US 11,812,431 B2
Methods and apparatus for monitoring DL communication with timing offsets
Ayan Sengupta, San Diego, CA (US); Alberto Rico Alvarino, San Diego, CA (US); Xiao Feng Wang, San Diego, CA (US); Liangping Ma, San Diego, CA (US); Le Liu, Fremont, CA (US); Bharat Shrestha, San Diego, CA (US); Peter Gaal, San Diego, CA (US); Jun Ma, San Diego, CA (US); and Umesh Phuyal, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed by QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,399.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,410, filed on Aug. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0053531 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/1273 (2023.01); H04L 1/1812 (2023.01); H04L 1/1867 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 84/06 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/1273 (2013.01) [H04L 1/1819 (2013.01); H04L 1/1896 (2013.01); H04W 72/0446 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01); H04W 84/06 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for wireless communication at a user equipment (UE), comprising:
memory; and
at least one processor coupled to the memory, the at least one processor and the memory configured to:
receive, from a non-terrestrial network (NTN) base station (BS) in a first downlink (DL) slot or subframe, a DL communication configured to trigger an uplink (UL) communication starting in a first UL slot or subframe; and
monitor for other DL communications from the NTN BS in at least a subset of DL slots or subframes between the first DL slot or subframe and a second DL slot or subframe that is time-aligned with the first UL slot or subframe based on the DL communication being from the NTN base station.