US 12,075,353 B2
Configurable power saving signal with multiple functionalities in 5G NR
Yuchul Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Wei Zeng, San Diego, CA (US); Haitong Sun, Irvine, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Jia Tang, San Jose, CA (US); Yang Li, Plano, TX (US); Zhu Ji, San Jose, CA (US); and Johnson O. Sebeni, Fremont, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 23, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/158,282.
Application 18/158,282 is a continuation of application No. 16/835,579, filed on Mar. 31, 2020, granted, now 11,564,167.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/827,810, filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/828,735, filed on Apr. 3, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0164693 A1, May 25, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08C 17/00 (2006.01); H04B 7/0413 (2017.01); H04L 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 74/00 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0216 (2013.01) [H04B 7/0413 (2013.01); H04L 5/0053 (2013.01); H04W 52/0206 (2013.01); H04W 74/006 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A user equipment device (UE), comprising:
at least one antenna;
at least one radio, wherein the at least one radio is configured to perform cellular communication using at least one radio access technology (RAT); and
one or more processors coupled to the at least one radio, wherein the one or more processors and the at least one radio are configured to perform voice and/or data communications;
wherein the one or more processors are configured to cause the UE to:
receive, from a base station, a configuration of a power saving signal via radio resource control (RRC) signaling, wherein the configuration indicates one or more functionalities of the power saving signal, wherein the power saving signal functions as a wake-up signal, and wherein, when the wake-up signal is not received, a discontinuous reception cycle (DRX) on-duration is skipped by the UE;
request, from the base station, a minimum gap value of a gap between a power saving signal monitoring occasion for the power saving signal and a start of the DRX on duration;
receive, from the base station, signaling configuring the gap;
monitor, from the base station before the DRX on-duration and during the power saving signal monitoring occasion, the power saving signal; and
interpret the power saving signal based on the configuration.