US 12,069,628 B2
Control channel monitoring
Peter Alriksson, Horby (SE); Tai Do, Lund (SE); Reem Karaki, Aachen (DE); Gen Li, Beijing (CN); Amitav Mukherjee, Elk Grove, CA (US); and Yu Yang, Solna (SE)
Assigned to TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed by Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ), Stockholm (SE)
Filed on Sep. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/244,993.
Application 18/244,993 is a continuation of application No. 17/896,045, filed on Aug. 25, 2022, granted, now 11,765,704.
Application 17/896,045 is a continuation of application No. 16/631,433, granted, now 11,445,498, issued on Sep. 13, 2022, previously published as PCT/EP2018/068932, filed on Jul. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0129903 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 72/04 (2023.01); H04W 72/0446 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/0446 (2013.01) [H04L 5/0007 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for use in a User Equipment, said method comprising:
monitoring a control region of mini-slots before detecting a transmission;
detecting a start of the transmission by performing a physical downlink control channel decoding operation;
in response thereto, monitoring a control region of regular slots;
determining that the transmission has ended; and in response thereto,
monitoring the control region of mini-slots again.