Method and apparatus for more power efficient physical downlink control channel monitoring after a random access transmission

A network entity for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one memory;
• and
• at least one processor coupled with the at least one memory and configured to cause the network entity to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration that indicates a number of slots for delaying monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a search space set associated with physical random access channel occasions and a control resource set, wherein the UE is configured to monitor the PDCCH for a random access response in the search space set during a window of time that starts at an earliest time that the UE is configured to receive the PDCCH;
• and
• receive, from the UE, a physical random access channel (PRACH) preamble in a PRACH occasion, wherein the search space set is at least a configured number of slots after a last slot of the PRACH occasion corresponding to a transmission, by the UE and received by the network entity, of the PRACH preamble in the PRACH occasion.

A processor for wireless communication, comprising:

• at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and operable to cause the processor to:
• transmit, to a user equipment (UE), a configuration that indicates a number of slots for delaying monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) in a search space set associated with physical random access channel (PRACH) occasions and a control resource set, wherein the UE is configured to monitor the PDCCH for a random access response in the search space set during a window of time that starts at an earliest time that the UE is configured to receive the PDCCH;
• and
• receive, from the UE, a PRACH preamble in a PRACH occasion, wherein the search space set is at least a configured number of slots after a last slot of the PRACH occasion corresponding to a transmission, by the UE and received by a network entity, of the PRACH preamble in the PRACH occasion.