Method and apparatus for discontinuous reception of connected terminal in a mobile communication system

• US 10,206,245 B2
• Filed: 06/13/2017
• Issued: 02/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/28/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Soeng-Hun, Kwak, No-Jun, Van Lieshout, Gert-Jan, Vander Velde, Himke
• Primary Examiner(s): Mehra, Inder P
• Application Number:
  US15/621,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20170280500A1
• Time in Patent Office: 609 Days
• Field of Search: 370311, 370329, 370318, 370332, 370338, 370236, 370241, 370315, 370437, 455522, 4553432, 455418, 455572, 455574
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/16 in which the return channel carries supervisory signals, e.g. repetition request signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0216 using a pre-established activity schedule, e.g. traffic indication frame
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0235 where the received signal is a power saving command
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/0446 Resources in time domain, e.g. slots or frames
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/23 in the downlink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards a terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/28 Discontinuous transmission [DTX]; Discontinuous reception [DRX]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A method and apparatus for controlling an active time period in a mobile communication system. The method includes transitioning to an active state from a sleep state; extending an active time of the active state, if control data indicating a transmission of new user data is received on a control channel; receiving a control signal indicating a termination of the active time; and transitioning to the sleep state from the active state, based on the control signal.

Claims

1. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

receiving, from a base station, information related to a starting position of an active state and information related to a length of a first timer;

deriving the starting position of the active state based on the information related to the starting position;

starting the first timer set to the length of the first timer and entering the active state at the derived starting position;

extending the active state, in response to control data indicating a new transmission of user data being received on a control channel; and

terminating the active state, based on a control signal indicating a termination of the active state and a second timer for extending the active state.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the active state is terminated by the expiration of the second timer.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the active state is terminated in response to the control signal indicating the termination of the active state being received.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising monitoring the control channel during the active state in which at least one of the first timer or the second timer is running.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second timer is started while the first timer is running.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the active state is extended by restarting the second timer, while the second timer is running.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the control channel includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

8. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

a receiver; and

a controller configured to;

receive, from a base station, through the receiver, information related to a starting position of an active state and information related to a length of a first timer,

derive the starting position of the active state based on the information related to the starting position,

starting the first timer set to the length of the first timer and entering the active state at the derived starting position,

extend the active state, if control data indicating a new transmission of user data is received on a control channel, and

terminate the active state, based on a control signal indicating a termination of the active state, the first timer, and a second timer for extending the active state.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller further is configured to terminate the active state by the expiration of the first timer, if the control data indicating the new transmission of user data and the control signal indicating the termination of the active state are not received.

10. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller further is configured to terminate the active state by the expiration of the second timer, if the control data indicating the new transmission of user data is received and the control signal indicating the termination of the active state is not received.

11. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller further is configured to terminate the active state, if the control signal indicating the termination of the active state is received.

12. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller further is configured to monitor the control channel during the active state in which at least one of the first timer or the second timer is running.

13. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second timer is started while the first timer is running.

14. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the controller is further configured to extend the second timer, if the control data indicating the new transmission of the user data is received on the control channel while the second timer is running.

15. The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

16. A method for wireless communication, the method comprising:

transmitting, by a base station, to a user equipment, information related to a starting position of an active state; and

transmitting, by the base station, to the user equipment, control data on a control channel, the control data indicating a new transmission of user data,

wherein a first timer is started at the starting position of the active state, and

wherein the active state is extended, in response to the control data indicating the new transmission of the user data being received by the user equipment on the control channel, and

wherein the active state is terminated by the user equipment based on a control signal indicating a termination of the active state and a second timer for extending the active state.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the active state is terminated by the expiration of the second timer.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the active state is terminated in response to the control signal indicating the termination of the active state being received by the user equipment.

19. The method of claim 16, further comprising transmitting data packets to the user equipment during the active state in which at least one of the first timer or the second timer is running.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the second timer is started while the first timer is running.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the second timer is started, while the second timer is running.

22. The method of claim 16, wherein the control channel includes a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).

23. An apparatus for wireless communication, the apparatus comprising:

a transmitter; and

a controller configured to;

transmit, to a user equipment, through the transmitter, information related to a starting position of an active state, and

transmit, to the user equipment, through the transmitter, on a control channel, control data indicating a new transmission of user data,

wherein a first timer is started at the starting position of the active state, and

wherein the active state is extended, if the control data indicating a new transmission of the user data is received by the user equipment on the control channel, and

wherein the active state is terminated by the user equipment based on a control signal indicating a termination of the active state, the first timer, and a second timer for extending the active state.

24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the active state is terminated by the expiration of the first timer, if the control data indicating the new transmission of user data and the control signal indicating the termination of the active state are not received by the user equipment.

25. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the active state is terminated by the expiration of the second timer, if the control data indicating the new transmission of user data is received by the user equipment and the control signal indicating the termination of the active state is not received by the user equipment.

26. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the active state is terminated, if the control signal indicating the termination of the active state is received by the user equipment.

27. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the controller further is configured to transmit the user data to the user equipment during the active state in which at least one of the first timer or the second timer is running.

28. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the second timer is started while the first timer is running.

29. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein the second timer is extended, if the control data indicating the new transmission of the user data is received by the user equipment on the control channel while the second timer is running.

30. The apparatus of apparatus 23, wherein the control channel comprises a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH).