Load power consumption management in discontinuous reception
First Claim
1. A method implemented by a particular user equipment (UE) that is part of a group of UEs, the method characterized by:
- receiving physical layer group signaling sent from a base station over a control channel on a first carrier;
determining, based on the group signaling, whether data will be transmitted by the base station to a UE in the group during a current discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle over a second carrier that is different from the first carrier; and
based on the determining, entering a DRX sleep mode for the rest of the DRX cycle at an earlier time than is configured for the DRX cycle.
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Abstract
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a method is implemented by a particular user equipment (UE) that is part of a group of UEs. The particular UE receives physical layer group signaling sent from a base station over a control channel on a first carrier. The particular UE determines, based on the group signaling, whether data will be transmitted by the base station to a UE in the group during a current DRX cycle over a second carrier that is different from the first carrier. Depending on the outcome of the determining, the particular UE performs one of the following: entering a DRX sleep mode for the rest of the DRX cycle; and starting or restarting a DRX inactivity timer of the particular UE and monitoring the control channel until the DRX inactivity timer expires.
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20 Claims
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1. A method implemented by a particular user equipment (UE) that is part of a group of UEs, the method characterized by:
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receiving physical layer group signaling sent from a base station over a control channel on a first carrier; determining, based on the group signaling, whether data will be transmitted by the base station to a UE in the group during a current discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle over a second carrier that is different from the first carrier; and based on the determining, entering a DRX sleep mode for the rest of the DRX cycle at an earlier time than is configured for the DRX cycle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 19, 20)
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10. A particular user equipment (UE) that is configured to be part of a group of UEs, the particular UE characterized by:
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a receiver circuit configured to receive physical layer group signaling sent from a base station over a control channel on a first carrier; and one or more processing circuits configured to; determine, based on the group signaling, whether data will be transmitted by the base station to a UE in the group during a current discontinuous reception (DRX) cycle over a second carrier that is different from the first carrier; and based on the determination, enter a DRX sleep mode for the rest of the DRX cycle at an earlier time than is configured for the DRX cycle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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