US 12,232,142 B2
System and method for physical downlink control channel monitoring based on user equipment capability in dual connectivity
Hamid Saber, San Diego, CA (US); and Jung Hyun Bae, San Diego, CA (US)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/366,214.
Application 18/366,214 is a continuation of application No. 17/029,853, filed on Sep. 23, 2020, granted, now 11,723,035.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/033,193, filed on Jun. 1, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0413280 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 8/24 (2009.01); H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 8/24 (2013.01); H04W 72/51 (2023.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
reporting capability information indicating a first set of one or more pairs and a second set of one or more tuples, wherein each pair of the first set indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring that the UE is capable of supporting, and each tuple of the second set indicates a combination of serving cells configured for per-slot and per-span monitoring that the UE is capable of supporting in each of a master cell group (MCG) and a secondary cell group (SCG);
receiving, in response to the capability information, a first pair of values for the MCG and a second pair of values for the SCG, wherein a first value in each of the first and second pairs of values is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-slot monitoring, and a second value in each of the first and second pairs of values is a maximum number of serving cells configured for per-span monitoring;
determining, for each of the MCG and the SCG, a monitored candidate limit per slot based on the first value in each of the first and second pairs of values; and
determining, for each of the MCG and the SCG, a monitored candidate limit per span based on the second value in each of the first and second pairs of values.