18202753. IMPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS simplified abstract (Apple Inc.)

IMPLICIT 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)

IMPLICIT 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 18202753 titled 'IMPLICIT POWER SAVING OPERATIONS FOR A NETWORK-CONTROLLED REPEATER (NCR) IN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Simplified Explanation

The abstract describes a system and method for implicit power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in a wireless network. The NCR can receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format and operate in an On-state for a certain duration. It can detect a skipped monitoring periodicity and operate in an Off-state for a corresponding duration. The NCR can also operate with a carrier component (CC) with unpaired spectrum supporting slot configurations time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations. It can detect a flexible orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol from a System Information Block (SIB) and operate in an Off-state for the duration of the flexible OFDM symbol.

• The invention is a system and method for power saving operations for a network-controlled repeater (NCR) in a wireless network.
• The NCR can receive a Downlink Control Information (DCI) format and operate in an On-state for a certain duration.
• It can detect a skipped monitoring periodicity and operate in an Off-state for a corresponding duration.
• The NCR can operate with a carrier component (CC) with unpaired spectrum supporting slot configurations time division duplex (TDD) uplink-downlink (UL-DL) configurations.
• It can detect a flexible orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol from a System Information Block (SIB) and operate in an Off-state for the duration of the flexible OFDM symbol.

Potential applications of this technology:

• Wireless network infrastructure
• Mobile communication systems
• Power-saving techniques in wireless networks

Problems solved by this technology:

• Power consumption in network-controlled repeaters
• Efficient utilization of resources in wireless networks

Benefits of this technology:

• Reduced power consumption
• Improved resource utilization
• Enhanced efficiency in wireless networks

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 implicit 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 including a first Physical Downlink Control Channel (PDCCH) monitoring periodicity, K, and operate in an On-state for a duration of K. The NCR can detect a skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity, and operate in an Off-state for a duration corresponding to the skipped PDCCH monitoring periodicity. In some embodiments, the NCR operates with a carrier component (CC) with unpaired spectrum supporting slot configurations time division duplex (tdd)-uplink (UL)-downlink (DL)-ConfigurationCommon or tdd-UL-DLConfigurationDedicated. The NCR can detect from a System Information Block (SIB), a flexible orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) symbol, and operate in an Off-state for a duration of the flexible OFDM symbol.