US 12,425,969 B2
Terminal and communication method
Shohei Yoshioka, Tokyo (JP); and Satoshi Nagata, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/910,191
Filed by NTT DOCOMO, INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Mar. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/012530
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 3, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/186730, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 23, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0247554 A1, Aug. 3, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 52/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 52/0232 (2013.01) [H04W 52/028 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A terminal, comprising:
a transceiver that monitors an activation signal at a monitoring occasion periodically configured during DRX (Discontinuous Reception); and
a processor that determines, based on a monitoring result of the activation signal, whether or not to monitor a control signal transmitted from another terminal during DRX on-duration starting after passage of an offset period from a time point of the activation signal,
wherein in a case where the activation signal is transmitted from the other terminal, an RRC (Radio Resource Control) connection has been already established with the other terminal.