US-20260129648-A1 - PHYSICAL DOWNLINK CONTROL CHANNEL (PDCCH) MONITORING DURING SKIPPED MEASUREMENT

Abstract

Various aspects of the present disclosure relate to physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring during skipped measurement. A user equipment (UE) may be configured to, capable of, or operable to receive an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, where the measurement is associated with a duration, and monitors PDCCH during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement. A network equipment (NE) may be configured to, capable of, or operable to transmit an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, where the measurement is associated with a duration, and transmits PDCCH during the duration.

Inventors

• Joachim Löhr
• Hossein Bagheri

Assignees

• LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC.

Dates

Publication Date

20260507

Application Date

20241107

Claims (20)

1. 1 . A user equipment (UE) 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 UE to: receive an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement.
2. 2 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication to skip the measurement includes an indication to skip a measurement gap, and indicates that the UE is to enable wireless communication during the duration.
3. 3 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to: receive a timer configuration; and start a timer in accordance with the received timer configuration and based at least in part on the indication to skip the measurement, wherein the PDCCH is monitored further based at least in part on the timer.
4. 4 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein the timer is started at a first offset after the indication to skip the measurement.
5. 5 . The UE of claim 4 , wherein the timer configuration indicates the first offset.
6. 6 . The UE of claim 3 , wherein the timer includes a discontinuous reception (DRX) inactivity timer.
7. 7 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication to skip the measurement comprises one or more of PDCCH or downlink control information (DCI).
8. 8 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the indication to skip the measurement is received during a PDCCH monitoring occasion.
9. 9 . The UE of claim 8 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to: receive configuration information that indicates the PDCCH monitoring occasion.
10. 10 . The UE of claim 9 , wherein the configuration information indicates a second offset before a measurement gap for the PDCCH monitoring occasion.
11. 11 . The UE of claim 1 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the UE to: transmit uplink control information (UCI) during the duration.
12. 12 . The UE of claim 11 , wherein the UCI comprises one or more of channel state information (CSI) or sounding reference signal (SRS).
13. 13 . A processor for wireless communication, comprising: at least one controller coupled with at least one memory and configured to cause the processor to: receive an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement.
14. 14 . A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising: receiving an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and monitoring physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement.
15. 15 . A network equipment (NE) 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 NE to: transmit an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and transmit physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the duration.
16. 16 . The NE of claim 15 , wherein the indication to skip the measurement comprises an indication to skip a measurement gap, and an indication for a user equipment (UE) to enable wireless communication during the duration.
17. 17 . The NE of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the NE to: transmit a timer configuration for a timer to be started in response to the indication to skip the measurement.
18. 18 . The NE of claim 17 , wherein the timer configuration comprises a first offset for starting the timer in response to the indication to skip the measurement.
19. 19 . The NE of claim 15 , wherein the at least one processor is configured to cause the NE to transmit configuration information including an indication of a PDCCH monitoring occasion for receiving the indication to skip the measurement.
20. 20 . The NE of claim 15 , wherein the indication to skip the measurement comprises one or more of PDCCH or downlink control information (DCI).

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to wireless communications, and more specifically to discontinuous reception (DRX) operation in wireless communications systems. BACKGROUND A wireless communications system may include one or multiple network communication devices, which may be otherwise known as network equipment (NE), supporting wireless communications for one or multiple user communication devices, which may be otherwise known as user equipment (UE), or other suitable terminology. The wireless communications system may support wireless communications with one or multiple user communication devices by utilizing resources of the wireless communication system (e.g., time resources (e.g., symbols, slots, subframes, frames, or the like) or frequency resources (e.g., subcarriers, carriers, or the like). Additionally, the wireless communications system may support wireless communications across various radio access technologies including third generation (3G) radio access technology, fourth generation (4G) radio access technology, fifth generation (5G) radio access technology, among other suitable radio access technologies beyond 5G (e.g., sixth generation (6G)). SUMMARY An article “a” before an element is unrestricted and understood to refer to “at least one” of those elements or “one or more” of those elements. The terms “a,” “at least one,” “one or more,” and “at least one of one or more” may be interchangeable. As used herein, including in the claims, “or” as used in a list of items (e.g., a list of items prefaced by a phrase such as “at least one of” or “one or more of” or “one or both of”) indicates an inclusive list such that, for example, a list of at least one of A, B, or C means A or B or C or AB or AC or BC or ABC (i.e., A and B and C). Also, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall not be construed as a reference to a closed set of conditions. For example, an example step that is described as “based on condition A” may be based on both a condition A and a condition B without departing from the scope of the present disclosure. In other words, as used herein, the phrase “based on” shall be construed in the same manner as the phrase “based at least in part on”. Further, as used herein, including in the claims, a “set” may include one or more elements. A UE for wireless communication is described. The UE may be configured to, capable of, or operable to perform one or more operations as described herein. For example, the UE may be configured to, capable of, or operable to receive an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and monitor physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement. A processor for wireless communication is described. The processor may be configured to, capable of, or operable to perform one or more operations as described herein. For example, the processor may be configured to, capable of, or operable to receive an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and monitor PDCCH during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement. A method performed or performable by a UE for wireless communication is described. The method may include receiving an indication to skip measurement for radio resource management, wherein the measurement is associated with a duration; and monitoring PDCCH during the duration based at least in part on the received indication to skip the measurement. In some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method described herein, the indication to skip the measurement includes an indication to skip a measurement gap, and indicates that the UE is to enable wireless communication during the duration. Some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method described herein, the UE, the processor, and the method may further be configured to, capable of, operable to, performed to, or performable to receive a timer configuration; and start (e.g., enable, activate, trigger) a timer in accordance with the received timer configuration and based at least in part on the indication to skip the measurement. In some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method described herein, the PDCCH is monitored further based at least in part on the timer. In some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method described herein, the timer is started (e.g., enabled, activated, triggered) at a first offset after the indication to skip the measurement. In some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method described herein, the timer configuration indicates the first offset. In some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method described herein, the timer includes a DRX inactivity timer. In some implementations of the UE, the processor, and the method de