US 12,439,472 B2
Receiving data without monitoring control channel
Sarma V. Vangala, Campbell, CA (US); Dawei Zhang, Saratoga, CA (US); Fangli Xu, Beijing (CN); Haijing Hu, Los Gatos, CA (US); Murtaza A. Shikari, Mountain View, CA (US); Sethuraman Gurumoorthy, San Ramon, CA (US); Srirang A. Lovlekar, Fremont, CA (US); Wei Zeng, Saratoga, CA (US); Yuchul Kim, San Jose, CA (US); Yuqin Chen, Beijing (CN); and Zhibin Wu, Los Altos, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Appl. No. 17/759,930
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
PCT Filed Feb. 12, 2020, PCT No. PCT/CN2020/074917
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 2, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/159327, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0069465 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 76/27 (2018.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 72/1273 (2023.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)
CPC H04W 76/27 (2018.02) [H04W 52/0216 (2013.01); H04W 52/0229 (2013.01); H04W 72/1273 (2013.01); H04W 72/21 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
at a user equipment (UE) that is connected to a network:
executing an application that receives data from the network;
transmitting UE assistance information to the network, wherein the UE assistance information corresponds to a traffic pattern for the data that is received from the network for the application;
entering a radio resource control (RRC) inactive state; and
receiving the data from the network while in the RRC inactive state without monitoring a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).