TW202110136A - Managing paging monitoring by a wireless device - Google Patents

Abstract

This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus, and computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for managing paging monitoring by a wireless device. In one aspect, the wireless device may receive a serving cell signal from a cell. The wireless device may determine a delay time based on the serving cell signal. The wireless device may monitor for the paging signal during the determined delay time. The wireless device may stop the monitoring for the paging signal upon or after expiration of the determined delay time. In some aspects, the wireless device may receive an indication of multiple paging signal monitoring occasions from the cell, which may include an indication of a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSBs) to be transmitted from the cell and a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions per SSB in a paging occasion.

Description

Manage paging monitoring by wireless devices

This patent application requests the right of priority to the Indian Provisional Application No. 201941028779 filed on July 17, 2019 and titled "Managing Paging Monitoring By A Wireless Device". The entire contents of the application are incorporated herein for all purposes.

In a nutshell, the content of this case relates to wireless devices, and more specifically, the content of this case relates to managing wireless devices to reduce the power consumption of wireless devices, while improving the performance of wireless devices in monitoring broadcast signals such as paging messages.

Devices using 5G New Radio (NR) technology can use unlicensed spectrum, such as unlicensed spectrum in the 5GHz and 6GHz bands. It is usually required that devices using unlicensed spectrum perform a listen before talk (LBT) procedure before transmitting on the channel to determine whether other devices are transmitting on the channel. For some broadcast signals (such as paging messages from wireless base stations), the LBT program requirements may reduce the probability of the target device successfully receiving such broadcast signals. To solve this problem, wireless devices can be configured to monitor paging messages for an increased amount of time or during a greater number of monitoring opportunities, for example, adding physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring for a given paging occasion The number of opportunities. However, monitoring the broadcast signal for substantially more time increases the power consumption of the wireless device.

The systems, methods, and equipment of this case each have several innovative aspects, none of which is solely responsible for the desired attributes disclosed in this article.

An innovative aspect of the subject matter described in the content of this case can be implemented in a wireless device. Some embodiments may include: receiving a serving cell signal from the cell; determining a delay time based on the serving cell signal; monitoring the paging signal during the determined delay time; and stopping monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires.

In some embodiments, receiving the service cell signal from the cell may include: receiving an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell. In this embodiment, receiving an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell may include: receiving from the cell the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) to be sent from the cell and the physical downlink per SSB in the paging occasion An indication of the number of monitoring opportunities for the channel control channel (PDCCH).

In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: determining the number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal; and determining the delay time based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: selecting the number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal; and determining the delay time based on the selected number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: identifying the type of the service cell signal received from the cell; and determining the delay time based on the type of the service cell signal.

In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: determining that the serving cell signal includes paging control information; and determining the delay time based on a determination that the serving cell signal includes paging control information. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and determining the delay time based on a determination that the service cell signal includes a COT structure indicator. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the decision that the service cell signal includes the COT structure indicator may include: determining whether the overlap between the remaining COT duration and the paging timing is less than the threshold; in response to the determination that the overlap is less than the threshold, The decision delay time includes the end of the paging occasion; and in response to the decision that the overlap is not less than the threshold, the decision delay time includes at most the remaining COT duration.

In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: deciding that the paging occasion overlaps with the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; deciding that the COT structure indicator does not indicate the downlink burst; and based on the paging The duration of the timing determines the delay time. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: determining the paging timing to overlap with the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and based on the overlap with the downlink burst indicated in the COT structure indicator The first paging signal monitors the timing to determine the delay time. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: determining the paging timing to overlap with the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and determining the delay in response to determining the paging timing to overlap with the uplink burst The time is essentially zero.

In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on a decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; deciding on the downlink Whether the overlap between the burst duration or channel occupation duration and the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than the threshold; and in response to determining the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration The overlap with the configured duration during SSB-based measurement is less than the threshold, and the delay time is determined to include the remaining part of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the decision that the service cell signal includes the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement; and based on and based on When measuring the amount of SSB, configure the number of paging signal monitoring occasions with non-overlapping duration to determine the delay time. In some embodiments, deciding the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration in the SSB-based measurement; and based on the synchronization The paging signal that occurs after the sequence of short pulses monitors the number of occasions to determine the delay time.

In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator may include: determining the paging timing and the uplink burst duration, the pause duration, or at least the flexible time slot duration. Whether the overlap of one item is greater than the threshold; and in response to the decision that the overlap is greater than the threshold, the decision delay time is substantially zero. In some embodiments, determining the delay time based on the decision that the service cell signal includes the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement; and based on and based on When measuring the amount of SSB, configure the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities where the symbols of the SSB timing of the duration do not overlap to determine the delay time.

Another innovative aspect of the subject matter described in the content of this case can be implemented in a wireless device. Some embodiments may include: a first interface configured to: obtain a service cell signal from the cell; and a processing system coupled to the first interface and configured to determine a delay time based on the service cell signal; Monitor the paging signal during the delay time; and stop monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires. In some embodiments, the first interface may also be configured to obtain an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: receive from the cell the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) to be sent from the cell and the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring timing of each SSB in the paging occasion The number of instructions.

In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine the number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal; and determine the delay time based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: select the number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal; and determine the delay time based on the selected number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: identify the type of the service cell signal received from the cell; and determine the delay time based on the type of the service cell signal. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine that the service cell signal includes paging control information; and determine the delay time based on the determination that the service cell signal includes paging control information.

In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine that the serving cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and determine the delay time based on a decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine whether the overlap between the remaining COT duration and the paging timing is less than a threshold; and in response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold, determining the delay time includes the end of the paging timing, or In response to the decision that the overlap is not less than the threshold, the decision delay time includes the remaining COT duration. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine that the paging timing overlaps with the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; determine that the COT structure indicator does not indicate the downlink burst; and based on the duration of the paging timing Time determines the delay time.

In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine the paging occasion to overlap with the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and based on the first overlap with the downlink burst indicated in the COT structure indicator The paging signal monitors the timing to determine the delay time. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: based on the COT structure indicator, determine the paging timing to overlap with the uplink burst; and in response to determining the paging timing to overlap with the uplink burst, determine that the delay time is substantially Is zero.

In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration based on the measurement of the synchronization signal block (SSB); determine the downlink burst duration or channel Whether the overlap between the occupation duration and the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than the threshold; and in response to determining the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the SSB-based measurement The overlap of the timing configuration duration is less than the threshold, and the delay time is determined to include the remaining part of the paging occasion.

In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement; and based on the non-overlapping configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement. The paging signal monitors the number of occasions to determine the delay time. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement; and monitor the timing based on the paging signal that occurs after the synchronization sequence short pulse. Quantity, to determine the delay time.

In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to determine whether the overlap between the paging timing and at least one of the uplink burst duration, pause duration, or flexible time slot duration is greater than the threshold; and In response to the decision that the overlap is greater than the threshold, the decision delay time is substantially zero. In some embodiments, the processing system may also be configured to: determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement; and based on the SSB timing with the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement The symbols do not overlap the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities to determine the delay time.

Another innovative aspect of the subject matter described in the content of this case can be implemented in a non-transitory processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon. The processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device to The processor performs various operations, some of which may include: receiving a service cell signal from the cell; determining a delay time based on the service cell signal; monitoring the paging signal during the determined delay time; and when the determined delay time expires Stop monitoring paging signals at or after. In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that receiving the service cell signal from the cell includes: receiving from the cell an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals. In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that receiving from the cell an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals may include: receiving from the cell and sending from the cell An indication of the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) and the number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions per SSB in the paging occasion.

In some embodiments, the stored processor executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations, so that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities based on the service cell signal ; And the delay time is determined based on the number of paging signal monitoring timings determined. In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: selecting the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities based on the serving cell signal ; And the delay time is determined based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring opportunities. In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: identifying the type of serving cell signal received from the cell; and The delay time is determined based on the type of service cell signal.

In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining that the service cell signal includes paging control information; and based on The service cell signal includes the decision of paging control information to determine the delay time. In some embodiments, the stored processor executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations, so that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining that the service cell signal includes a channel occupation time (COT) structure Indicator; and the delay time is determined based on the decision about the service cell signal including the COT structure indicator.

In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on a determination that the serving cell signal includes a COT structure indicator may include: determining the remaining COT duration Whether the overlap between time and paging timing is less than the threshold; and in response to the decision that the overlap is less than the threshold, the decision delay time includes the end of the paging timing, or in response to the decision that the overlap is not less than the threshold, the decision delay time includes the remaining COT duration . In some embodiments, the stored processor executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations, so that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining the paging timing and uplink based on the COT structure indicator Road bursts overlap; determine that the COT structure indicator does not indicate downlink bursts; and determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion.

In some embodiments, the stored processor executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations, so that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining the paging timing and uplink based on the COT structure indicator And the delay time is determined based on the monitoring timing of the first paging signal overlapping with the downlink burst indicated in the COT structure indicator. In some embodiments, the stored processor executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations, so that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: determining the paging timing and uplink based on the COT structure indicator Road short pulses overlap; and in response to determining that the paging timing overlaps with the uplink short pulses, the delay time is determined to be substantially zero.

In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on a determination that the serving cell signal includes a COT structure indicator may include: determining a COT structure indicator Whether it is received during the configuration duration based on the synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement; determines the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the SSB-based measurement configuration indicated in the COT structure indicator Whether the overlap of the duration is less than the threshold; and in response to determining whether the overlap of the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the configured duration based on the SSB measurement is less than the threshold, the delay time is determined to include the paging timing The remaining part.

In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on a determination that the serving cell signal includes a COT structure indicator may include: determining a COT structure indicator Whether the symbol is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement; and the delay time is determined based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement. In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on a determination that the serving cell signal includes a COT structure indicator may include: determining a COT structure indicator Whether the symbol is received during the configuration duration during the measurement based on the SSB; and the delay time is determined based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after the synchronization sequence short pulse.

In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations, so that determining the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: determining the paging timing and Whether the overlap of at least one of the uplink burst duration, the pause duration, or the flexible slot duration is greater than the threshold; and in response to the determination that the overlap is greater than the threshold, the delay time is determined to be substantially zero. In some embodiments, the stored processor-executable instructions may be configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on a determination that the serving cell signal includes a COT structure indicator may include: determining a COT structure indicator The delay time is determined based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the symbols of the SSB timing of the SSB timing configuration duration based on the SSB measurement.

Another innovative aspect of the subject matter described in the content of this case can be implemented in a wireless device. Some embodiments may include: a means for receiving a service cell signal from a cell; a means for determining a delay time based on a service cell signal; a means for monitoring a paging signal during the determined delay time; and a means for The means to stop monitoring paging signals when or after the determined delay time expires. In some embodiments, the means for receiving a service cell signal from the cell may include a means for receiving an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell. In some embodiments, the means for receiving an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell may include: receiving from the cell the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) to be sent from the cell and the number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) to be sent from the cell, SSB's physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) is a means of indicating the number of monitoring opportunities.

In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: a means for determining the number of paging signal monitoring timings based on the serving cell signal; and a method for determining the paging signal monitoring timing based on the determined paging signal monitoring timing. The quantity to determine the means of delay time. In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: a means for selecting the number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal; and a means for selecting the paging signal monitoring timing based on the selected paging signal. The quantity to determine the means of delay time. In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: means for identifying the type of the service cell signal received from the cell; and means for determining the delay time based on the type of the service cell signal means.

In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: a means for determining that the serving cell signal includes paging control information; and for determining based on the decision about the serving cell signal including paging control information Means of delay time. In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the service cell signal may include: a means for determining that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and a means for determining whether the service cell signal includes COT The determination of the structure indicator determines the means of delay time. In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the decision about the service cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: means for determining whether the overlap between the remaining COT duration and the paging occasion is less than a threshold; and It is used to respond to the determination that the overlap is less than the threshold and the delay time includes the end of the paging opportunity, or it is used to respond to the determination that the overlap is not less than the threshold and the delay time includes the remaining COT duration.

In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: a means for determining the overlap of the paging timing and the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and the means for determining whether the COT structure indicator is not overlapped. A means to indicate a short burst in the downlink; and a means to determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: a means for determining the overlap of the paging timing and the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and the means for determining the overlap of the paging timing and the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator The means for determining the delay time by monitoring the timing of the first paging signal overlapping the downlink short pulses indicated in the symbol. In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal may include: a means for determining the overlap of the paging timing and the uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and for responding to determining the paging timing It overlaps with the uplink short pulse and determines that the delay time is essentially zero.

In some embodiments, the means for deciding the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is based on the synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement The means for receiving during the configuration duration; the means used to determine whether the overlap between the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than the threshold value; And in response to determining that the overlap of the downlink burst duration or the channel occupation duration and the configured duration based on the SSB measurement is less than the threshold, the delay time is determined to include the remaining part of the paging occasion.

In some embodiments, the means for deciding the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement Means; and a means for determining the delay time based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement. In some embodiments, the means for deciding the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement Means; and a means for determining the delay time based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after the short pulse of the synchronization sequence.

In some embodiments, the means for determining the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: determining the paging timing and the uplink burst duration, pause duration, or flexible time. A means for determining whether the overlap of at least one of the slot durations is greater than a threshold value; and a means for determining whether the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold value. In some embodiments, the means for deciding the delay time based on the decision about the serving cell signal including the COT structure indicator may include: deciding whether the COT structure indicator is received during the configuration duration during SSB-based measurement Means; and a means for determining the delay time based on the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities that do not overlap with the symbols of the SSB timing of the configuration duration based on the SSB measurement.

The details of one or more implementations of the subject matter described in the content of this case are set forth in the accompanying drawings and the following description. Based on the description, drawings and the scope of the patent application, other features, aspects and advantages will become apparent. It should be noted that the relative dimensions of the following figure may not be drawn to scale.

For the purpose of describing the innovative aspects of the content of this case, the following description refers to certain embodiments. However, those skilled in the art will readily recognize that the teachings herein can be applied in many different ways.

The described embodiments can be used in any device, system, or network capable of transmitting and receiving radio frequency (RF) signals according to any standard in the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) 16.11 standard or any of the following Implementation: IEEE 802.11 standard, Bluetooth® standard, Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Frequency Division Multiple Access (FDMA), Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), GSM /General Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Enhanced Data GSM Environment (EDGE), Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA), Broadband-CDMA (W-CDMA), Evolutionary Data Optimization (EV-DO), 1xEV-DO, EV -DO Rev A, EV-DO Rev B, High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), High Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA), High Speed Uplink Packet Access (HSUPA), Evolutionary High Speed Packet Access (HSPA+) , Long-Term Evolution (LTE), AMPS, or others used for communication in wireless, cellular, or Internet of Things (IOT) networks (for example, systems using 3G, 4G, or 5G technologies, or other implementations thereof) signal.

The embodiments described herein provide methods for managing wireless devices to potentially reduce the power consumption of the wireless devices and thereby extend the operating duration of a single battery charge of the wireless devices, while also potentially Increase the time during which the wireless device can monitor the broadcast signal from the base station (such as signal delivery related to paging). In some embodiments, the wireless device can be enabled to perform procedures for managing paging monitoring by monitoring signals from cells of the communication network. In some embodiments, the wireless device may receive the service cell signal from the cell, and determine the delay time based on the service cell signal. In some embodiments, the wireless device may decide the delay time based on various decisions. The wireless device can use the delay time to determine the time to continue monitoring the signal transmission related to paging, and to determine when the wireless device can stop monitoring the signal transmission related to paging. In some embodiments, the wireless device may continue to monitor the paging signal during the determined delay time. In some embodiments, the wireless device may stop monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires.

In some embodiments, the wireless device may determine the number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal, and may determine the delay time based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, the paging signal monitoring timing may be the PDCCH monitoring/decoding timing. In some embodiments, the wireless device may select the number of paging signal monitoring occasions (including a predetermined number) based on the serving cell signal, and may determine the delay time based on the selected number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, the wireless device may determine the delay time based on various decisions (which are based on information in the serving cell signal).

The specific implementation of the subject matter described in the content of this case can be implemented to realize one or more of the following potential advantages. Various embodiments may enable wireless devices to reduce power consumption while increasing operations for monitoring signals related to paging. Various embodiments may also provide improvements to the functioning of the wireless device and the operation of the communication system in which the wireless device operates. Various aspects of the content of this case can also be used in other cellular operations such as connected mode discontinuous reception (DRX) to potentially reduce the power consumption of user equipment (UE), and also potentially increase the use of license-free The number of control channel transmission opportunities (TxOP) for channel access.

The term "wireless device" is used in this article to refer to any or all of the following: wireless router devices, wireless devices, cellular phones, smart phones, portable computing devices, personal or mobile multimedia players, Laptops, tablets, smart computers, palmtop computers, wireless email receivers, multimedia Internet-enabled cellular phones, wireless game controllers, wireless-enabled Internet of Things (IoT) devices ( Including large and small machines and electrical appliances for home or business purposes), wireless communication components in autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles, wireless devices fixed or incorporated into various mobile platforms, and memory, wireless communication components, and A similar electronic device with a programmable processor.

The term "system on a chip" (SOC) is used herein to refer to a single integrated circuit (IC) chip, which contains multiple resources or processors integrated on a single substrate. A single SOC can contain circuits for digital, analog, mixed signal, and radio frequency functions. A single SOC can also include any number of general-purpose or special-purpose processors (digital signal processors, modem processors, video processors, etc.), memory blocks (such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, etc.) and resources (such as Timers, voltage regulators, oscillators, etc.). The SOC can also include software for controlling integrated resources and processors, and for controlling peripheral devices.

The term "system-in-package" (SIP) may be used herein to refer to a single module or package, which includes multiple resources, computing units, cores, or processors on two or more IC chips, substrates, or SOCs. . For example, the SIP may include a single substrate on which a plurality of IC wafers or semiconductor dies are stacked in a vertical configuration. Similarly, SIP may include one or more multi-chip modules (MCM) on which multiple ICs or semiconductor dies are packaged into a unified substrate. SIP may also include multiple independent SOCs, which are coupled together via high-speed communication circuits and are tightly packaged together, such as on a single motherboard or in a single wireless device. The proximity of SOC promotes high-speed communication and the sharing of memory and resources.

The term "multi-core processor" may be used herein to refer to a single integrated circuit (IC) chip or chip package that contains two or more independent processing cores (such as a central Processing unit (CPU) core, Internet Protocol (IP) core, graphics processing unit (GPU) core, etc.). The SOC may include multiple multi-core processors, and each processor of the SOC may be referred to as a core. The term "multiprocessor" may be used herein to refer to a system or device that includes two or more processing units configured to read and execute program instructions.

FIG. 1 illustrates an example of a communication system 100 suitable for implementing various embodiments. The communication system 100 may be a 5G NR network or any other suitable network, such as an LTE network.

The communication system 100 may include a heterogeneous network architecture including a communication network 140 and various mobile devices (shown as wireless devices 120a-120e in FIG. 1). The communication system 100 may also include multiple base stations (shown as BS 110a, BS 110b, BS 110c, and BS 110d) and other network entities. A base station is an entity that communicates with wireless devices (mobile devices), and can also be called NodeB, LTE-evolved NodeB (eNB), access point (AP), radio head, transmit and receive point (TRP), new Radio base station (NR BS), 5G NodeB (NB), next-generation NodeB (gNB), etc. Each base station can provide communication coverage for a specific geographic area. In 3GPP, the term "cell" can refer to the coverage area of a base station, a base station subsystem serving the coverage area, or a combination thereof, depending on the context in which the term is used.

The base stations 110a-110d can provide communication coverage for macro cells, pico cells, femto cells, another type of cell, or a combination thereof. Macro cells can cover a relatively large geographic area (for example, several kilometers in radius), and can allow unrestricted access by mobile devices with service subscriptions. Pico cells can cover a relatively small geographic area and can allow unrestricted access by mobile devices with service subscriptions. A femto cell can cover a relatively small geographic area (for example, a residence), and may allow restricted access by mobile devices associated with the femto cell (for example, mobile devices in a closed user group (CSG)) access. The base station used for the macro cell can be referred to as a macro BS. The base station for pico cells can be called pico BS. The base station used for femto cells may be referred to as a femto BS or a home BS. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the base station 110a may be a macro BS for the macro cell 102a, the base station 110b may be a pico BS for the pico cell 102b, and the base station 110c may be a femto BS. Femto BS of cell 102c. The base stations 110a-110d can support one or more (for example, three) cells. The terms "eNB", "base station", "NR BS", "gNB", "TRP", "AP", "Node B", "5G NB" and "cell" are used interchangeably in this text.

In some instances, the cell may not be stationary, and the geographic area of the cell may move according to the location of the mobile base station. In some instances, the base stations 110a-110d can use any suitable transmission network to interconnect with each other and/or with the communication system via various types of backhaul interfaces (such as direct physical connections, virtual networks, or a combination thereof). One or more other base stations or network nodes (not shown) in 100 are interconnected.

The communication system 100 may also include a relay station (such as a relay BS 110d). A relay station is an entity that can receive data transmissions from upstream stations (for example, base stations or mobile devices) and send the data transmissions to downstream stations (for example, wireless devices or base stations). The relay station can also be a wireless device capable of relaying transmission for other mobile devices. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the relay station 110d can communicate with the macro base station 110a and the wireless device 120d to facilitate communication between the macro base station 110a and the wireless device 120d. Relay stations can also be called relay base stations, relay base stations, repeaters, and so on.

The communication system 100 may be a heterogeneous network including different types of base stations (for example, a macro base station, a pico base station, a femto base station, a relay base station, etc.). These different types of base stations may have different transmit power levels, different coverage areas, and different effects on interference in the communication system 100. For example, a macro base station may have a high transmit power level (for example, 5 to 40 watts), while a pico base station, a femto base station, and a relay base station may have a lower transmit power level (for example, 0.1 to 40 watts). 2 Watt).

The network controller 130 can be coupled to a group of base stations, and can provide coordination and control for these base stations. The network controller 130 can communicate with the base station via backloading. Base stations can also communicate with each other directly or indirectly, for example, via wireless or wired backhaul.

The mobile devices 120a, 120b, and 120c may be scattered throughout the communication system 100, and each wireless device may be stationary or mobile. Wireless devices can also be called access terminals, terminals, mobile stations, user units, stations, etc. The wireless devices 120a, 120b, 120c may be cellular phones (for example, smart phones), personal digital assistants (PDAs), wireless modems, wireless communication devices, handheld devices, laptop computers, wireless phones, wireless zone loops ( WLL) stations, tablet devices, cameras, gaming devices, small laptops, smart computers, ultrabooks, medical equipment or devices, biometric sensors/equipment, wearable devices (smart watches, smart clothing, smart glasses, smart Wristbands, smart jewelry (for example, smart rings, smart bracelets, etc.), entertainment equipment (for example, music or video equipment, or satellite radio units, etc.), vehicle parts or sensors, smart instruments/sensors, Industrial manufacturing equipment, global positioning system equipment, or any other suitable equipment configured to communicate via wireless or wired media.

The macro base station 110a can communicate with the communication network 140 over a wired or wireless communication link. The wireless devices 120a, 120b, and 120c can communicate with the base stations 110a-110d over the wireless communication link 122.

The wired communication link can use various wired networks (such as Ethernet, TV cable, telephone, optical fiber, and other forms of physical network connections), and the wired network can use one or more wired communication protocols (such as Ethernet). Network, point-to-point communication protocol, high-level data link control (HDLC), high-level data communication control protocol (ADCCP) and transmission control protocol/Internet protocol (TCP/IP)).

The wireless communication link may include multiple carrier signals, frequencies, or frequency bands, each of which may include multiple logical channels. The wireless communication link may utilize one or more radio access technologies (RATs). Examples of RATs that can be used in wireless communication links include 3GPP LTE, 3G, 4G, 5G (such as NR), GSM, code division multiple access (CDMA), wide frequency division code multiple access (WCDMA), global Interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX), time-sharing multiple access (TDMA) and other mobile phone communication technology cellular RAT. Other examples of RATs that can be used in one or more of the various wireless communication links in the communication system 100 include medium-range protocols (such as Wi-Fi, LTE-U, LTE Direct, LAA, MuLTEfire ) And relatively short-range RATs (such as ZigBee, Bluetooth, and Bluetooth Low Energy (LE)).

Some wireless networks (such as LTE) utilize orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) on the downlink and single carrier frequency division multiplexing (SC-FDM) on the uplink. OFDM and SC-FDM divide the system bandwidth into multiple (K) orthogonal sub-carriers. The multiple orthogonal sub-carriers are usually also called tones, frequency bands, and so on. The data can be used to modulate each sub-carrier. Generally, modulation symbols are transmitted using OFDM in the frequency domain and SC-FDM in the time domain. The interval between adjacent sub-carriers may be fixed, and the total number of sub-carriers (K) may depend on the system bandwidth. For example, the interval of the sub-carriers can be 15 kHz and the minimum resource configuration (referred to as "resource block") can be 12 sub-carriers (or 180 kHz). Therefore, for a system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 megahertz (MHz), the nominal fast file transfer (FFT) size can be equal to 128, 256, 512, 1024, or 2048, respectively. The system bandwidth can also be divided into sub-bands. For example, the sub-band can cover 1.08 MHz (that is, 6 resource blocks), and for a system bandwidth of 1.25, 2.5, 5, 10, or 20 MHz, there can be 1, 2, 4, 8, or 16 sub-bands, respectively. frequency band.

Although the description of some embodiments may use terms and examples associated with LTE technology, the various embodiments may be applicable to other wireless communication systems, such as New Radio (NR) or 5G networks. NR can utilize OFDM with cyclic prefix (CP) on the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL), and can include support for half-duplex operation using time division duplex (TDD). It can support a single component carrier bandwidth of 100 MHz. The NR resource block can span 12 sub-carriers with a sub-carrier bandwidth of 75 kHz within a duration of 0.1 millisecond (ms). Each radio frame can be composed of 50 sub-frames with a length of 10 ms. Therefore, each sub-frame can have a length of 0.2 ms. Each sub-frame can indicate the link direction (ie, DL or UL) used for data transmission, and the link direction for each sub-frame can be dynamically switched. Each sub-frame can include DL/UL data and DL/UL control data. It can support beamforming and can dynamically configure the beam direction. It can also support multiple input multiple output (MIMO) transmission with precoding. The MIMO configuration in DL can support up to eight transmit antennas, where multi-layer DL transmissions up to eight streams and each wireless device has up to two streams. It can support multi-layer transmission with up to two streams per wireless device. It can support the aggregation of multiple cells with up to eight service cells. Alternatively, NR can support different air interfaces other than OFDM-based air interfaces.

Some mobile devices can be considered as machine type communication (MTC) or evolved or enhanced machine type communication (eMTC) mobile devices. MTC and eMTC mobile devices include, for example, robots, drones, remote devices, sensors, meters, monitors, location tags, etc., which can interact with a base station, another device (for example, a remote device), or some other entity To communicate. The wireless node may, for example, provide a connection to a network (for example, a wide area network such as the Internet or a cellular network) or a connection to the network via a wired or wireless communication link. Some mobile devices can be considered as Internet of Things (IoT) devices or can be implemented as NB-IoT (Narrowband Internet of Things) devices. The wireless device 120 may be included in a housing that houses components of the wireless device 120 (such as a processor component, a memory component, the like, or a combination thereof).

Generally, any number of communication systems and any number of wireless networks can be deployed in a given geographic area. Each communication system and wireless network can support a specific RAT and can operate on one or more frequencies. RAT can also be called radio technology, air interface, etc. Frequency can also be called carrier, channel, etc. Each frequency can support a single RAT in a given geographic area in order to avoid interference between communication systems of different RATs. In some cases, NR or 5G RAT networks can be deployed.

In some instances, access to the air interface can be scheduled, where the scheduling entity (eg, base station) allocates resources for communication among some or all of the devices and devices in the service area or cell of the scheduling entity . The scheduling entity may be responsible for scheduling, assigning, reconfiguring, and releasing resources for one or more subordinate entities. That is, for the scheduled communication, the subordinate entity uses the resources allocated by the scheduling entity.

The base station is not the only entity that can be used as a scheduling entity. In some instances, the wireless device can be used as a scheduling entity, which schedules resources for one or more subordinate entities (eg, one or more other mobile devices). In this example, the wireless device is acting as a scheduling entity, and other mobile devices use the resources scheduled by the wireless device for wireless communication. Wireless devices can be used as scheduling entities in peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, mesh networks, or another type of network. In the mesh network instance, in addition to communicating with the scheduling entity, mobile devices can also optionally communicate directly with each other.

Therefore, in a wireless communication network with scheduled access to time-frequency resources and with cellular configuration, P2P configuration, and mesh configuration, the scheduling entity and one or more subordinate entities can use the scheduled resources to communicate .

In some embodiments, two or more mobile devices 120 (e.g., shown as wireless device 120a and wireless device 120e) can communicate directly using one or more sidelink channels (e.g., without Use the base station 110 as an intermediary to communicate with each other). For example, the mobile device 120 may use peer-to-peer (P2P) communication, device-to-device (D2D) communication, vehicle-to-everything (V2X) protocol (for example, it may include a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) protocol, a vehicle-to-base Facility (V2I) protocol or similar protocol), mesh network, or similar network, or a combination thereof for communication. In this case, the wireless device 120 may perform scheduling operations, resource selection operations, and other operations described elsewhere herein as being performed by the base station 110.

The base station and the wireless device can also communicate on a shared channel of a frequency band in which the wireless communication network does not schedule access to time-frequency resources. Known as an unlicensed channel or unlicensed band, multiple communication devices can transmit at any time when other devices are not using the channel/band. In order to avoid interference with other wireless devices using the channel/band, the base station or wireless device follows the listen before talk (LBT) procedure to monitor the channel/band for the signals sent by other wireless devices over a period of time, and If no other signal is detected during the LBT monitoring period, it can be sent.

In some embodiments, the base stations 110a-110d or the wireless devices 120a-120e may be configured to perform one or more techniques associated with the channel occupancy time (COT) structure indication in an idle state or a connected state. For example, the processor in the wireless device 120 may be configured to receive, from the base stations 110a-110d, a COT structure indicator (COT-SI) set that identifies a set of parameters for the COT of the mobile device. One COT-SI is decoded to determine at least one parameter in the COT parameter set, and communication with the base stations 110a-110d is performed according to the at least one parameter or based on decoding the at least one COT-SI.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e can receive COT table configuration information. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive residual minimum system information (RMSI) messages, and the RMSI messages are used to identify one or more smaller COT tables used when obtaining partial COT structure information. In this case, a COT table with a smaller size may be associated with a size smaller than the threshold (such as the number of entries less than the threshold, the number of bits less than the threshold, etc.). In this case, the RMSI message may include configuration information used to configure one or more COT tables, such as information used to identify entries for one or more COT tables, and information used to identify one or more COT tables. Information about the cascade of the rows of the table, etc. Additionally or alternatively, RMSI can also include PDCCH monitoring configuration, downlink channel information (DCI) format used to monitor COT-SI, the size of COT-SI PDCCH or DCI, and DCI used to identify row concatenation information The position of the bit, the information used to identify the number of bits in each row index, the information used to identify the number of cascading row indexes, other bit indicators for other signaled parameters, COT end symbol indicator, COT Pause start symbol indicator, COT pause end symbol indicator, information related to the triggered random access channel (RACH), CG-UL information, transmission volume category information, LBT information, COT acquisition information, etc. For example, the wireless device 120a-120e can determine the control resource set (CORESET), sub-band, broadband, search space set, aggregation level set and the corresponding number of candidates, radio network temporary identifier (RNTI), time domain, and monitoring COT-SI monitoring periodicity, monitoring offset, DCI length, etc., time slot format indicator (SFI) DCI, etc. In this case, as described in more detail herein, the idle mode wireless device 120 can decode COT-SI bits indicating one or more ordered entries of the first COT table and the second COT table. In contrast, the connected mode wireless devices 120a-120e can decode the COT-SI bits used for the first COT table, the second COT table, and the third COT table.

Additionally or alternatively, the wireless devices 120a-120e can determine other information about the COT structure. For example, when operating in an unlicensed band, the wireless devices 120a-120e may determine the COT duration. Additionally or alternatively, as described in more detail herein, the wireless device 120 may determine the concatenation of one or more rows of the COT table, CG-UL behavior, etc.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e can receive and decode the COT-SI set. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive the first COT-SI for identifying the index value for the first COT table, the second COT-SI for identifying the index value for the second COT table, and the second COT-SI for identifying the index value for the second COT table. The third COT-SI of the index value of the three COT table, etc. In this case, the COT-SI may be a bit indicator of the DCI received when monitoring the PDCCH. In some embodiments, the wireless device 120 may determine one or more parameters for communicating with the BS 120 based on the COT-SI set. For example, the wireless device 120 may determine the LBT type based on whether the transmission timing is inside or outside the acquired COT. In another example, the COT-SI can trigger or enable RACH opportunities within the acquired COT for the idle mode wireless devices 120a-120e to transmit RACH. In some embodiments, the first COT-SI may include information for identifying the following: COT end symbol, COT duration (which may be implemented as a remaining COT duration indicator), first COT pause start symbol, The first COT pause end symbol, the second COT pause start symbol, the second COT pause end symbol, etc. In this case, the first COT-SI can explicitly identify the remaining COT duration and the COT pause indicator in the DCI. In some cases, the information used to identify the position of the symbol (such as COT end symbol identifier, first COT pause start symbol identifier, first COT pause end symbol identifier, second COT pause start symbol identifier, second COT The pause end symbol identifier, etc.) can be indicated as an offset from the current position.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive and decode the COT-SI set based on the state of the wireless device. For example, the idle mode wireless devices 120a-120e can decode the COT-SI for the first COT table and the second COT table, and the connected mode wireless devices 120a-120e can decode the COT-SI for the first COT table, the second COT table, and the third COT table. The COT-SI of the table. In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive COT-SI via a single PDCCH. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive multiple bit indicators for multiple COT tables in a single PDCCH. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive multiple bit indicators via multiple PDCCHs associated with different frequency resources, time resources, monitoring periodicities, monitoring configurations, and the like.

In some embodiments, the COT-SI and the corresponding COT table may be arranged hierarchically. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive multiple indicators related to multiple COT tables, such as a set of three COT tables. In this case, because additional resources are available, the wireless devices 120a-120e can receive an increased amount of information related to the COT structure, instead of using a relatively large single resource to signal all the information related to the COT structure. News.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive multiple COT tables in different incremental stages. For example, the wireless device may receive the first COT table and the second COT table via RMSI, and may receive the third COT table after connection and via a wireless device-specific RRC message. In another example, the first COT table may be stored, and the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive the first part of the third COT table in the RMSI, and receive the third COT table in the wireless device-specific RRC after connection the second part. In this case, the first part of the third COT table may be the second COT table.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may determine a specific set of information related to the COT structure based on the first COT table. For example, regarding the first COT table, the wireless devices 120a-120e may decide whether each symbol of the time slot is inside or outside the COT, without indicating whether the symbol is used for UL or DL. In this case, the number of rows and entries of the first COT table may be relatively short, such as a set of 8 rows and a set of 14 columns, because the first COT table is configured via RMSI, which may be limited in size; however, , The wireless devices 120a-120e may receive an indicator for concatenating the set of row indexes via DCI. In this way, the wireless device 120 is enabled to receive a single COT-SI index for the first COT table, which identifies the COT structure for multiple upcoming time slots. As another example, the first COT table may indicate through a single row whether multiple time slots or symbols are inside or outside the COT.

In some embodiments, the wireless device 120 may combine the COT-SI information related to the first COT table with other COT information received together with the COT-SI or separated from the COT-SI to determine the COT structure. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e can receive COT duration indicator (which can be indicated using the remaining COT duration indicator), COT pause indicator, etc. in the DCI to correlate with the specific symbol or time slot within the COT It's still combining information outside of COT. In some embodiments, the COT pause indicator may indicate the start of the COT pause, the length of the COT pause, the end of the COT pause, and so on. In some embodiments, the COT pause indicator may use a specific identifier. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may interpret an external COT indicator ("O" or "Out") set between a plurality of internal COT indicators ("I" or "In") as a COT pause indicator. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device 120 may receive an explicit COT pause indicator (which may be represented as "P" or "Pause"), and the wireless device 120 may derive the COT start symbol and end symbol identifier of the COT pause based on it. Wait.

In some embodiments, the wireless device 120a-120e may receive the first COT-SI, the first COT-SI explicitly includes the COT end symbol or the COT duration indicator (which may be the remaining COT duration indicator), the COT pause start Symbol and COT end symbol. In this case, the wireless devices 120a-120e may not receive the first COT table.

Additionally or alternatively, regarding the second COT table, the wireless device 120a-120e can decide whether the time slot is: assigned for downlink ("D"), assigned for uplink ("U"), flexible Locally assigned ("F"), included in the COT suspension ("O" or "P"), etc. In this case, the second COT table provides part of the time slot information (such as providing one of the time slot level indicator, micro time slot level indicator, symbol group level indicator, etc.) instead of providing multiple indicator bits Accurate, thereby reducing resource utilization. In some embodiments, the second COT table may use each index to identify time slot assignments for multiple time slots but smaller than the entire COT. In this case, the wireless devices 120a-120e can receive COT-SI DCI to concatenate multiple row indexes to enable signaling of a larger part of the COT or the entire COT.

In some embodiments, the second COT table may be a truncation of the third COT table. For example, the second COT table may include a subset of the rows of the third COT table, such as the previous row or rows. In this way, the size limit for tables configured via RMSI can be observed. In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive COT-SI DCI for the second COT table, and the COT-SI DCI identifies rows that are not included in the second COT table, such as those that are larger than the second COT table. The index of the largest index. In this case, the wireless devices 120a-120e can determine that the time slot set is associated with a preset configuration assignment (such as an unknown assignment), and the wireless devices can communicate according to the preset configuration assignment. As another example, each row in the second COT table may include information for identifying the following: the length of COT duration, the number of DL time slots, the number of DL symbols, the number of flexible symbols, the number of UL symbols , The number of UL time slots, etc.

Additionally or alternatively, regarding the third COT table, the wireless devices 120a-120e may determine the entire COT structure at the sign level. For example, the third COT table may include information for identifying whether each symbol is assigned as a DL symbol, UL symbol, flexible symbol, etc. In some embodiments, the third COT table may be a time slot format combination table, which identifies the time slot format of symbols used to indicate the number of consecutive time slots. In some embodiments, the information derived from the third COT table may overwrite the information derived from the second COT table. For example, when the symbols are recognized as being flexibly assigned based on the second COT table, the wireless devices 120a-120e may decide the flexible assignment as the UL assignment based on the third COT table.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may be combined with COT-SI to receive other information. For example, the wireless device 120 may receive information for identifying the size of the DCI, information for identifying the position of a bit of the COT table index in the DCI, the number of concatenated rows of the COT table, and so on. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless device 120 may receive information for identifying the following: the current position relative to the beginning of the COT, the priority order of transmission volume of the COT, and whether the base station 110a-110d or another wireless device 120a-120e Obtained COT, dynamically triggered entity RACH (PRACH) resource information, dynamically triggered PRACH enable or trigger message, LBT type used for COT, CG-UL parameters, two-stage authorized resources and trigger information, etc.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may decide specific CG-UL behavior based on CG-UL parameters. For example, if the category type 4 LBT procedure is configured and the start of COT has not been detected, the wireless device 120 may decide to allow CG-UL. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless devices 120a-120e may cancel the CG-UL when it is detected that the COT has started but the COT-SI has not been received, the COT-SI has not been processed, and so on. Additionally or alternatively, if the scheduled authorization is not detected, the wireless devices 120a-120e can avoid canceling the CG-UL. Additionally or alternatively, when the wireless device 120a-120e is at the time inside the COT and detects and processes the COT-SI, the wireless device may cancel the CG-UL when the time slot is assigned for DL. Additionally or alternatively, the wireless devices 120a-120e may avoid cancellation of CG-UL when the time slot is assigned for UL, and may observe the signaled association with the CG-UL parameter when the time slot is assigned as a flexible time slot the behavior of.

In some embodiments, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive explicit SFI for each time slot of COT instead of receiving COT-SI. For example, the wireless devices 120a-120e may receive DCI for transmitting explicit SFI that indicates the time slot format used for the entire COT based on a stored table associated with the unlicensed spectrum frame structure. Based on the stored table being smaller than the slot format combination table, such as based on the unlicensed spectrum being associated with the maximum COT size smaller than the threshold, the number of bits used to signal the COT structure in the DCI is reduced. In this case, the wireless devices 120a-120e may determine that the DCI transmits an explicit SFI based on a bit indicator in the DCI, which indicates that the DCI transmits an explicit SFI instead of one or more COT-SI. In some embodiments, the DCI may signal a COT table, which includes symbols for time slots that are not in the COT. In some embodiments, the DCI may include an explicit COT duration indicator to enable the wireless devices 120a-120e to determine the length of the COT.

In some embodiments, the wireless device 120 can decode one or more COT-SI, and can communicate according to the COT structure identified by the one or more COT-SI. Each COT-SI may include information about the TXOP, such as the remaining COT duration, the start and length of the pause inside the TXOP, the DL or UL time slot indication of the time slot in the TXOP, the secondary frequency band usage indication of the TXOP, and so on.

Various embodiments may be implemented on multiple single-processor and multi-processor computer systems including system-on-chip (SOC) or system-in-package (SIP).

Figure 2 illustrates an example computing system or SIP 200 architecture that can be used in wireless devices implementing various embodiments.

1 and 2, the example SIP 200 shown includes two SOCs 202, 204, a clock 206, and a voltage regulator 208. In some embodiments, the first SOC 202 may be used as a CPU of a wireless device that executes instructions for executing software applications by performing arithmetic, logic, control, and input/output (I/O) operations specified by the instructions. In some embodiments, the second SOC 204 may be used as a dedicated processing unit. For example, the second SOC 204 may be used as a dedicated 5G processing unit, which is responsible for managing large-capacity, high-speed (such as 5 Gbps, etc.) or extremely high frequency and short-wavelength (such as 28 GHz mm wave spectrum, etc.) communications.

The first SOC 202 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) 210, a modem processor 212, a graphics processor 214, an application processor 216, and one or more auxiliary processing of one or more processors connected to the processors 218 (such as a vector auxiliary processor), memory 220, custom circuit 222, system components and resources 224, interconnect/bus module 226, one or more temperature sensors 230, thermal management unit 232, and thermal power Envelope (TPE) component 234. The second SOC 204 may include a 5G modem processor 252, a power management unit 254, an interconnect/bus module 264, a plurality of millimeter wave transceivers 256, a memory 258, and various additional processors 260, such as application processors , Packet Processor, etc.

Each processor 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260 may include one or more cores, and each processor/core may perform operations independently of other processors/cores. For example, the first SOC 202 may include a processor that executes a first type of operating system (such as FreeBSD, LINUX, OS X, etc.) and a processor that executes a second type of operating system (such as MICROSOFT WINDOWS 10). In addition, any one or all of the processors 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, and 260 may be included as a processor cluster architecture (such as a synchronous processor cluster architecture, an asynchronous or heterogeneous processor cluster architecture, etc.) a part of.

The first and second SOC 202, 204 may include various system components, resources, and custom circuits, which are used to manage sensor data, analog-to-digital conversion, wireless data transmission, and perform other specialized operations, such as decoding data packets and processing The encoded audio and video signals are presented in a web browser. For example, the system components and resources 224 of the first SOC 202 may include power amplifiers, voltage regulators, oscillators, phase-locked loops, peripheral bridges, data controllers, memory controllers, system controllers, access ports, and timers. And other similar components used to support processors and software clients running on wireless devices. The system components and resources 224 or the customized circuit 222 may also include circuits that interface with peripheral devices (such as cameras, electronic displays, wireless communication devices, external memory chips, etc.).

The first and second SOC 202 and 204 can communicate via the interconnect/bus module 250. Various processors 210, 212, 214, 216, 218 can be interconnected to one or more memory components 220, system components and resources 224, custom circuits 222, and thermal management unit 232 via interconnection/bus module 226 . Similarly, the processor 252 may be interconnected to the power management unit 254, the mm wave transceiver 256, the memory 258, and various additional processors 260 via the interconnection/bus module 264. The interconnect/bus module 226, 250, 264 may include an array of reconfigurable logic gates or implement a bus architecture (such as CoreConnect, AMBA, etc.). Communication can be provided via advanced interconnections such as high-performance network on chip (NoC).

The first or second SOC 202, 204 may also include an input/output module (not shown) for communicating with resources external to the SOC (such as a clock 206 and a voltage regulator 208). Resources external to the SOC (such as clock 206, voltage regulator 208) may be shared by two or more of the internal SOC processors/cores.

In addition to the example SIP 200 discussed above, various embodiments may be implemented in a wide variety of computing systems, which may include a single processor, multiple processors, multi-core processors, or any combination thereof.

FIG. 3 illustrates an example of a software architecture 300 that includes wireless communication between a base station 350 (such as base stations 110a-110d) and a wireless device 320 (such as any one of the wireless devices 120a-120e) The radio protocol stacking of the user plane and control plane in. Referring to FIGS. 1-3, the wireless device 320 may implement the software architecture 300 to communicate with the base station 350 of the communication system (such as 100). In various embodiments, the layers in the software architecture 300 may form logical connections with corresponding layers in the software of the base station 350. The software architecture 300 may be distributed among one or more processors (such as processors 212, 214, 216, 218, 252, 260). Although a radio protocol stack is described, in a multi-SIM (user identity module) wireless device, the software architecture 300 may include multiple protocol stacks, each of which may be associated with a different SIM ( Such as two protocol stacks respectively associated with two SIMs in a dual-SIM wireless communication device). Although described below with reference to the LTE communication layer, the software architecture 300 may support any of various standards and protocols for wireless communication, or may include an additional protocol stack that supports any of various standards and protocols for wireless communication.

The software architecture 300 may include a non-access stratum (NAS) 302 and an access stratum (AS) 304. The NAS 302 may include functions and protocols for supporting packet filtering, security management, mobility control, communication period management, and transmission volume and signal transmission between the SIM of the wireless device (such as the SIM 204) and its core network. The AS 304 may include functions and protocols that support communication between a SIM (such as the SIM 204) and a supported entity (such as a base station) that access the network. In particular, the AS 304 may include at least three layers (layer 1, layer 2, and layer 3), each of which may include various sublayers.

In the user and control plane, layer 1 (L1) of the AS 304 can be the physical layer (PHY) 306, which can supervise the function of transmitting or receiving on the air interface. Examples of such physical layer 306 functions may include cyclic redundancy check (CRC) attachment, coding blocks, scrambling and descrambling, modulation and demodulation, signal measurement, MIMO, and so on. The physical layer may include various logical channels, including PDCCH and physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH).

In the user and control plane, layer 2 (L2) of the AS 304 may be responsible for the link between the wireless device 320 and the base station 350 on the physical layer 306. In some embodiments, layer 2 may include a medium access control (MAC) sublayer 308, a radio link control (RLC) sublayer 310, and a packetized data convergence protocol (PDCP) sublayer 312, each of which is A logical connection that terminates at the base station 350 is formed.

In the control plane, layer 3 (L3) of AS 304 may include radio resource control (RRC) sublayer 3. Although not shown, the software architecture 300 may include additional layer 3 sub-layers and various upper layers above layer 3. In some embodiments, the RRC sublayer 313 may provide functions including broadcasting system information, paging, and establishing and releasing RRC signaling connections between the wireless device 320 and the base station 350.

In some embodiments, the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide uplink functions, including multiplexing between different radio bearers and logical channels, sequence number addition, switching data processing, integrity protection, encryption, and header compression. In the downlink, the PDCP sublayer 312 may provide functions including sequential delivery of data packets, duplicate data packet detection, integrity verification, decryption, and header decompression.

In the uplink, the RLC sublayer 310 can provide segmentation and concatenation of upper-layer data packets, retransmission of lost data packets, and automatic repeat request (ARQ). In the downlink, the function of the RLC sublayer 310 may include reordering of data packets to compensate for out-of-order reception, reassembly of upper-layer data packets, and ARQ.

In the uplink, the MAC sublayer 308 may provide functions including multiplexing between logical channels and transmission channels, random access procedures, logical channel prioritization, and hybrid ARQ (HARQ) operations. In the downlink, the MAC layer functions can include intracellular channel mapping, demultiplexing, discontinuous reception (DRX) and HARQ operations.

Although the software architecture 300 can provide functions for sending data via physical media, the software architecture 300 can also include at least one host layer 314 to provide data transmission services to various applications in the wireless device 320. In some embodiments, the application-specific functions provided by at least one host layer 314 may provide an interface between the software architecture and the general-purpose processor 206.

In some other embodiments, the software architecture 300 may include one or more higher logical layers (such as transmission, communication, presentation, application, etc.) that provide host layer functions. For example, in some embodiments, the software architecture 300 may include a network layer (such as an IP layer) where the logical connection terminates at a packet data network (PDN) gateway (PGW). In some embodiments, the software architecture 300 may include an application layer in which the logical connection terminates at another device (such as an end user device, server, etc.). In some embodiments, the software architecture 300 may also include a hardware interface 316 between the physical layer 306 and communication hardware (such as one or more RF transceivers) in the AS 304.

Figure 4 illustrates a block diagram of components of a system 400 configured to manage paging monitoring by a processor of a wireless device according to some embodiments. In some embodiments, the system 400 may include one or more computing platforms 402 or one or more remote platforms 404. Referring to FIGS. 1-4, the computing platform 402 may include base stations (such as base stations 110a-110d) or wireless devices (such as wireless devices 120a-120e, 200, 320). The remote platform 404 may include base stations (such as base stations 110a-110d) or wireless devices (such as wireless devices 120a-120e, 200, 320).

The computing platform 402 may be configured by machine-executable instructions 406. The machine executable instructions 406 may include one or more instruction modules. The instruction module may include a computer program module. The instruction module may include one or more of the following: paging signal monitoring module 408, cell signal receiving module 410, delay time determining module 412, quantity determining module 418, cell signal selecting module 420, type Identification module 422, cell signal determination module 424, processor determination module 426, overlap determination module 428, channel occupancy time structure indicator determination module 430, channel time system information determination module 432, downlink burst The duration determination module 434 or other command modules.

The paging signal monitoring module 408 may be configured to monitor the paging signal from the cells of the communication network (such as the base station 110), including monitoring up to a determined delay time.

The cell signal receiving module 410 may be configured to receive a service cell signal from the cell.

The delay time determining module 412 may be configured to determine the delay time based on the service cell signal. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring occasions (such as a predetermined number). In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the type of the serving cell signal. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on a decision regarding the serving cell signal including paging control information. In some embodiments, the delay time determination module 412 may be configured to determine that the delay time is substantially zero in response to the determination that the processor has identified the strongest beam of the cell. In some embodiments, the delay time may include the earlier of the following two: the successful decoding of the physical downlink shared channel scheduled by the paging control information, and the paging timing during which the paging control information is received the end. In some embodiments, the delay time may include the earlier of the following two: the successful decoding of the physical downlink shared channel scheduled by the paging control information, and the end of a predetermined number of paging signal monitoring opportunities. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on a decision that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time structure indicator, which indicates the overlap of the channel occupancy duration and the paging occasion. In some embodiments, in response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold, the delay time may include the end of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, in response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold, the delay time may include the remaining channel occupation duration.

In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the duration of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the first paging signal monitoring timing overlapping with the downlink short pulse indicated in the channel occupancy time structure indicator. In some embodiments, the delay time determining module 412 may be configured to determine that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the paging timing overlaps with the uplink burst. In some embodiments, the delay time determination module 412 may be configured to determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the delay time determination module 412 may be configured to determine the delay time based on the first paging signal monitoring timing overlapping with the downlink short pulse indicated in the channel occupation time structure indicator. In some embodiments, the delay time determining module 412 may be configured to determine that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the paging timing overlaps with the pause duration.

In some embodiments, in response to determining that the overlap between the downlink burst duration and the duration measured based on the synchronization signal block is less than the threshold, the delay time may include the remaining part of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration message based on the measurement of the synchronization signal block. In some embodiments, the delay time may be determined based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after the synchronization sequence short pulse.

In some embodiments, the number determination module 418 may be configured to determine the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities based on the serving cell signal.

In some embodiments, the cell signal selection module 420 may be configured to select a predetermined number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal.

In some embodiments, the type recognition module 422 may be configured to recognize the type of the service cell signal received from the cell.

In some embodiments, the cell signal determining module 424 may be configured to determine that the serving cell signal includes paging control information. In some embodiments, the cell signal determination module 424 may be configured to determine that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In some embodiments, the processor determination module 426 may be configured to determine whether the processor has identified the strongest beam of the cell based on the synchronization signal block.

In some embodiments, the overlap determination module 428 may be configured to determine whether the overlap between the remaining channel occupation duration and the paging occasion is less than a threshold.

In some embodiments, the channel occupancy time structure indicator determination module 430 may be configured to determine the overlap of the paging occasion and the uplink burst based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator. In some embodiments, the channel occupancy time structure indicator determination module 430 may be configured to determine the overlap of the paging timing and the pause duration based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator. In some embodiments, the channel time system information determination module 432 may be configured to determine that the channel occupancy time structure indicator does not indicate a downlink burst. In some embodiments, the channel time system information determination module 432 may be configured to determine whether the channel occupancy time structure indicator is received during the time duration based on the amount of the synchronization signal block.

In some embodiments, the downlink burst duration determination module 434 may be configured to determine the duration of the downlink burst indicated in the channel occupancy time structure indicator and the duration based on the amount of the synchronization signal block. Whether the time overlap is less than the threshold.

5A-5C illustrate a program flow diagram of an example method 500 for managing paging monitoring by a processor of a wireless device according to some embodiments. Referring to FIGS. 1-5C, the method 500 may be implemented by an apparatus of a wireless device, such as a processor (such as 212, 216, 252, or 260) of a wireless device (such as wireless devices 120a-120e, 200, 320).

In block 502, the processor may monitor paging signals from cells of the communication network. In some embodiments, the processor may monitor the paging signal during one or more paging occasions. FIG. 5B illustrates a paging frame 530 that may include multiple paging occasions 520-526, and each paging occasion 520-526 may include one or more paging signal monitoring occasions 528. The base station (such as the base stations 110a-110d) may send the paging signal one or more times during the paging occasion corresponding to the paging signal monitoring occasion. In some embodiments, the paging occasion may include one or more PDCCH monitoring occasions. In some embodiments, each paging signal monitoring occasion may be associated with a synchronization signal block (SSB) beam. In some embodiments, each paging signal monitoring occasion may be associated with a different SSB beam. In some embodiments, each paging signal monitoring opportunity may be continuous and may start within the paging frame. The paging frame can be determined based on the identity of the wireless device, and can be repeated every discontinuous reception cycle. In some embodiments, the base station may indicate to the wireless device which paging signal monitoring opportunity can be used as the first paging signal monitoring opportunity.

Figure 5C illustrates a paging occasion 544 that may include multiple time slots 550-556. Each time slot 550-556 may include one or more paging signal monitoring opportunities 540. In some embodiments, a base station (such as a gNB) may associate multiple beams (eg, beams 1, 2, 3, or 4) with a single paging signal monitoring occasion 540. For each beam, the base station can indicate multiple paging signal monitoring opportunities to the wireless device. For example, in some embodiments, the base station may indicate to the wireless device in a message (such as a system information block (SIB)-1 message or another suitable message) that the paging signal monitoring opportunity includes (S*X) consecutive PDCCH monitoring opportunities, where S represents the number of SSBs to be transmitted, and X represents the number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring opportunities per synchronization signal block (SSB) in the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the number S of SSBs to be sent can be determined according to the information in the SIB1 message (such as the ssb-PositionsInBurst information element). In some embodiments, the number X of PDCCH monitoring opportunities per SSB in the paging occasion may be indicated in the SIB1 message (such as in the nrofPDCCH-MonitoringOccasionPerSSB-InPO information element). Different beams may have overlapping paging signal monitoring opportunities. In some embodiments, the wireless device may only need to monitor the paging signal monitoring occasion associated with the beam that is the best beam for the wireless device. Area 546 illustrates the paging transmission 546 sent by the base station. For example, the base station may send a paging message for beam 1 in the third opportunity (time slot 550), and send a paging message for beam 2 in the fourth opportunity (time slot 552), and at the fifth opportunity (time slot 554) The paging message for beam 3 is sent in, and the paging message for beam 4 is sent in the 6th opportunity (time slot 556). If the best beam for the wireless device is beam 2, the wireless device can monitor paging occasion 2 to paging occasion 6. The wireless device will receive the paging message at the 4th opportunity (based on the above points, on beam 2).

In block 504, the processor may receive a service cell signal from the cell. In some embodiments, the serving cell signal may include paging control information, such as a PDCCH message identified by a paging radio network temporary identifier (P-RNTI). In some embodiments, the serving cell signal may include the aforementioned COT-SI message. In some embodiments, the P-RNTI can distinguish or identify one or more wireless devices used for the transmission of paging signals. As mentioned above, in some embodiments, the COT-SI can recognize the COT parameters for the wireless device to enable the wireless device to communicate with the base station.

In order to detect COT-SI messages, in addition to the paging message search space, the processor can also monitor the search space corresponding to the PDCCH (such as group common (GC)-PDCCH)). However, configuring such separate search spaces may increase the power consumption of wireless devices. To solve this problem, in some embodiments, the base station may be configured with a common search space for signal transmission and service cell signals related to paging. For example, the base station can configure a common search space for sending COT-SI messages and paging messages. Although the blind decoding performed by the wireless device may increase in order to successfully receive the COT-SI message, the overall power consumption will remain less than the power consumed by monitoring the respective search spaces.

In some embodiments, the processor may try to receive the serving cell signal in the paging search space. In this embodiment, the base station can send the service cell signal in the paging search space. Alternatively, the base station can use the PDCCH timing overlapping with the paging search space to send the serving cell signal.

In some embodiments, the base station may send P-RNTI messages (such as P-RNTI Downlink Channel Information (DCI)) that do not have an associated physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) message. In this embodiment, the P-RNTI DCI can indicate that no PDSCH messages are scheduled. In this embodiment, the processor may only monitor P-RNTI DCI or other appropriate information, so that no additional decoding by the processor is required. In some implementations, the base station may provide instructions on requesting to monitor the P-RNTI DCI or other suitable messages in the system information or other suitable messages. In some embodiments, such signal transmission from the base station to the wireless device can be used as a "go to sleep" message for paging monitoring operations performed by the wireless device.

In some embodiments, the processor may limit the monitoring of the service cell signal to the paging signal monitoring time. In some embodiments, the processor may monitor a predetermined number of serving cell signal occasions before the paging signal monitoring occasion. In this embodiment, the processor may determine the predetermined number of serving cell occasions based on the number of SSB beams. In some embodiments, the processor may determine that the predetermined number of serving cell opportunities is equal to the number of SSB beams.

In block 506, the processor may determine the delay time based on the service cell signal. In some embodiments, after receiving the service cell signal, the processor may continue to monitor the paging signal within the determined delay time. In some embodiments, the processor may stop monitoring the paging signal when the determined delay time expires or expires. In some embodiments, the processor can recognize the type of service cell signal received from the cell. For example, the processor may determine that the serving cell signal is a P-RNTI PDCCH message. As another example, the processor may determine that the serving cell signal is a COT-SI message. Examples of operations that the processor can perform to determine the delay time are further described below.

In block 508, the processor may continue to monitor the paging signal during the determined delay time.

In block 510, the processor may stop monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires.

6A and 6B illustrate a program flow diagram of example operations that can be performed as part of the method 500 to determine the delay time based on the serving cell signal, according to some embodiments. Referring to FIGS. 1-6B, example operations may be implemented by means of a wireless device, such as a processor of a wireless device (such as wireless devices 120, 200, 320).

Referring to FIG. 6A, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 602, the processor may determine the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities based on the serving cell signal. In some embodiments, the processor may recognize the type of service cell signal received from the cell. For example, the processor may determine that the serving cell signal is a P-RNTI PDCCH message. As another example, the processor may determine that the service cell signal is a COT-SI message.

In block 604, the processor may determine the delay time based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. For example, after receiving the P-RNTI PDCCH message, the processor may determine the delay time as X number of PDCCH monitoring opportunities. As another example, after receiving the COT-SI message, the processor may determine the delay time as Y number of PDCCH monitoring opportunities. In some embodiments, the processor may determine the delay time based on the type of the serving cell signal. In some embodiments, the value of X may be substantially zero (ie, immediately stop paging monitoring). In some embodiments, the values of X and Y can be expressed in absolute time units. In some embodiments, the processor may determine the value of Y based on the COT-SI indication that the base station has higher priority data that the base station will send via paging at the beginning of the COT.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

6B, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 606, the processor may select a predetermined number of paging signal monitoring occasions based on the serving cell signal.

In block 608, the processor may determine the delay time based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring occasions (which may be a predetermined number).

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Figures 7A-7C illustrate a program flow diagram of example operations 702, 704, 706 that can be performed as part of the method 500 to determine a delay time based on a serving cell signal, according to some embodiments. 1-7C, example operations may be implemented by means of a wireless device, such as a processor of a wireless device (such as wireless devices 120, 200, 320).

In some embodiments, the processor may decide that the P-RNTI has been received, and the processor may substantially immediately stop monitoring the paging occasion (ie, X=0). In some embodiments, the processor may also determine whether the processor has successfully received or decoded the PDSCH message scheduled using the P-RNTI PDCCH message.

7A and operation 702, in some embodiments after the operation of block 608 (FIG. 6B), in block 720, the processor may determine whether the processor has identified the strongest beam of the cell based on the synchronization signal block (SSB) .

In block 722, in response to determining that the processor has identified the strongest beam of the cell, the processor may determine that the delay time is substantially zero.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

7B and operation 704, in some embodiments after the operation of block 608 (FIG. 6B), in block 724, the processor may determine that the delay time includes the earlier of the following two: using the P-RNTI PDCCH row The successful physical downlink shared channel decoding of the process and the end of the paging opportunity during which paging control information is received.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

7C and operation 706, in some embodiments following the operation of block 608 (FIG. 6B), in block 726, the processor may determine that the delay time includes the earlier of the following two: using the P-RNTI PDCCH row The process of successful physical downlink shared channel decoding and the end of a predetermined number of paging signal monitoring opportunities. In some embodiments, the predetermined number of paging signal monitoring occasions may be based on the number of beams provided by the base station. In some embodiments, the predetermined number of paging signal monitoring occasions may be one less than the number of beams provided by the base station (such as the number of beams at N=gNB-1).

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Figures 8A-8M illustrate a program flow diagram of example operations that can be performed as part of the method 500 to determine a delay time based on a serving cell signal, according to some embodiments. 1-8J, example operations may be implemented by means of a wireless device, such as a processor of a wireless device (such as wireless devices 120, 200, 320).

Referring to FIG. 8A, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 802, the processor may determine whether the overlap of the remaining channel occupation duration and the paging occasion is less than the threshold. In some embodiments, the threshold value may be a number of time units (such as a number of milliseconds). In some embodiments, the threshold may be the number of paging signal monitoring occasions (for example, PDCCH monitoring occasions). Other threshold types may also be possible.

In block 804, the processor may, in response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold, determine that the delay time includes the end of the paging occasion.

In block 806, the processor may, in response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold, determine that the delay time is the remaining channel occupation duration. In some embodiments, the processor may, in response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold, determine that the delay time is less than or equal to the remaining channel occupation duration (or at most, the remaining channel occupation duration).

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8B, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 808, the processor may determine the paging occasion to overlap the uplink burst based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In block 810, the processor may determine that the channel occupancy time structure indicator does not indicate a downlink burst.

In block 812, the processor may determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the processor may decide not to monitor the paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps with the uplink burst. In some embodiments, even if the channel occupancy structure indicator indicates a downlink burst, the processor may determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8C, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 814, the processor may determine the paging occasion to overlap the uplink burst based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In block 816, the processor may determine the delay time based on the first paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps the downlink burst indicated in the channel occupancy time structure indicator. Alternatively, the processor may determine the delay time regardless of the timing of the paging signal monitoring overlapped with the uplink short pulse. In some embodiments, the processor may decide not to monitor the paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps with the uplink burst.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8D, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 818, the processor may determine the paging occasion to overlap the uplink burst based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In optional block 820, the processor may determine whether the duration of the overlap is greater than a threshold value.

In response to determining that the duration of overlap is not greater than the threshold (ie, optional decision block 820 = "No"), in optional decision block 821, the processor may determine whether the channel occupation time structure indicator indicates a downlink Short pulse.

In response to determining that the channel occupancy time structure indicator does not indicate a downlink burst (ie, optional decision block 821 = "No"), the processor may perform the operation of block 808 (FIG. 8B).

In response to determining that the channel occupancy time structure indicator does indicate a downlink burst (ie, optional decision block 821 = "Yes"), the processor may perform the operation of block 814 (FIG. 8C).

In some embodiments, the processor may perform the operation of block 808 in response to determining that the duration of overlap is not greater than the threshold (ie, optional decision block 820 = “No”). In some embodiments, the processor may perform the operation of block 814 in response to determining that the duration of overlap is not greater than the threshold (ie, optional decision block 820 = “No”).

After the operation of block 818, or alternatively in response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold (ie, optional decision block 820 = "Yes"), in block 822, the processor may respond to determining paging timing and uplink The overlap of short pulses determines that the delay time is essentially zero.

In some embodiments, the value of the threshold value may be substantially zero, and in block 822, the processor may determine that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the paging occasion overlaps the uplink burst.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8E, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 824, the processor may determine that the paging occasion overlaps the pause duration based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In block 826, the processor may determine that the channel occupancy time structure indicator does not indicate a downlink burst.

In block 828, the processor may determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion. In some embodiments, the processor may decide not to monitor the paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps with the pause duration. In some aspects, even if the channel occupancy structure indicates a downlink burst, the processor may determine the delay time based on the duration of the paging occasion.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8F, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 830, the processor may perform operations including determining the overlap of the paging occasion and the pause duration based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In block 832, the processor may perform an operation including determining a delay time based on the monitoring timing of the first paging signal overlapping with the downlink burst indicated in the channel occupancy time structure indicator. Alternatively, the processor may decide the delay time regardless of the paging signal monitoring timing overlapping with the pause duration. In some embodiments, the processor may decide not to monitor the paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps with the pause duration.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8G, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 834, the processor may determine that the paging occasion overlaps the pause duration based on the channel occupancy time structure indicator.

In block 836, the processor may determine that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the paging timing overlaps with the pause duration.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8H, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 838, the processor may determine whether the channel occupancy time structure indicator is to configure the duration period based on the amount of the synchronization signal block. Received.

In block 840, the processor may determine whether at least one of the downlink burst duration or the channel occupation duration indicated in the channel occupation time structure indicator is less than the threshold value.

In block 842, the processor may, in response to determining that at least one of the downlink burst duration or the channel occupation duration is less than the threshold, determine that the delay time includes the remaining part of the paging occasion.

In some embodiments, the value of the threshold value may be substantially zero. In some embodiments, the value of the threshold value may be based on the number of SSB beams (such as the number of SSB beams provided by the base station).

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8I, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 844, the processor may determine whether the channel occupancy time structure indicator is to configure the duration period based on the amount of the synchronization signal block. Received.

In block 846, the processor may determine the delay time based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configured duration based on the measurement of the synchronization signal block. In some embodiments, the processor may monitor the paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps with the configured duration based on the measurement of the synchronization signal block.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8J, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 848, the processor may determine whether the channel occupancy time structure indicator is to configure the duration period based on the amount of the synchronization signal block. Received.

In block 850, the processor may determine the delay time based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after the synchronization sequence short pulse duration. In some embodiments, the processor may monitor the paging signal monitoring timing that overlaps with the configured duration based on the measurement of the synchronization signal block. In some embodiments, the processor may determine the synchronization sequence burst duration based on the duration for transmitting the SSB corresponding to all downlink beams of the serving cell. For example, if the serving cell has four downlink beams and can transmit two beams per time slot, the synchronization sequence short pulse duration includes two time slots.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8K, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 852, the processor may determine the paging occasion to overlap with the flexible time slot based on the channel occupation time structure indicator.

In block 854, the processor may determine the delay time based on the number of paging occasions that do not overlap with the flexible time slot. In some embodiments, the processor may monitor the timing of the paging signal that overlaps with the flexible time slot. In some embodiments, the processor may determine the delay time by considering the monitoring timing of the paging signal overlapping with the flexible time slot. In some embodiments, the processor may not monitor the timing of the paging signal that overlaps with the flexible time slot. In some embodiments, the processor may determine the delay time regardless of the timing of the paging signal monitoring overlapping with the flexible time slot. For example, the processor may determine that the delay time is N paging signal monitoring opportunities, and the processor may not regard the paging signal monitoring opportunities overlapping with the flexible time slot as part of the N paging signal monitoring opportunities.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8L, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 856, the processor may determine the paging timing and the uplink burst duration, pause duration, or flexible slot duration. Whether the overlap of at least one item of is greater than the threshold. In some embodiments, the threshold may be a number of time units (eg, a number of milliseconds). In some embodiments, the threshold may be the number of paging signal monitoring opportunities (such as PDCCH monitoring opportunities). Other threshold types may also be possible.

In block 858, the processor may determine that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Referring to FIG. 8M, in some embodiments after the operation of block 504 (FIG. 5A), in block 860, the processor may determine whether the channel occupancy time structure indicator is to configure the duration period based on the amount of the synchronization signal block. Received.

In block 862, the processor may determine the delay time based on the number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the symbols of the synchronization signal block timing of the configuration duration based on the amount of the synchronization signal block. In some embodiments, the processor may monitor the paging signal monitoring opportunity that overlaps with the symbol of the synchronization signal block timing of the configured duration based on the measurement of the synchronization signal block.

Subsequently, the processor may perform the operations of block 508 (FIG. 5A).

Figure 9 illustrates a block diagram of the components of an example network computing device 900 (such as a base station) suitable for use in various implementations. Such a network computing device may include at least the components shown in FIG. 9. 1-9, the network computing device 900 may generally include a processor 901 coupled to a volatile memory 902 and a large-capacity non-volatile memory (such as a disk drive 903). The network computing device 900 may also include peripheral memory access devices, such as a floppy disk drive, compact disk (CD) or digital video disk (DVD) drive 906 coupled to the processor 901. The network computing device 900 may also include a network access port 904 (or interface) coupled to the processor 901, which is used to establish a connection with a network (such as the Internet or a local area network coupled to other system computers and servers). ) Data link. The network computing device 900 may include one or more antennas 907 for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation that may be connected to a wireless communication link. The network computing device 900 may include additional access ports for coupling to peripheral devices, external memory, or other devices, such as USB, Firewire, Thunderbolt, and the like.

Figure 10 illustrates a block diagram of components of an example wireless device 1000 suitable for use in various embodiments. In various embodiments, the wireless device 1000 may be similar to the wireless devices 120, 200, and 320 shown in FIGS. 1-3. The wireless device 1000 may include a first SOC 202 (such as an SOC-CPU) that is coupled to a second SOC 204 (such as a 5G capable SOC). The first SOC 202 and the second SOC 204 may be coupled to the internal memories 1006, 1016, the display 1012, and the speaker 1014. In addition, the wireless device 1000 may include an antenna 1004 for transmitting and receiving electromagnetic radiation, which may be connected to a wireless data link or a cellular telephone transceiver coupled to one or more processors in the first SOC 202 or the second SOC 204机1008. The wireless device 1000 usually also includes a function table selection button or rocker switches 1020 for receiving user input.

The wireless device 1000 also includes a sound encoding/decoding (CODEC) circuit 1010, which digitizes the sound received from the microphone into a data packet suitable for wireless transmission, and decodes the received sound packet to generate an analog signal, the analog signal Supplied to speakers to produce sound. In addition, one or more of the processors in the first SOC 202 and the second SOC 204, the wireless transceiver 1008, and the CODEC 1010 may include a digital signal processor (DSP) circuit (not shown respectively).

The processors of the network computing device 900 and the wireless device 1000 can be any programmable microprocessor, microcomputer, or one or more multi-processor chips, which can be configured by software instructions (applications) to perform various functions, including The functions of the various embodiments are described below. In some mobile devices, multiple processors may be provided, such as one processor in the SOC 204 dedicated to wireless communication functions, and one processor in the SOC 202 dedicated to executing other applications. Generally, the software application can be stored in the memory 1006, 1016 before it is accessed and loaded into the processor. The processor may include internal memory sufficient to store application software instructions.

As used in this case, the terms "component", "module", "system", etc. are intended to include computer-related entities, such as but not limited to hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or running Software that is configured to perform specific operations or functions. For example, the component may be, but is not limited to: a program, a processor, an object, an executable file, an executing thread, a program, or a computer executed on the processor. By way of illustration, both the application executing on the wireless device and the wireless device can be referred to as components. One or more components may be located in an executing program or thread, and the components may be located on one processor or core or distributed between two or more processors or cores. In addition, these components can be executed from various non-transitory computer-readable media having various commands or data structures stored thereon. Components can communicate via local or remote programs, functions or program dialing, electronic signals, data packets, memory read/write, and other known communication methods related to networks, computers, processors, or programs .

Many different cellular and mobile communication services and standards are available or anticipated in the future, all of which can be realized and benefit from various implementations. Such services and standards include, for example, the third-generation partnership project (3GPP), long-term evolution (LTE) system, third-generation wireless mobile communication technology (3G), fourth-generation wireless mobile communication technology (4G), and fifth-generation Wireless Mobile Communication Technology (5G), Global System for Mobile Communication (GSM), Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), 3GSM, Universal Packet Radio Service (GPRS), Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) systems (such as cdmaOne, CDMA1020TM) , Enhanced GSM Evolution Data Rate (EDGE), Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS), Digital AMPS (IS-136/TDMA), Evolution Data Optimization (EV-DO), Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications (DECT) , Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN), Wi-Fi Protected Access I and II (WPA, WPA2) and Integrated Digital Enhanced Network (iDEN). Each of these technologies involves, for example, the sending and receiving of voice, data, signal transmission or content information. It should be understood that unless specifically stated in the language of the patent application, any references to terms or technical details related to individual telecommunications standards or technologies are for illustrative purposes only, and are not intended to limit the scope of the patent application. For a specific communication system or technology.

Various embodiments provide improved methods, systems, and devices for obtaining protection of communications in a communication system (and particularly communications between base stations and wireless devices). Various embodiments provide improved methods, systems, and devices for protecting physical layer signal transfer in a communication system, such as signals provided in PDCCH and PDSCH.

Various embodiments enable the wireless device to reduce the occurrence of malfunctions in the called program of the mobile station. Various embodiments provide improvements to the operation of the wireless device and the operation of the communication system in which the wireless device operates.

As used herein, phrases referring to "at least one of" a list of items refer to any combination of their items, including individual members. As an example, "at least one of a, b, or c" is intended to encompass: a, b, c, a-b, a-c, b-c, and a-b-c.

The various illustrative logics, logic blocks, modules, circuits, and algorithm programs described in combination with the implementations disclosed in this article can be implemented as electronic hardware, computer software, or a combination of the two. The interchangeability of hardware and software has been described as a whole around functions and illustrated in the above-mentioned various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and programs. As for whether this function is implemented as hardware or software, it depends on the specific application and the design constraints imposed on the entire system.

The hardware and data processing devices used to implement various illustrative logics, logic blocks, modules, and circuits described in combination with the various aspects disclosed herein can utilize general-purpose single-chip or multi-chips designed to perform the functions described herein. Chip processor, digital signal processor (DSP), special application integrated circuit (ASIC), field programmable gate array (FPGA) or other programmable logic device, individual gate or transistor logic device, individual hardware components Or any combination thereof. A general-purpose processor may be a microprocessor or any general processor, controller, microcontroller, or state machine. The processor can also be implemented as a combination of computing devices, such as a combination of a DSP and a microprocessor, multiple microprocessors, a combination of one or more microprocessors and a DSP core, or any other such configuration. In some embodiments, specific procedures and methods may be executed by circuits specific to a given function.

In one or more aspects, the described functions can be implemented in hardware, digital electronic circuits, computer software, firmware (including the structures disclosed in this specification and their structural equivalents), or any combination thereof. The subject embodiment described in this specification can also be implemented as one or more computer programs encoded on a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium for execution by the data processing device or for controlling the operation of the data processing device , That is, one or more modules of computer program instructions.

If implemented in software, the functions of the various embodiments can be stored as one or more instructions or codes in a computer-readable medium or transmitted therethrough. The program of the method or algorithm disclosed herein can be implemented in a processing executable software module that can be resident on a computer readable medium. Computer-readable media includes both computer storage media and communication media. The communication media includes any media that can be implemented to transfer computer programs from one place to another. The storage medium can be any available non-transitory storage medium that can be accessed by a computer. By way of example and not limitation, such computer-readable media can include RAM, ROM, EEPROM, CD-ROM or other optical disk storage, magnetic disk storage or other magnetic storage devices, or can be used to implement commands or data structures Store the desired code and any other media that can be accessed by the computer in the form of. In addition, any connection can be appropriately referred to as a computer-readable medium. As used in this article, floppy disks and optical discs include compact discs (CD), laser discs, optical discs, digital versatile discs (DVD), floppy discs, and Blu-ray discs. Disks usually copy data magnetically, while optical discs use Lasers are used to optically copy data. The above combination should also be included in the scope of computer readable media. In addition, the operations of methods or algorithms can be resident on machine-readable media and computer-readable media as any one or any combination or collection of codes and instructions. The machine-readable media and computer-readable media can be Incorporated into computer program products.

In one or more aspects, the functions described may be implemented by a processor, which may be coupled to a memory. The memory may be a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions executable by the processor. The memory can store the operating system, user application software, or other executable commands. The memory can also store application data, such as array data structures. The processor can write information to and read information from the memory. The memory can also store commands associated with one or more protocol stacks. The protocol stack usually includes computer-executable instructions to achieve communication using radio access protocols or communication protocols.

The term "component" is intended to include computer-related parts, functions, or entities (such as but not limited to hardware, firmware, a combination of hardware and software, software, or software in progress) that are configured to perform specific operations Or function. For example, the component may be, but is not limited to: a program, a processor, an object, an executable file, an executing thread, a program, or a computer executed on the processor. By way of illustration, both the application executed on the computing device and the computing device may be referred to as components. One or more components may be located in a program or thread of execution, and the components may be located on one processor or core or distributed between two or more processors or cores. In addition, these components can be executed from various non-transitory computer-readable media having various commands or data structures stored thereon. Components can communicate via local or remote programs, functions or program dialing, electronic signals, data packets, memory read/write, and other communication methods related to computers, processors, or programs.

Various modifications to the embodiments described in the content of this case will be obvious to those skilled in the art, and the general principles defined herein can be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the content of this case. Therefore, the patent scope of this case is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown in this article, but to conform to the broadest scope consistent with the content of this case, the principles and novel features disclosed in this article.

Certain features described in this specification in the context of separate embodiments can also be implemented in combination in a single embodiment. Conversely, various features described in the context of a single embodiment can also be implemented in multiple embodiments separately or in any appropriate combination of subgroups. In addition, although the above may describe features as functioning in certain combinations and even as originally claimed as such, in some cases, one or more features from the claimed combination may be removed from the combination, and The claimed combination may involve a combination of subgroups or a variant of the combination of subgroups.

Similarly, although operations are illustrated in a specific order in the figures, this should not be understood as requiring such operations to be performed in the specific order or sequential order shown, or performing all the operations shown to achieve the desired the result of. Further, the drawings may schematically illustrate one or more example programs in the form of flowchart diagrams. However, other operations that are not illustrated may be incorporated in the schematically illustrated example program. For example, one or more additional operations may be performed before, after, at the same time, or in between any of the operations described. In some cases, multiplexing and parallel processing may be advantageous. In addition, the separation of the various system components in the above-described embodiments should not be understood as requiring such separation in all embodiments, but it should be understood that the described program components and systems can generally be used together. Integrated in a single software product, or packaged as multiple software products. In addition, other implementations are within the scope of the appended claims. In some cases, the actions recorded in the request can be executed in a different order and still achieve the desired result.

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Figure 1 illustrates a block diagram of an example communication system.

Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram of the components of an example computing system.

Figure 3 illustrates a block diagram of the components of an example software architecture that includes a radio protocol stack for the user and control planes in wireless communications.

Figure 4 illustrates a block diagram of the components of an example system configured to manage paging monitoring by a processor of a wireless device.

Figure 5A illustrates a program flow diagram of an example method for managing paging monitoring by a processor of a wireless device.

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Figures 7A-7C illustrate a program flow diagram of example operations that may be performed as part of a method for managing paging monitoring by a processor of a wireless device.

Figures 8A-8M illustrate program flow diagrams of example operations that may be performed as part of a method for managing paging monitoring by a processor of a wireless device.

Figure 9 illustrates a block diagram of the components of an example network computing device.

Figure 10 illustrates a block diagram of the components of an example wireless device.

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A method for managing paging monitoring performed by a device of a wireless device includes the following steps: Receive a service cell signal from a cell; Determine a delay time based on the service cell signal; Monitoring a paging signal during the determined delay time; and Stop monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires. The method according to claim 1, wherein receiving the serving cell signal from the cell includes: receiving an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell. The method according to claim 2, wherein receiving an indication of the monitoring timing of the plurality of paging signals from the cell includes: receiving from the cell a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) to be sent from the cell and a paging timing In each SSB, the physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitors an indication of a number of occasions. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Determine a quantity of paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and The delay time is determined based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Select a quantity of paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and The delay time is determined based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring occasions. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Identify a type of the service cell signal received from the cell; and The delay time is determined based on the type of the service cell signal. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Determine that the service cell signal includes paging control information; and The delay time is determined based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes paging control information. The method according to claim 1, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Determine that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and The delay time is determined based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Determine whether an overlap between a remaining COT duration and a paging occasion is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold, determining that the delay time includes an end of the paging occasion; or In response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time includes the remaining COT duration. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; Decide that the COT structure indicator does not indicate a short burst of downlink links; and The delay time is determined based on a duration of the paging occasion. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; and The delay time is determined based on a first paging signal monitoring timing overlapping with the downlink short pulse indicated in the COT structure indicator. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes: Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; and In response to determining that the paging timing overlaps the uplink burst, it is determined that the delay time is substantially zero. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a measurement configuration duration based on a synchronization signal block (SSB); Determine whether the overlap between the downlink short pulse duration or channel occupation duration and the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap of the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the configured duration of the SSB-based measurement is less than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time includes a remaining part of a paging occasion. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after a synchronization sequence short pulse. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Determine whether the overlap of at least one of a paging occasion and an uplink burst duration, a pause duration, or a flexible time slot duration is greater than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time is substantially zero. The method according to claim 8, wherein determining the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the symbols of the SSB occasions of the configuration duration in the SSB-based measurement. A device for a wireless device, including: A first interface configured to: obtain a service cell signal from a cell; and A processing system coupled to the first interface and configured to: Determine a delay time based on the service cell signal; Monitoring a paging signal during the determined delay time; and Stop monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires. The device according to claim 18, wherein the first interface is also configured to obtain an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell. The device according to claim 19, wherein the first interface is also configured to: obtain from the cell a number of synchronization signal blocks (SSB) to be sent from the cell and a physical downlink per SSB in a paging occasion An indication of a quantity of control channel (PDCCH) monitoring opportunities. According to the device of claim 18, the processing system is also configured as: Determine a quantity of paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and The delay time is determined based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. According to the device of claim 18, the processing system is also configured as: Select a quantity of paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and The delay time is determined based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring occasions. According to the device of claim 18, the processing system is also configured as: Identify a type of the service cell signal received from the cell; and The delay time is determined based on the type of the service cell signal. According to the device of claim 18, the processing system is also configured as: Determine that the service cell signal includes paging control information; and The delay time is determined based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes paging control information. According to the device of claim 18, the processing system is also configured as: Determine that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and The delay time is determined based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Determine whether an overlap between a remaining COT duration and a paging occasion is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold, determining that the delay time includes an end of the paging occasion; or In response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time includes the remaining COT duration. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; Decide that the COT structure indicator does not indicate a short burst of downlink links; and The delay time is determined based on a duration of the paging occasion. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; and The delay time is determined based on a first paging signal monitoring timing overlapping with the downlink short pulse indicated in the COT structure indicator. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; and In response to determining that the paging timing overlaps the uplink burst, it is determined that the delay time is substantially zero. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Decide whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement; Determine whether an overlap of the downlink short pulse duration or channel occupation duration and the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap of the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the configured duration of the SSB-based measurement is less than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time includes a remaining part of a paging occasion. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after a synchronization sequence short pulse. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Determine whether an overlap between a paging occasion and at least one of an uplink burst duration, a pause duration, or a flexible slot duration is greater than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time is substantially zero. According to the device of claim 25, the processing system is also configured as: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the symbols of the SSB occasions of the configuration duration in the SSB-based measurement. A non-transitory processor-readable medium having processor-executable instructions stored thereon, the processor-executable instructions being configured to cause a wireless device processor to perform operations, the operations including: Receive a service cell signal from a cell; Determine a delay time based on the service cell signal; Monitoring a paging signal during the determined delay time; and Stop monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that receiving the service cell signal from the cell includes: The cell receives an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 36, wherein receiving the indication of the monitoring timing of the plurality of paging signals from the cell includes: receiving from the cell the synchronization signal block (SSB) to be sent from the cell An indication of a number and a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions per SSB in a paging occasion. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes : Determine a quantity of paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and The delay time is determined based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes : Select a quantity of paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and The delay time is determined based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring occasions. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes : Identify a type of the service cell signal received from the cell; and The delay time is determined based on the type of the service cell signal. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes : Determine that the service cell signal includes paging control information; and The delay time is determined based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes paging control information. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 35, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that determining the delay time based on the service cell signal includes : Determine that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and The delay time is determined based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the COT structure indication is included based on the signal regarding the serving cell The decision of the symbol to determine the delay time includes: Determine whether an overlap between a remaining COT duration and a paging occasion is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold, determining that the delay time includes an end of the paging occasion; or In response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time includes the remaining COT duration. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the delay time is determined based on the service cell signal includes : Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; Decide that the COT structure indicator does not indicate a short burst of downlink links; and The delay time is determined based on a duration of the paging occasion. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the delay time is determined based on the service cell signal includes : Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; and The delay time is determined based on a first paging signal monitoring timing overlapping with the downlink short pulse indicated in the COT structure indicator. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the delay time is determined based on the service cell signal includes : Based on the COT structure indicator, it is determined that a paging occasion overlaps with an uplink burst; and In response to determining that the paging timing overlaps the uplink burst, it is determined that the delay time is substantially zero. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the COT structure indication is included based on the signal regarding the serving cell The decision of the symbol to determine the delay time includes: Decide whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement; Determine whether an overlap of the downlink short pulse duration or channel occupation duration and the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap of the downlink burst duration or channel occupation duration and the configured duration of the SSB-based measurement is less than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time includes a remaining part of a paging occasion. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the COT structure indication is included based on the signal regarding the serving cell The decision of the symbol to determine the delay time includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the COT structure indication is included based on the signal regarding the serving cell The decision of the symbol to determine the delay time includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after a synchronization sequence short pulse. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the COT structure indication is included based on the signal regarding the serving cell The decision of the symbol to determine the delay time includes: Determine whether an overlap between a paging occasion and at least one of an uplink burst duration, a pause duration, or a flexible slot duration is greater than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold, it is determined that the delay time is substantially zero. The non-transitory processor-readable medium according to claim 42, wherein the stored processor-executable instructions are configured to cause the wireless device processor to perform operations such that the COT structure indication is included based on the signal regarding the serving cell The decision of the symbol to determine the delay time includes: Determine whether the COT structure indicator is received during a configuration duration in SSB-based measurement; and The delay time is determined based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the symbols of the SSB occasions of the configuration duration in the SSB-based measurement. A wireless device including: Means for receiving a service cell signal from a cell; Means for determining a delay time based on the service cell signal; Means for monitoring a paging signal during the determined delay time; and A means for stopping monitoring the paging signal when or after the determined delay time expires. The wireless device according to claim 52, wherein the means for receiving the serving cell signal from the cell includes: a means for receiving an indication of the timing of monitoring multiple paging signals from the cell. The wireless device according to claim 53, wherein the means for receiving the indication of the monitoring timing of the plurality of paging signals from the cell includes: receiving from the cell a synchronization signal block (SSB) to be sent from the cell A number and an indication means of a number and a number of physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) monitoring occasions per SSB in a paging occasion. The wireless device according to claim 52, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: A number of means for determining the timing of paging signal monitoring based on the service cell signal; and A means for determining the delay time based on the determined number of paging signal monitoring occasions. The wireless device according to claim 52, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: A number of means for selecting paging signal monitoring timing based on the service cell signal; and A means for determining the delay time based on the number of selected paging signal monitoring occasions. The wireless device according to claim 52, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: A type of means for identifying the service cell signal received from the cell; and A means for determining the delay time based on the type of the service cell signal. The wireless device according to claim 52, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: The means used to determine that the service cell signal includes paging control information; and A means for determining the delay time based on the decision regarding the serving cell signal including paging control information. The wireless device according to claim 52, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: Means for determining that the service cell signal includes a channel occupancy time (COT) structure indicator; and A means for deciding the delay time based on the decision that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the determination that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Means for determining whether an overlap between a remaining COT duration and a paging occasion is less than a threshold; and A means for determining that the delay time includes an end of the paging occasion in response to determining that the overlap is less than the threshold; or A means for determining that the delay time includes the remaining COT duration in response to determining that the overlap is not less than the threshold value. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: A means for determining the overlap of a paging occasion and an uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; The means used to determine that the COT structure indicator does not indicate a short pulse on the downlink; and A means for determining the delay time based on a duration of the paging occasion. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: Means for determining the overlap of a paging occasion with an uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and A means for determining the delay time based on the monitoring timing of a first paging signal overlapping with the downlink short pulse indicated in the COT structure indicator. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the serving cell signal includes: Means for determining the overlap of a paging occasion with an uplink burst based on the COT structure indicator; and A means for determining that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the paging timing overlaps the uplink burst. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the determination that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: It is used to determine whether the COT structure indicator is a means to be received during a configuration duration based on a synchronization signal block (SSB) measurement; A means for determining whether an overlap between the downlink short pulse duration or channel occupation duration and the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement indicated in the COT structure indicator is less than a threshold; and In response to determining that the overlap between the downlink burst duration or channel occupancy duration and the configured duration of the SSB-based measurement is less than the threshold, determining that the delay time includes a remaining part of a paging occasion s method. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the determination that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: It is used to determine whether the COT structure indicator is a means to be received during the configuration duration of an SSB-based measurement; and A means for determining the delay time based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the configuration duration of the SSB-based measurement. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the determination that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: It is used to determine whether the COT structure indicator is a means to be received during the configuration duration of an SSB-based measurement; and A means for determining the delay time based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that occur after a short pulse in a synchronization sequence. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the determination that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: Means for determining whether an overlap of at least one of a paging occasion and an uplink burst duration, a pause duration, or a flexible time slot duration is greater than a threshold; and A means for determining that the delay time is substantially zero in response to determining that the overlap is greater than the threshold value. The wireless device according to claim 59, wherein the means for determining the delay time based on the determination that the serving cell signal includes the COT structure indicator includes: It is used to determine whether the COT structure indicator is a means to be received during the configuration duration of an SSB-based measurement; and A means for determining the delay time based on a number of paging signal monitoring occasions that do not overlap with the symbols of the SSB timing of the configuration duration in the SSB-based measurement.

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