18202749. EXPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)

EXPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Organization Name

Apple Inc.

Inventor(s)

Hong He of San Jose CA (US)

Dawei Zhang of Saratoga CA (US)

Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian of San Diego CA (US)

Jie Cui of San Jose CA (US)

Wei Zeng of Saratoga CA (US)

Ankit Bhamri of Bad Nauheim (DE)

Haitong Sun of Cupertino CA (US)

Chunhai Yao of Beijing (CN)

Chunxuan Ye of San Diego CA (US)

Huaning Niu of San Jose CA (US)

EXPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS - A simplified explanation of the abstract

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18202749 titled 'EXPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Simplified Explanation

The patent application describes a system and method for power saving operations in a wireless network using a network-controlled repeater (NCR). The NCR can receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format with an offset indication in a single Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity. The NCR determines an On-Off Pattern (OOP) within K slots based on the offset indication and communicates with a base station or user equipment (UE) based on this determination. The Off-State of the NCR is the default, and the offset indication identifies the duration of the On-State of the NCR starting at a specific OFDM symbol.

• The patent application focuses on power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in a wireless network.
• The NCR receives a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format with an offset indication in a single Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity.
• Based on the offset indication, the NCR determines an On-Off Pattern (OOP) within K slots.
• The NCR communicates with a base station or user equipment (UE) based on the determined OOP.
• The Off-State of the NCR is the default, and the offset indication specifies the duration of the On-State of the NCR starting at a specific OFDM symbol.

Potential applications of this technology:

• Power saving operations in wireless networks
• Improving energy efficiency in network-controlled repeaters

Problems solved by this technology:

• Reducing power consumption in network-controlled repeaters
• Optimizing power allocation in wireless networks

Benefits of this technology:

• Extended battery life for network-controlled repeaters
• Enhanced energy efficiency in wireless networks
• Improved overall network performance and reliability.

Original Abstract Submitted

Some embodiments include a system, apparatus, article of manufacture, method, and/or computer program product and/or combinations and sub-combinations thereof, for explicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in a wireless network. Some embodiments include an NCR that can receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format comprising an offset indication in a single Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity, K, where Kis an integer of slots. The NCR can determine a single On-Off Pattern (OOP) within KS based at least on the offset indication, and communicate with a base station or a user equipment (UE) based at least on the determination. In some embodiments, an Off-State of the NCR is a default, and the offset indication identifies a duration of an On-State of the NCR beginning at a starting orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol of K.