuration associated with monitoring a downlink control information (DCI) format, wherein a DCI having the DCI format is to be monitored during a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring window of time outside of an active time of a DRX cycle;
• receive DCI with a cyclic redundancy check (CRC) scrambled by a power saving (PS) radio network temporary identifier (RNTI) (PS-RNTI) (DCP) configuration for monitoring the DCI format;
• and
• determine a PDCCH monitoring window for monitoring the DCI format for each DRX cycle of the first set of DRX cycles, wherein the PDCCH monitoring window for each DRX cycle is determined based on:
• a periodicity of the search space configuration, or an offset of the search space configuration, or a combination thereof;
• a start of an on-duration timer for the corresponding DRX cycle;
• or
• the DCP configuration;
• or a combination thereof;
• wherein the at least two DRX cycles of the first set of DRX cycles have different attributes for the PDCCH monitoring window, and the attributes comprise a window duration, or a relative window location with respect to a start of a DRX on-duration, or a combination thereof.