US 12,408,176 B2
Communication system
Caroline Liang, London (GB); and Takahiro Sasaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/626,578
Filed by NEC Corporation, Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/028468
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 12, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/030412, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2012353 (GB), filed on Aug. 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0319830 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 72/23 (2023.01); H04L 27/26 (2006.01); H04W 72/231 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 72/23 (2023.01) [H04L 27/26025 (2021.01); H04W 72/231 (2023.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method performed by a user equipment (UE), the method comprising:
receiving, from an access network node, a Radio Resource Control (RRC) message including information indicating:
a slot unit G as a power of two;
a duration of consecutive slots Ts; and
a monitoring periodicity ks including the duration Ts and an unmonitoring duration ks-Ts; and
monitoring a physical downlink control channel at monitoring slots determined per G slots during the consecutive slots Ts of the duration.