US 11,743,917 B2
Control channel for UE power saving
Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, CA (US); Yang Li, Plano, TX (US); Zhu Ji, San Jose, CA (US); Yuchul Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Haijing Hu, Beijing (CN); Xiangying Yang, Cupertino, CA (US); and Li Su, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/536,303.
Application 17/536,303 is a continuation of application No. 16/834,908, filed on Mar. 30, 2020, granted, now 11,212,790.
Application 16/834,908 is a continuation of application No. 15/923,078, filed on Mar. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,609,700, issued on Mar. 31, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/567,155, filed on Oct. 2, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/520,347, filed on Jun. 15, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0086814 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 84/04 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04W 52/0209 (2013.01); H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 76/28 (2018.02); H04W 84/042 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment device (UE) in a wireless communication network, the UE comprising:
wireless communication circuitry configured to communicate with a base station;
processor circuitry configured to cause the UE to:
receive, from the base station, via the wireless communication circuitry, on a downlink channel of a first bandwidth part (BWP), a downlink control message indicating the UE will discontinue monitoring the downlink channel for communications until an end of a duration of time, wherein the downlink control message is received prior to a start of a first connected discontinuous reception (C-DRX) cycle, wherein the duration of time includes an on duration of the first C-DRX cycle, wherein the downlink control message includes an indication for the UE to monitor a downlink channel of a second BWP after the end of the duration of time, the second BWP being different than the first BWP; and
discontinue monitoring of the downlink channel until the end of the duration of time, wherein the discontinuing monitoring is in response to receiving the downlink control message.